#EFADBC 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 #EFADBC works with other colors. Named schemes with #EFADBC in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Light Pink 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 Light Pink as the dominant warm neutral, balanced by muted terracotta and olive earth tones and grounded by a deep espresso anchor.
Light Pink 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.
Light Pink opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Light Pink 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 Light Pink carrying the quiet middle.
How #EFADBC 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 #EFADBC at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #EFADBC;
--color-base-rgb: 239 173 188;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(81.4% 0.079 4.0);
--color-50: #FDF2F4;
--color-100: #F9DCE3;
--color-200: #F1BBC8;
--color-300: #E38CA1;
--color-400: #D0627B;
--color-500: #B53F5B;
--color-600: #8B374B;
--color-700: #622C39;
--color-800: #412028;
--color-900: #28161A;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
light-pink: {
50: '#FDF2F4',
100: '#F9DCE3',
200: '#F1BBC8',
300: '#E38CA1',
400: '#D0627B',
500: '#B53F5B',
600: '#8B374B',
700: '#622C39',
800: '#412028',
900: '#28161A',
},
}
$base: #EFADBC; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FDF2F4; $base-100: #F9DCE3; $base-200: #F1BBC8; $base-300: #E38CA1; $base-400: #D0627B; $base-500: #B53F5B; $base-600: #8B374B; $base-700: #622C39; $base-800: #412028; $base-900: #28161A; $base-hover: #E16985; $base-subtle: #F8E9ED;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#EFADBC",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FDF2F4",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F9DCE3",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#F1BBC8",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#E38CA1",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#D0627B",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#B53F5B",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#8B374B",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#622C39",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#412028",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#28161A",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}