#EBA8BD 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 #EBA8BD works with other colors. Named schemes with #EBA8BD 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 #EBA8BD 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 #EBA8BD at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #EBA8BD;
--color-base-rgb: 235 168 189;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(80.1% 0.083 358.7);
--color-50: #FDF2F5;
--color-100: #F8DDE6;
--color-200: #F0BDCD;
--color-300: #E08FA9;
--color-400: #CD6586;
--color-500: #B24366;
--color-600: #883A53;
--color-700: #612E3E;
--color-800: #40212B;
--color-900: #27161B;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
carnation: {
50: '#FDF2F5',
100: '#F8DDE6',
200: '#F0BDCD',
300: '#E08FA9',
400: '#CD6586',
500: '#B24366',
600: '#883A53',
700: '#612E3E',
800: '#40212B',
900: '#27161B',
},
}
$base: #EBA8BD; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FDF2F5; $base-100: #F8DDE6; $base-200: #F0BDCD; $base-300: #E08FA9; $base-400: #CD6586; $base-500: #B24366; $base-600: #883A53; $base-700: #612E3E; $base-800: #40212B; $base-900: #27161B; $base-hover: #DC668B; $base-subtle: #F7E7EC;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#EBA8BD",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FDF2F5",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F8DDE6",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#F0BDCD",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#E08FA9",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#CD6586",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#B24366",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#883A53",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#612E3E",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#40212B",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#27161B",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}