#EFBBCD is a soft, warm red. On the Color Lab it reads clean and engineered. It holds up as a large surface and is too pale to lead as a primary accent.
Not just a swatch — here's how #EFBBCD works with other colors. Named schemes with #EFBBCD in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Cherry Blossom 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 Cherry Blossom as the dominant warm neutral, balanced by muted terracotta and olive earth tones and grounded by a deep espresso anchor.
Cherry Blossom 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.
Cherry Blossom opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Cherry Blossom 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 Cherry Blossom carrying the quiet middle.
How #EFBBCD 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 #EFBBCD at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #EFBBCD;
--color-base-rgb: 239 187 205;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(84.4% 0.064 355.9);
--color-50: #FDF2F6;
--color-100: #F8DDE7;
--color-200: #EFBDCF;
--color-300: #E090AC;
--color-400: #CC668A;
--color-500: #B1446A;
--color-600: #873A55;
--color-700: #602E40;
--color-800: #3F222C;
--color-900: #27161C;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
cherry-blossom: {
50: '#FDF2F6',
100: '#F8DDE7',
200: '#EFBDCF',
300: '#E090AC',
400: '#CC668A',
500: '#B1446A',
600: '#873A55',
700: '#602E40',
800: '#3F222C',
900: '#27161C',
},
}
$base: #EFBBCD; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FDF2F6; $base-100: #F8DDE7; $base-200: #EFBDCF; $base-300: #E090AC; $base-400: #CC668A; $base-500: #B1446A; $base-600: #873A55; $base-700: #602E40; $base-800: #3F222C; $base-900: #27161C; $base-hover: #DF789C; $base-subtle: #F9EDF1;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#EFBBCD",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FDF2F6",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F8DDE7",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#EFBDCF",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#E090AC",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#CC668A",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#B1446A",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#873A55",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#602E40",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#3F222C",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#27161C",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}