#FAA7BE 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 #FAA7BE works with other colors. Named schemes with #FAA7BE in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
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 sits between cream and a deep berry here, softened by a blush accent and grounded by charcoal.
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 #FAA7BE 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 #FAA7BE at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #FAA7BE;
--color-base-rgb: 250 167 190;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(81.5% 0.101 1.5);
--color-50: #FEF0F4;
--color-100: #FDD8E2;
--color-200: #FAB2C7;
--color-300: #F17E9F;
--color-400: #E34F79;
--color-500: #C92C58;
--color-600: #982A49;
--color-700: #6B2338;
--color-800: #461B27;
--color-900: #2B1319;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
carnation: {
50: '#FEF0F4',
100: '#FDD8E2',
200: '#FAB2C7',
300: '#F17E9F',
400: '#E34F79',
500: '#C92C58',
600: '#982A49',
700: '#6B2338',
800: '#461B27',
900: '#2B1319',
},
}
$base: #FAA7BE; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FEF0F4; $base-100: #FDD8E2; $base-200: #FAB2C7; $base-300: #F17E9F; $base-400: #E34F79; $base-500: #C92C58; $base-600: #982A49; $base-700: #6B2338; $base-800: #461B27; $base-900: #2B1319; $base-hover: #F55985; $base-subtle: #FBE8ED;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#FAA7BE",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FEF0F4",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#FDD8E2",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#FAB2C7",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#F17E9F",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#E34F79",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#C92C58",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#982A49",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#6B2338",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#461B27",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#2B1319",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}