Jane Relaxed California Oxford Shirt
Lilas
#F3D6E0
Icy pink
A True Winter and Bright Winter color
Icy pink
anchor color 6 of 10 in True Winter · anchor color 8 of 10 in Bright Winter. Also called Cool Winter, Clear Winter in other systems.
By Kathleen Olsen · Updated November 11, 2026
- Hex
- #F3D6E0
- RGB
- 243, 214, 224
- HSL
- 339°, 55%, 90%
Icy pink is pink with so much white in it that it reads as a tinted white. It is the pale color True and Bright Winter use where other seasons would use cream or blush, and it works because it is cool and clear with no yellow at all. Deep Winter's icy pink is five points away and the same color in practice.
Where it sits
Icy pink is an anchor color in True Winter and also appears in Bright Winter. Its closest relative outside the palette is Icy pink #E9D7E6, a Deep Winter color, at a perceptual distance of 5. That is near enough for that season to wear it as a neutral, with the accents kept in its own palette.
The Winters do not have pastels in the usual sense; they have icy colors, which are pastels with the warmth removed and the light turned up. Icy pink is the one that gets worn most, because it does the job of a white shirt with a little more softness. Beside black it looks like a pink. Beside white it looks like a white.
Shops sell this as blush, ballet, shell or petal, and about half of what they sell under those names is warm. The test is the paper. Hold the garment beside a sheet of white printer paper. If the pink looks like a cool pink, it is this. If it looks faintly peach, it is a Light Spring color and will yellow a Winter face.
The gap to Light Summer's cool soft rose is eleven points. That is the color this gets confused with most, and the difference is the saturation: cool soft rose is a pink, icy pink is a white that has been near one. A Light Summer in icy pink looks a little washed; a Winter in cool soft rose looks a little sweet.
Easily confused with
Deep Winter's icy pink, #E9D7E6, is five points away and interchangeable. Light Summer's cool soft rose and soft cool pink are eleven and twelve points off and are the pink-pinks a Winter should not borrow. Soft white, the Summer near-white, is fourteen away and greyer. If a pale pink looks grey indoors, it is soft white.
The nearest named colors in other seasons, by perceptual distance (ΔE in CIELAB; under 10 is hard to tell apart on a screen, over 25 is a different color).
Icy pink #E9D7E6
Deep Winter anchor · ΔE 5
Cool soft rose #E3B9C0
Light Summer anchor · ΔE 11
Soft cool pink #F0BCC8
Light Summer anchor · ΔE 12
Soft white #F1EFEA
True Summer and Soft Summer neutral · ΔE 14
Dove grey #C3C7CC
Light Summer neutral · ΔE 15
True white #FFFFFF
Deep Winter neutral · ΔE 17
In stock in this color today
As of November 11, 2026, 2 in-stock pieces across Marine Layer and STAUD sample within a close match of #F3D6E0. The dot on each card is the color we sampled from the garment itself; trust it over the photograph. Links are affiliate links: we earn a commission when you buy through them, at no cost to you.
What it's sold as
Retailers almost never use the palette name. These are the color names on the in-stock pieces that sample within a close match of #F3D6E0 today, so they are the words to search for.
- Marine Layer
- Lilas
- STAUD
- Rose
A retailer's name for a color says nothing about its undertone. "Navy" at one shop is a True Winter color and at another a Spring one. The sampled dot on each card above is what we trust.
Questions
Is icy pink a True Winter or Bright Winter color?
Both. Icy pink (#F3D6E0) is an anchor color in the True Winter and Bright Winter palettes, and close enough to a Deep Winter color for that season to wear it as a neutral.
Can a Light Summer wear icy pink?
Yes, as a near-white. Light Summer is seven points from this on the palette math and the palette's own pinks are a step more saturated. On a Light Summer icy pink can look slightly washed out; worn as a shirt under something with more color, it is fine.
Is icy pink the same as blush?
Often not. Blush as shops use it is usually warm, with peach in the pink, and belongs to Light Spring. Icy pink is cool and nearly white. Against white paper, blush goes peach and icy pink stays pink.
Can a Deep Winter wear icy pink?
Yes. Deep Winter's palette has its own icy pink five points from this one. All three Winters wear this color as their soft near-white.
Why do Winters wear icy colors instead of pastels?
Because ordinary pastels have warmth in them, and warmth is the one thing Winter skin cannot use. Icy colors are pastels with the yellow removed: the same lightness, but cool and clear. They sit beside black the way white does.
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