#FFB5CF is a soft, warm red. It is too pale to lead as a primary accent and reproduces cleanly in print.
Not just a swatch — here's how #FFB5CF works with other colors. Named schemes with #FFB5CF 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 #FFB5CF 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 #FFB5CF at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #FFB5CF;
--color-base-rgb: 255 181 207;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(85.0% 0.091 356.4);
--color-50: #FEF0F5;
--color-100: #FDD8E5;
--color-200: #FCB1CB;
--color-300: #F877A4;
--color-400: #EC4680;
--color-500: #D22260;
--color-600: #9F234E;
--color-700: #701F3B;
--color-800: #481829;
--color-900: #2C111B;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
cherry-blossom: {
50: '#FEF0F5',
100: '#FDD8E5',
200: '#FCB1CB',
300: '#F877A4',
400: '#EC4680',
500: '#D22260',
600: '#9F234E',
700: '#701F3B',
800: '#481829',
900: '#2C111B',
},
}
$base: #FFB5CF; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FEF0F5; $base-100: #FDD8E5; $base-200: #FCB1CB; $base-300: #F877A4; $base-400: #EC4680; $base-500: #D22260; $base-600: #9F234E; $base-700: #701F3B; $base-800: #481829; $base-900: #2C111B; $base-hover: #FF5C95; $base-subtle: #FCEBF1;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#FFB5CF",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FEF0F5",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#FDD8E5",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#FCB1CB",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#F877A4",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#EC4680",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#D22260",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#9F234E",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#701F3B",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#481829",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#2C111B",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}