#4E0213 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 #4E0213 works with other colors. Named schemes with #4E0213 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 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 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 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 #4E0213 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 #4E0213 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #4E0213;
--color-base-rgb: 78 2 19;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(27.1% 0.106 16.9);
--color-50: #FEF0F3;
--color-100: #FDD8E0;
--color-200: #FCB1C1;
--color-300: #F57A95;
--color-400: #E84A6C;
--color-500: #CE274B;
--color-600: #9C263F;
--color-700: #6E2132;
--color-800: #471A24;
--color-900: #2B1217;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
oxblood: {
50: '#FEF0F3',
100: '#FDD8E0',
200: '#FCB1C1',
300: '#F57A95',
400: '#E84A6C',
500: '#CE274B',
600: '#9C263F',
700: '#6E2132',
800: '#471A24',
900: '#2B1217',
},
}
$base: #4E0213; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #FEF0F3; $base-100: #FDD8E0; $base-200: #FCB1C1; $base-300: #F57A95; $base-400: #E84A6C; $base-500: #CE274B; $base-600: #9C263F; $base-700: #6E2132; $base-800: #471A24; $base-900: #2B1217; $base-hover: #40020F; $base-subtle: #ED90A4;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#4E0213",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FEF0F3",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#FDD8E0",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#FCB1C1",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#F57A95",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#E84A6C",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#CE274B",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#9C263F",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#6E2132",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#471A24",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#2B1217",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}