#470522 is a deep, warm red. 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 #470522 works with other colors. Named schemes with #470522 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
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 sits between cream and a deep berry here, softened by a blush accent and grounded by charcoal.
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 #470522 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 #470522 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #470522;
--color-base-rgb: 71 5 34;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(26.3% 0.098 0.8);
--color-50: #FEF0F6;
--color-100: #FDD8E8;
--color-200: #FAB3D1;
--color-300: #F07FB0;
--color-400: #E1518F;
--color-500: #C72E70;
--color-600: #972B5A;
--color-700: #6B2443;
--color-800: #451C2E;
--color-900: #2A131D;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
oxblood: {
50: '#FEF0F6',
100: '#FDD8E8',
200: '#FAB3D1',
300: '#F07FB0',
400: '#E1518F',
500: '#C72E70',
600: '#972B5A',
700: '#6B2443',
800: '#451C2E',
900: '#2A131D',
},
}
$base: #470522; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #FEF0F6; $base-100: #FDD8E8; $base-200: #FAB3D1; $base-300: #F07FB0; $base-400: #E1518F; $base-500: #C72E70; $base-600: #972B5A; $base-700: #6B2443; $base-800: #451C2E; $base-900: #2A131D; $base-hover: #39041B; $base-subtle: #E993B8;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#470522",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FEF0F6",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#FDD8E8",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#FAB3D1",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#F07FB0",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#E1518F",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#C72E70",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#972B5A",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#6B2443",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#451C2E",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#2A131D",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}