#FDA9DA 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 #FDA9DA works with other colors. Named schemes with #FDA9DA 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 #FDA9DA 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 #FDA9DA at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #FDA9DA;
--color-base-rgb: 253 169 218;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(83.1% 0.116 344.0);
--color-50: #FEF0F9;
--color-100: #FDD8EE;
--color-200: #FCB1DC;
--color-300: #F57AC2;
--color-400: #E84AA6;
--color-500: #CE2788;
--color-600: #9C266B;
--color-700: #6E214E;
--color-800: #471A34;
--color-900: #2B1221;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
carnation: {
50: '#FEF0F9',
100: '#FDD8EE',
200: '#FCB1DC',
300: '#F57AC2',
400: '#E84AA6',
500: '#CE2788',
600: '#9C266B',
700: '#6E214E',
800: '#471A34',
900: '#2B1221',
},
}
$base: #FDA9DA; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FEF0F9; $base-100: #FDD8EE; $base-200: #FCB1DC; $base-300: #F57AC2; $base-400: #E84AA6; $base-500: #CE2788; $base-600: #9C266B; $base-700: #6E214E; $base-800: #471A34; $base-900: #2B1221; $base-hover: #FB58B7; $base-subtle: #FBE9F4;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#FDA9DA",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FEF0F9",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#FDD8EE",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#FCB1DC",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#F57AC2",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#E84AA6",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#CE2788",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#9C266B",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#6E214E",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#471A34",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#2B1221",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}