#FFE3E5 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 #FFE3E5 works with other colors. Named schemes with #FFE3E5 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 #FFE3E5 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 #FFE3E5 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #FFE3E5;
--color-base-rgb: 255 227 229;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(93.9% 0.031 12.8);
--color-50: #FEF0F1;
--color-100: #FDD8DA;
--color-200: #FCB1B6;
--color-300: #F87780;
--color-400: #EC4651;
--color-500: #D2222E;
--color-600: #9F232B;
--color-700: #701F24;
--color-800: #48181C;
--color-900: #2C1113;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
misty-rose: {
50: '#FEF0F1',
100: '#FDD8DA',
200: '#FCB1B6',
300: '#F87780',
400: '#EC4651',
500: '#D2222E',
600: '#9F232B',
700: '#701F24',
800: '#48181C',
900: '#2C1113',
},
}
$base: #FFE3E5; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FEF0F1; $base-100: #FDD8DA; $base-200: #FCB1B6; $base-300: #F87780; $base-400: #EC4651; $base-500: #D2222E; $base-600: #9F232B; $base-700: #701F24; $base-800: #48181C; $base-900: #2C1113; $base-hover: #FF858D; $base-subtle: #FEF8F9;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#FFE3E5",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FEF0F1",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#FDD8DA",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#FCB1B6",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#F87780",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#EC4651",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#D2222E",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#9F232B",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#701F24",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#48181C",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#2C1113",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}