#FFD5DB is a muted, warm red. 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 #FFD5DB works with other colors. Named schemes with #FFD5DB in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Pastel Pink 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 Pastel Pink as the dominant warm neutral, balanced by muted terracotta and olive earth tones and grounded by a deep espresso anchor.
Pastel Pink 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.
Pastel Pink opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Pastel Pink 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 Pastel Pink carrying the quiet middle.
How #FFD5DB 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 #FFD5DB at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #FFD5DB;
--color-base-rgb: 255 213 219;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(91.0% 0.048 8.4);
--color-50: #FEF0F2;
--color-100: #FDD8DD;
--color-200: #FCB1BC;
--color-300: #F8778A;
--color-400: #EC465F;
--color-500: #D2223D;
--color-600: #9F2335;
--color-700: #701F2B;
--color-800: #481820;
--color-900: #2C1115;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
pastel-pink: {
50: '#FEF0F2',
100: '#FDD8DD',
200: '#FCB1BC',
300: '#F8778A',
400: '#EC465F',
500: '#D2223D',
600: '#9F2335',
700: '#701F2B',
800: '#481820',
900: '#2C1115',
},
}
$base: #FFD5DB; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FEF0F2; $base-100: #FDD8DD; $base-200: #FCB1BC; $base-300: #F8778A; $base-400: #EC465F; $base-500: #D2223D; $base-600: #9F2335; $base-700: #701F2B; $base-800: #481820; $base-900: #2C1115; $base-hover: #FF788D; $base-subtle: #FEF4F6;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#FFD5DB",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FEF0F2",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#FDD8DD",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#FCB1BC",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#F8778A",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#EC465F",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#D2223D",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#9F2335",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#701F2B",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#481820",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#2C1115",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}