Rose Quartz #F7CAC1

Rose Quartz (#F7CAC1) is a very light, muted red with an OKLCH hue of 31°, lightness 0.88 and chroma 0.053. It sits on the warm side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as a background color — quiet over large surfaces.

Color values

HEX#F7CAC1
RGBrgb(247, 202, 193)
HSLhsl(10, 77%, 86%)
HSVhsv(10, 22%, 97%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 18%, 22%, 3%)
CIE Lablab(84.9 14.6 10.5)
OKLCHoklch(0.876 0.053 31)

How Rose Quartz behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light Rose Quartz shifts subtly: leans toward orange, gains intensity; in north-facing or shaded light it shifts subtly: leans toward pink. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 1.9), so it is a lighting-stable choice.

Contrast & accessibility

Against white it measures 1.48:1 and against black 14.17:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text. Avoid white text on this color entirely.

Palettes built from Rose Quartz

Tonal

One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.

#ffedea · #f7cac1 · #be9890 · #95736d · #6e514b · #49312c

Analogous

The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.

#f7cac1 · #edb0b4 · #d59eae · #bb8da8 · #a07e9e · #846f93

Shifted

The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.

#f7cac1 · #c2b49b · #bb897f · #8e7543 · #7b5047 · #4c3f27

Contrast

One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.

#f7cac1 · #78c0ce · #9e8c88 · #876862 · #644a45 · #412f2c

Quiet Support

The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.

#f7cac1 · #b2bbbd · #8a7e7c · #494f50 · #281d1a · #000102

Bright Accent

This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.

#f7cac1 · #ae9793 · #553b36 · #371d18 · #120000 · #e6553f

Gold Accent

The same quiet ground carrying one bright gold voice — the high-energy pairing a cool or muted anchor cannot reach through its own temperature.

#f7cac1 · #ae9793 · #553b36 · #371d18 · #120000 · #d9c64e

Complementary

The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.

#f7cac1 · #aabdc1 · #558b96 · #005865 · #00252b · #050000

Split-complementary

The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.

#f7cac1 · #aabdc1 · #578e84 · #225273 · #002621 · #000713

Triadic

Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.

#f7cac1 · #afbeb2 · #678c6f · #3f4b77 · #151c3e · #000200

Tetradic

Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.

#f7cac1 · #b7bcac · #7c875f · #005865 · #251739 · #000305

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#F9D1C9 · #FAD7D0 · #FBDED8 · #FDE4E0 · #FEEBE7

Shades

#CCA49C · #A27F78 · #7A5C56 · #543B36 · #311D19

Muted

#F0CDC5 · #E9CFCA · #E2D2CE

Using Rose Quartz

Its high lightness and low chroma make it a natural background or large-surface color. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.

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