#FEBBC9 is a soft, warm red. It holds up as a large surface and is too pale to lead as a primary accent.
Not just a swatch — here's how #FEBBC9 works with other colors. Named schemes with #FEBBC9 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Cherry Blossom 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 Cherry Blossom as the dominant warm neutral, balanced by muted terracotta and olive earth tones and grounded by a deep espresso anchor.
Cherry Blossom 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.
Cherry Blossom opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Cherry Blossom 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 Cherry Blossom carrying the quiet middle.
How #FEBBC9 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 #FEBBC9 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #FEBBC9;
--color-base-rgb: 254 187 201;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(85.7% 0.079 5.0);
--color-50: #FEF0F3;
--color-100: #FDD8E0;
--color-200: #FCB1C1;
--color-300: #F67994;
--color-400: #E9496C;
--color-500: #D0254A;
--color-600: #9D253F;
--color-700: #6F2031;
--color-800: #481923;
--color-900: #2C1117;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
cherry-blossom: {
50: '#FEF0F3',
100: '#FDD8E0',
200: '#FCB1C1',
300: '#F67994',
400: '#E9496C',
500: '#D0254A',
600: '#9D253F',
700: '#6F2031',
800: '#481923',
900: '#2C1117',
},
}
$base: #FEBBC9; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FEF0F3; $base-100: #FDD8E0; $base-200: #FCB1C1; $base-300: #F67994; $base-400: #E9496C; $base-500: #D0254A; $base-600: #9D253F; $base-700: #6F2031; $base-800: #481923; $base-900: #2C1117; $base-hover: #FD6284; $base-subtle: #FCECF0;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#FEBBC9",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FEF0F3",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#FDD8E0",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#FCB1C1",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#F67994",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#E9496C",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#D0254A",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#9D253F",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#6F2031",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#481923",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#2C1117",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}