#480810 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 #480810 works with other colors. Named schemes with #480810 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 #480810 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 #480810 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #480810;
--color-base-rgb: 72 8 16;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(26.3% 0.093 20.5);
--color-50: #FEF1F2;
--color-100: #FCD9DD;
--color-200: #F7B6BD;
--color-300: #EB8490;
--color-400: #DB5766;
--color-500: #C13444;
--color-600: #932F3B;
--color-700: #68272F;
--color-800: #441D22;
--color-900: #291416;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
oxblood: {
50: '#FEF1F2',
100: '#FCD9DD',
200: '#F7B6BD',
300: '#EB8490',
400: '#DB5766',
500: '#C13444',
600: '#932F3B',
700: '#68272F',
800: '#441D22',
900: '#291416',
},
}
$base: #480810; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #FEF1F2; $base-100: #FCD9DD; $base-200: #F7B6BD; $base-300: #EB8490; $base-400: #DB5766; $base-500: #C13444; $base-600: #932F3B; $base-700: #68272F; $base-800: #441D22; $base-900: #291416; $base-hover: #3B070D; $base-subtle: #E698A1;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#480810",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FEF1F2",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#FCD9DD",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#F7B6BD",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#EB8490",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#DB5766",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#C13444",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#932F3B",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#68272F",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#441D22",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#291416",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}