#E1ABC2 is a soft, warm 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 #E1ABC2 works with other colors. Named schemes with #E1ABC2 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 #E1ABC2 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 #E1ABC2 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #E1ABC2;
--color-base-rgb: 225 171 194;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(79.7% 0.070 351.5);
--color-50: #FBF3F7;
--color-100: #F5E0E9;
--color-200: #E9C3D4;
--color-300: #D699B4;
--color-400: #C07294;
--color-500: #A45175;
--color-600: #7E445D;
--color-700: #5A3445;
--color-800: #3C252F;
--color-900: #25181E;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
lilac: {
50: '#FBF3F7',
100: '#F5E0E9',
200: '#E9C3D4',
300: '#D699B4',
400: '#C07294',
500: '#A45175',
600: '#7E445D',
700: '#5A3445',
800: '#3C252F',
900: '#25181E',
},
}
$base: #E1ABC2; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FBF3F7; $base-100: #F5E0E9; $base-200: #E9C3D4; $base-300: #D699B4; $base-400: #C07294; $base-500: #A45175; $base-600: #7E445D; $base-700: #5A3445; $base-800: #3C252F; $base-900: #25181E; $base-hover: #CC7299; $base-subtle: #F4E8ED;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#E1ABC2",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FBF3F7",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F5E0E9",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#E9C3D4",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#D699B4",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#C07294",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#A45175",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#7E445D",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#5A3445",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#3C252F",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#25181E",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}