#FDE5E2 is a pale, temperate off-white. On the Color Lab it reads restrained and easy to live with. It holds up as a large surface and is too pale to lead as a primary accent.
Not just a swatch — here's how #FDE5E2 works with other colors. Named schemes with #FDE5E2 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Misty Rose sets a calm, sun-bleached base here, wrapped in bone and paper off-whites and a soft greige, with a single ink accent for wabi-sabi restraint.
This palette keeps Misty Rose as the dominant warm neutral, balanced by muted terracotta and olive earth tones and grounded by a deep espresso anchor.
Misty Rose anchors this café scheme as the warm mid-tone, lifted by latte cream and a muted sage accent and grounded by espresso brown and a warm charcoal.
Misty Rose opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Misty Rose is the single accent in this high-contrast editorial system — set on near-white paper against near-black ink, with a warm grey and a desaturated tint of Misty Rose carrying the quiet middle.
How #FDE5E2 actually behaves in design work — read from its OKLCH lightness, chroma and hue, not just its raw numbers. Ten signals to help you decide where this color earns its place.
Not a swatch to memorise — a color to build with. Here is #FDE5E2 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #FDE5E2;
--color-base-rgb: 253 229 226;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(94.0% 0.027 26.2);
--color-50: #FEF2F0;
--color-100: #FDDCD8;
--color-200: #FABBB3;
--color-300: #F08D7F;
--color-400: #E16251;
--color-500: #C7402E;
--color-600: #97372B;
--color-700: #6B2C24;
--color-800: #45201C;
--color-900: #2A1613;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
misty-rose: {
50: '#FEF2F0',
100: '#FDDCD8',
200: '#FABBB3',
300: '#F08D7F',
400: '#E16251',
500: '#C7402E',
600: '#97372B',
700: '#6B2C24',
800: '#45201C',
900: '#2A1613',
},
}
$base: #FDE5E2; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FEF2F0; $base-100: #FDDCD8; $base-200: #FABBB3; $base-300: #F08D7F; $base-400: #E16251; $base-500: #C7402E; $base-600: #97372B; $base-700: #6B2C24; $base-800: #45201C; $base-900: #2A1613; $base-hover: #F79689; $base-subtle: #FDF8F7;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#FDE5E2",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FEF2F0",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#FDDCD8",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#FABBB3",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#F08D7F",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#E16251",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#C7402E",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#97372B",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#6B2C24",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#45201C",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#2A1613",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}