#480628 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 #480628 works with other colors. Named schemes with #480628 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 #480628 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 #480628 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #480628;
--color-base-rgb: 72 6 40;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(26.8% 0.100 355.5);
--color-50: #FEF0F8;
--color-100: #FDD8EB;
--color-200: #F9B4D7;
--color-300: #EE81B9;
--color-400: #DF539B;
--color-500: #C5307D;
--color-600: #962C63;
--color-700: #6A2549;
--color-800: #451C31;
--color-900: #2A131F;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
oxblood: {
50: '#FEF0F8',
100: '#FDD8EB',
200: '#F9B4D7',
300: '#EE81B9',
400: '#DF539B',
500: '#C5307D',
600: '#962C63',
700: '#6A2549',
800: '#451C31',
900: '#2A131F',
},
}
$base: #480628; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #FEF0F8; $base-100: #FDD8EB; $base-200: #F9B4D7; $base-300: #EE81B9; $base-400: #DF539B; $base-500: #C5307D; $base-600: #962C63; $base-700: #6A2549; $base-800: #451C31; $base-900: #2A131F; $base-hover: #39051F; $base-subtle: #E894BF;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#480628",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FEF0F8",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#FDD8EB",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#F9B4D7",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#EE81B9",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#DF539B",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#C5307D",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#962C63",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#6A2549",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#451C31",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#2A131F",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}