#4C1D29 is a deep, warm red. On the Color Lab it reads quietly premium. It reproduces cleanly in print.
Not just a swatch — here's how #4C1D29 works with other colors. Named schemes with #4C1D29 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
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.
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 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 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.
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 #4C1D29 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 #4C1D29 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #4C1D29;
--color-base-rgb: 76 29 41;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(30.5% 0.072 6.4);
--color-50: #FBF4F5;
--color-100: #F4E1E6;
--color-200: #E8C4CD;
--color-300: #D59BA9;
--color-400: #BE7486;
--color-500: #A25367;
--color-600: #7D4553;
--color-700: #5A353E;
--color-800: #3B262B;
--color-900: #25191C;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
bistre: {
50: '#FBF4F5',
100: '#F4E1E6',
200: '#E8C4CD',
300: '#D59BA9',
400: '#BE7486',
500: '#A25367',
600: '#7D4553',
700: '#5A353E',
800: '#3B262B',
900: '#25191C',
},
}
$base: #4C1D29; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #FBF4F5; $base-100: #F4E1E6; $base-200: #E8C4CD; $base-300: #D59BA9; $base-400: #BE7486; $base-500: #A25367; $base-600: #7D4553; $base-700: #5A353E; $base-800: #3B262B; $base-900: #25191C; $base-hover: #3E1821; $base-subtle: #D7AEB8;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#4C1D29",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FBF4F5",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F4E1E6",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#E8C4CD",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#D59BA9",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#BE7486",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#A25367",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#7D4553",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#5A353E",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#3B262B",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#25191C",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}