#EAACC1 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 #EAACC1 works with other colors. Named schemes with #EAACC1 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 #EAACC1 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 #EAACC1 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #EAACC1;
--color-base-rgb: 234 172 193;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(80.8% 0.077 356.9);
--color-50: #FCF2F6;
--color-100: #F8DEE6;
--color-200: #EFBECE;
--color-300: #DE91AB;
--color-400: #CB6788;
--color-500: #AF4669;
--color-600: #863C54;
--color-700: #602F3F;
--color-800: #3F222C;
--color-900: #27161C;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
carnation: {
50: '#FCF2F6',
100: '#F8DEE6',
200: '#EFBECE',
300: '#DE91AB',
400: '#CB6788',
500: '#AF4669',
600: '#863C54',
700: '#602F3F',
800: '#3F222C',
900: '#27161C',
},
}
$base: #EAACC1; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FCF2F6; $base-100: #F8DEE6; $base-200: #EFBECE; $base-300: #DE91AB; $base-400: #CB6788; $base-500: #AF4669; $base-600: #863C54; $base-700: #602F3F; $base-800: #3F222C; $base-900: #27161C; $base-hover: #DA6C91; $base-subtle: #F7E9ED;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#EAACC1",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FCF2F6",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F8DEE6",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#EFBECE",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#DE91AB",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#CB6788",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#AF4669",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#863C54",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#602F3F",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#3F222C",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#27161C",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}