#441D1D 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 #441D1D works with other colors. Named schemes with #441D1D in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
This palette keeps Bistre as the dominant warm neutral, balanced by muted terracotta and olive earth tones and grounded by a deep espresso anchor.
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 holds the warm center of this desert palette with sand and clay beside it, a muted-sage accent and a dark-brown anchor.
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 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.
How #441D1D 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 #441D1D at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #441D1D;
--color-base-rgb: 68 29 29;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(28.7% 0.060 21.6);
--color-50: #FBF4F4;
--color-100: #F3E2E2;
--color-200: #E6C6C6;
--color-300: #D19E9E;
--color-400: #BA7878;
--color-500: #9E5757;
--color-600: #7A4848;
--color-700: #583737;
--color-800: #3A2727;
--color-900: #241919;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
bistre: {
50: '#FBF4F4',
100: '#F3E2E2',
200: '#E6C6C6',
300: '#D19E9E',
400: '#BA7878',
500: '#9E5757',
600: '#7A4848',
700: '#583737',
800: '#3A2727',
900: '#241919',
},
}
$base: #441D1D; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #FBF4F4; $base-100: #F3E2E2; $base-200: #E6C6C6; $base-300: #D19E9E; $base-400: #BA7878; $base-500: #9E5757; $base-600: #7A4848; $base-700: #583737; $base-800: #3A2727; $base-900: #241919; $base-hover: #361717; $base-subtle: #D4AEAE;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#441D1D",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FBF4F4",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F3E2E2",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#E6C6C6",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#D19E9E",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#BA7878",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#9E5757",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#7A4848",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#583737",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#3A2727",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#241919",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}