#DBADC2 is a soft, temperate red. On the Color Lab it reads clean and engineered. It holds up as a large surface and is too pale to lead as a primary accent.
Not just a swatch — here's how #DBADC2 works with other colors. Named schemes with #DBADC2 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Lilac 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 Lilac as the dominant warm neutral, balanced by muted terracotta and olive earth tones and grounded by a deep espresso anchor.
Lilac 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.
Lilac opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Lilac 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 Lilac carrying the quiet middle.
How #DBADC2 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 #DBADC2 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #DBADC2;
--color-base-rgb: 219 173 194;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(79.5% 0.060 349.4);
--color-50: #FBF4F7;
--color-100: #F3E2EA;
--color-200: #E6C6D5;
--color-300: #D19EB5;
--color-400: #B97996;
--color-500: #9D5877;
--color-600: #79495E;
--color-700: #573846;
--color-800: #3A2730;
--color-900: #24191E;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
lilac: {
50: '#FBF4F7',
100: '#F3E2EA',
200: '#E6C6D5',
300: '#D19EB5',
400: '#B97996',
500: '#9D5877',
600: '#79495E',
700: '#573846',
800: '#3A2730',
900: '#24191E',
},
}
$base: #DBADC2; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FBF4F7; $base-100: #F3E2EA; $base-200: #E6C6D5; $base-300: #D19EB5; $base-400: #B97996; $base-500: #9D5877; $base-600: #79495E; $base-700: #573846; $base-800: #3A2730; $base-900: #24191E; $base-hover: #C37799; $base-subtle: #F3E8ED;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#DBADC2",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FBF4F7",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F3E2EA",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#E6C6D5",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#D19EB5",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#B97996",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#9D5877",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#79495E",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#573846",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#3A2730",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#24191E",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}