#4E0328 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 #4E0328 works with other colors. Named schemes with #4E0328 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
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 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 #4E0328 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 #4E0328 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #4E0328;
--color-base-rgb: 78 3 40;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(27.8% 0.109 358.2);
--color-50: #FEF0F7;
--color-100: #FDD8EB;
--color-200: #FCB1D6;
--color-300: #F47CB8;
--color-400: #E64C99;
--color-500: #CC297A;
--color-600: #9B2761;
--color-700: #6D2247;
--color-800: #471A30;
--color-900: #2B121F;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
oxblood: {
50: '#FEF0F7',
100: '#FDD8EB',
200: '#FCB1D6',
300: '#F47CB8',
400: '#E64C99',
500: '#CC297A',
600: '#9B2761',
700: '#6D2247',
800: '#471A30',
900: '#2B121F',
},
}
$base: #4E0328; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #FEF0F7; $base-100: #FDD8EB; $base-200: #FCB1D6; $base-300: #F47CB8; $base-400: #E64C99; $base-500: #CC297A; $base-600: #9B2761; $base-700: #6D2247; $base-800: #471A30; $base-900: #2B121F; $base-hover: #3F0221; $base-subtle: #EC91BF;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#4E0328",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FEF0F7",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#FDD8EB",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#FCB1D6",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#F47CB8",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#E64C99",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#CC297A",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#9B2761",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#6D2247",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#471A30",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#2B121F",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}