#400112 is a deep, warm red-orange. On the Color Lab it reads organic and grounded, quietly premium. It is too dark to lead as a primary accent and reproduces cleanly in print.
Not just a swatch — here's how #400112 works with other colors. Named schemes with #400112 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
This palette keeps Oxblood as the dominant warm neutral, balanced by muted terracotta and olive earth tones and grounded by a deep espresso anchor.
Oxblood plays the worn-leather lead, deepened by saddle brown and an oxblood anchor, softened by aged cream and cooled by a muted forest green.
Oxblood 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.
Oxblood adds the colour to this moody editorial scheme — charcoal and a mid-grey around it, a bone highlight, and a muted jewel accent drawn from Oxblood.
Oxblood 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 Oxblood carrying the quiet middle.
How #400112 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 #400112 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #400112;
--color-base-rgb: 64 1 18;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(23.8% 0.093 12.7);
--color-50: #FEF0F4;
--color-100: #FDD8E2;
--color-200: #FCB1C5;
--color-300: #F6799A;
--color-400: #E94974;
--color-500: #D02553;
--color-600: #9D2545;
--color-700: #6F2035;
--color-800: #481926;
--color-900: #2C1118;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
oxblood: {
50: '#FEF0F4',
100: '#FDD8E2',
200: '#FCB1C5',
300: '#F6799A',
400: '#E94974',
500: '#D02553',
600: '#9D2545',
700: '#6F2035',
800: '#481926',
900: '#2C1118',
},
}
$base: #400112; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #FEF0F4; $base-100: #FDD8E2; $base-200: #FCB1C5; $base-300: #F6799A; $base-400: #E94974; $base-500: #D02553; $base-600: #9D2545; $base-700: #6F2035; $base-800: #481926; $base-900: #2C1118; $base-hover: #34010F; $base-subtle: #EE8BA6;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#400112",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FEF0F4",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#FDD8E2",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#FCB1C5",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#F6799A",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#E94974",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#D02553",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#9D2545",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#6F2035",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#481926",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#2C1118",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}