#EBA9BC 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 #EBA9BC works with other colors. Named schemes with #EBA9BC 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 #EBA9BC 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 #EBA9BC at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #EBA9BC;
--color-base-rgb: 235 169 188;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(80.2% 0.081 0.2);
--color-50: #FDF2F5;
--color-100: #F8DDE5;
--color-200: #EFBDCB;
--color-300: #E090A6;
--color-400: #CC6683;
--color-500: #B14463;
--color-600: #873A50;
--color-700: #602E3D;
--color-800: #3F222A;
--color-900: #27161B;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
carnation: {
50: '#FDF2F5',
100: '#F8DDE5',
200: '#EFBDCB',
300: '#E090A6',
400: '#CC6683',
500: '#B14463',
600: '#873A50',
700: '#602E3D',
800: '#3F222A',
900: '#27161B',
},
}
$base: #EBA9BC; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FDF2F5; $base-100: #F8DDE5; $base-200: #EFBDCB; $base-300: #E090A6; $base-400: #CC6683; $base-500: #B14463; $base-600: #873A50; $base-700: #602E3D; $base-800: #3F222A; $base-900: #27161B; $base-hover: #DB6788; $base-subtle: #F7E7EC;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#EBA9BC",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FDF2F5",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F8DDE5",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#EFBDCB",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#E090A6",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#CC6683",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#B14463",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#873A50",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#602E3D",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#3F222A",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#27161B",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}