#D0BAC2 is a muted, temperate red. On the Color Lab it reads clean and engineered, 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 #D0BAC2 works with other colors. Named schemes with #D0BAC2 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Pale Silver 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.
Pale Silver opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Pale Silver keeps this Nordic scheme quiet — cool greys and a soft white around it, a muted-blue support and a charcoal anchor.
Pale Silver 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 Pale Silver carrying the quiet middle.
Pale Silver sits between cream and a deep berry here, softened by a blush accent and grounded by charcoal.
How #D0BAC2 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 #D0BAC2 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #D0BAC2;
--color-base-rgb: 208 186 194;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(81.0% 0.027 353.7);
--color-50: #F9F6F7;
--color-100: #EFE7EA;
--color-200: #DECED4;
--color-300: #C4ABB4;
--color-400: #A98995;
--color-500: #8B6A76;
--color-600: #6D555E;
--color-700: #4F4045;
--color-800: #352C2F;
--color-900: #211C1E;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
pale-silver: {
50: '#F9F6F7',
100: '#EFE7EA',
200: '#DECED4',
300: '#C4ABB4',
400: '#A98995',
500: '#8B6A76',
600: '#6D555E',
700: '#4F4045',
800: '#352C2F',
900: '#211C1E',
},
}
$base: #D0BAC2; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F9F6F7; $base-100: #EFE7EA; $base-200: #DECED4; $base-300: #C4ABB4; $base-400: #A98995; $base-500: #8B6A76; $base-600: #6D555E; $base-700: #4F4045; $base-800: #352C2F; $base-900: #211C1E; $base-hover: #B08A98; $base-subtle: #F0EBED;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#D0BAC2",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F9F6F7",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#EFE7EA",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#DECED4",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#C4ABB4",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#A98995",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#8B6A76",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#6D555E",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#4F4045",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#352C2F",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#211C1E",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}