#EDA4BD 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 #EDA4BD works with other colors. Named schemes with #EDA4BD 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 #EDA4BD 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 #EDA4BD at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #EDA4BD;
--color-base-rgb: 237 164 189;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(79.6% 0.091 357.2);
--color-50: #FDF2F6;
--color-100: #F9DCE6;
--color-200: #F1BBCE;
--color-300: #E38CAB;
--color-400: #D06288;
--color-500: #B53F69;
--color-600: #8B3754;
--color-700: #622C3F;
--color-800: #41202C;
--color-900: #28161C;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
carnation: {
50: '#FDF2F6',
100: '#F9DCE6',
200: '#F1BBCE',
300: '#E38CAB',
400: '#D06288',
500: '#B53F69',
600: '#8B3754',
700: '#622C3F',
800: '#41202C',
900: '#28161C',
},
}
$base: #EDA4BD; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FDF2F6; $base-100: #F9DCE6; $base-200: #F1BBCE; $base-300: #E38CAB; $base-400: #D06288; $base-500: #B53F69; $base-600: #8B3754; $base-700: #622C3F; $base-800: #41202C; $base-900: #28161C; $base-hover: #E0628E; $base-subtle: #F7E7EC;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#EDA4BD",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FDF2F6",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F9DCE6",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#F1BBCE",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#E38CAB",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#D06288",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#B53F69",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#8B3754",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#622C3F",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#41202C",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#28161C",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}