#EAAABC is a soft, warm red. It is too pale to lead as a primary accent and reproduces cleanly in print.
Not just a swatch — here's how #EAAABC works with other colors. Named schemes with #EAAABC in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Carnation 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 Carnation as the dominant warm neutral, balanced by muted terracotta and olive earth tones and grounded by a deep espresso anchor.
Carnation 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.
Carnation opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Carnation 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 Carnation carrying the quiet middle.
How #EAAABC 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 #EAAABC at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #EAAABC;
--color-base-rgb: 234 170 188;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(80.3% 0.078 0.5);
--color-50: #FCF2F5;
--color-100: #F8DEE5;
--color-200: #EFBECC;
--color-300: #DE91A7;
--color-400: #CB6783;
--color-500: #AF4664;
--color-600: #863C51;
--color-700: #602F3D;
--color-800: #3F222A;
--color-900: #27161B;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
carnation: {
50: '#FCF2F5',
100: '#F8DEE5',
200: '#EFBECC',
300: '#DE91A7',
400: '#CB6783',
500: '#AF4664',
600: '#863C51',
700: '#602F3D',
800: '#3F222A',
900: '#27161B',
},
}
$base: #EAAABC; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FCF2F5; $base-100: #F8DEE5; $base-200: #EFBECC; $base-300: #DE91A7; $base-400: #CB6783; $base-500: #AF4664; $base-600: #863C51; $base-700: #602F3D; $base-800: #3F222A; $base-900: #27161B; $base-hover: #D96989; $base-subtle: #F6E8EC;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#EAAABC",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FCF2F5",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F8DEE5",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#EFBECC",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#DE91A7",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#CB6783",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#AF4664",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#863C51",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#602F3D",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#3F222A",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#27161B",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}