#332427 is a muted, temperate red. On the Color Lab it reads clean and engineered, quietly premium. It holds up as a large surface and is too dark to lead as a primary accent.
Not just a swatch — here's how #332427 works with other colors. Named schemes with #332427 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Bistre plays the worn-leather lead, deepened by saddle brown and an oxblood anchor, softened by aged cream and cooled by a muted forest green.
Bistre 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.
Bistre carries the depth in this luxury scheme, offset by a brass accent and near-black and held together by a deep neutral and an off-white surface.
Bistre 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 Bistre carrying the quiet middle.
Bistre sits between cream and a deep berry here, softened by a blush accent and grounded by charcoal.
How #332427 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 #332427 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #332427;
--color-base-rgb: 51 36 39;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(27.9% 0.023 5.4);
--color-50: #F9F6F6;
--color-100: #EEE7E8;
--color-200: #DDCFD2;
--color-300: #C3ADB1;
--color-400: #A78B91;
--color-500: #896B71;
--color-600: #6B565B;
--color-700: #4E4143;
--color-800: #352C2E;
--color-900: #211C1D;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
bistre: {
50: '#F9F6F6',
100: '#EEE7E8',
200: '#DDCFD2',
300: '#C3ADB1',
400: '#A78B91',
500: '#896B71',
600: '#6B565B',
700: '#4E4143',
800: '#352C2E',
900: '#211C1D',
},
}
$base: #332427; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #F9F6F6; $base-100: #EEE7E8; $base-200: #DDCFD2; $base-300: #C3ADB1; $base-400: #A78B91; $base-500: #896B71; $base-600: #6B565B; $base-700: #4E4143; $base-800: #352C2E; $base-900: #211C1D; $base-hover: #291D1F; $base-subtle: #C8B7BB;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#332427",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F9F6F6",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#EEE7E8",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#DDCFD2",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#C3ADB1",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#A78B91",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#896B71",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#6B565B",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#4E4143",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#352C2E",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#211C1D",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}