#EFACC4 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 #EFACC4 works with other colors. Named schemes with #EFACC4 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 #EFACC4 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 #EFACC4 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #EFACC4;
--color-base-rgb: 239 172 196;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(81.4% 0.084 355.9);
--color-50: #FDF2F6;
--color-100: #F9DCE6;
--color-200: #F2BBCE;
--color-300: #E38CAA;
--color-400: #D16188;
--color-500: #B63F68;
--color-600: #8B3754;
--color-700: #632C3F;
--color-800: #41202C;
--color-900: #28151C;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
carnation: {
50: '#FDF2F6',
100: '#F9DCE6',
200: '#F2BBCE',
300: '#E38CAA',
400: '#D16188',
500: '#B63F68',
600: '#8B3754',
700: '#632C3F',
800: '#41202C',
900: '#28151C',
},
}
$base: #EFACC4; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FDF2F6; $base-100: #F9DCE6; $base-200: #F2BBCE; $base-300: #E38CAA; $base-400: #D16188; $base-500: #B63F68; $base-600: #8B3754; $base-700: #632C3F; $base-800: #41202C; $base-900: #28151C; $base-hover: #E26893; $base-subtle: #F8E9EE;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#EFACC4",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FDF2F6",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F9DCE6",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#F2BBCE",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#E38CAA",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#D16188",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#B63F68",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#8B3754",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#632C3F",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#41202C",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#28151C",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}