#FAACDE is a soft, warm rose. On the Color Lab it reads clean and engineered. It is too pale to lead as a primary accent and reproduces cleanly in print.
Not just a swatch — here's how #FAACDE works with other colors. Named schemes with #FAACDE 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 #FAACDE 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 #FAACDE at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #FAACDE;
--color-base-rgb: 250 172 222;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(83.4% 0.110 341.0);
--color-50: #FEF0F9;
--color-100: #FDD8F0;
--color-200: #FAB2E0;
--color-300: #F17EC7;
--color-400: #E34FAD;
--color-500: #C92C8F;
--color-600: #982A70;
--color-700: #6B2351;
--color-800: #461B36;
--color-900: #2B1322;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
carnation: {
50: '#FEF0F9',
100: '#FDD8F0',
200: '#FAB2E0',
300: '#F17EC7',
400: '#E34FAD',
500: '#C92C8F',
600: '#982A70',
700: '#6B2351',
800: '#461B36',
900: '#2B1322',
},
}
$base: #FAACDE; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FEF0F9; $base-100: #FDD8F0; $base-200: #FAB2E0; $base-300: #F17EC7; $base-400: #E34FAD; $base-500: #C92C8F; $base-600: #982A70; $base-700: #6B2351; $base-800: #461B36; $base-900: #2B1322; $base-hover: #F65DBE; $base-subtle: #FBE9F4;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#FAACDE",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FEF0F9",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#FDD8F0",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#FAB2E0",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#F17EC7",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#E34FAD",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#C92C8F",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#982A70",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#6B2351",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#461B36",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#2B1322",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}