#46161D is a deep, warm red-orange. On the Color Lab it reads quietly premium. It is too dark to lead as a primary accent and reproduces cleanly in print.
Not just a swatch — here's how #46161D works with other colors. Named schemes with #46161D 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 holds the warm center of this desert palette with sand and clay beside it, a muted-sage accent and a dark-brown anchor.
Oxblood 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.
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 #46161D 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 #46161D at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #46161D;
--color-base-rgb: 70 22 29;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(27.9% 0.074 14.5);
--color-50: #FCF3F4;
--color-100: #F6DFE3;
--color-200: #EBC1C7;
--color-300: #D996A0;
--color-400: #C46E7B;
--color-500: #A84D5A;
--color-600: #81414A;
--color-700: #5C3239;
--color-800: #3D2428;
--color-900: #26181A;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
oxblood: {
50: '#FCF3F4',
100: '#F6DFE3',
200: '#EBC1C7',
300: '#D996A0',
400: '#C46E7B',
500: '#A84D5A',
600: '#81414A',
700: '#5C3239',
800: '#3D2428',
900: '#26181A',
},
}
$base: #46161D; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #FCF3F4; $base-100: #F6DFE3; $base-200: #EBC1C7; $base-300: #D996A0; $base-400: #C46E7B; $base-500: #A84D5A; $base-600: #81414A; $base-700: #5C3239; $base-800: #3D2428; $base-900: #26181A; $base-hover: #381217; $base-subtle: #D9A7AF;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#46161D",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FCF3F4",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F6DFE3",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#EBC1C7",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#D996A0",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#C46E7B",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#A84D5A",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#81414A",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#5C3239",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#3D2428",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#26181A",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}