#4E0415 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 #4E0415 works with other colors. Named schemes with #4E0415 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 #4E0415 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 #4E0415 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #4E0415;
--color-base-rgb: 78 4 21;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(27.3% 0.104 16.0);
--color-50: #FEF0F4;
--color-100: #FDD8E1;
--color-200: #FBB2C3;
--color-300: #F27E99;
--color-400: #E34F71;
--color-500: #CA2B50;
--color-600: #992943;
--color-700: #6C2334;
--color-800: #461B25;
--color-900: #2B1218;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
oxblood: {
50: '#FEF0F4',
100: '#FDD8E1',
200: '#FBB2C3',
300: '#F27E99',
400: '#E34F71',
500: '#CA2B50',
600: '#992943',
700: '#6C2334',
800: '#461B25',
900: '#2B1218',
},
}
$base: #4E0415; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #FEF0F4; $base-100: #FDD8E1; $base-200: #FBB2C3; $base-300: #F27E99; $base-400: #E34F71; $base-500: #CA2B50; $base-600: #992943; $base-700: #6C2334; $base-800: #461B25; $base-900: #2B1218; $base-hover: #3E0311; $base-subtle: #EB93A7;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#4E0415",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FEF0F4",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#FDD8E1",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#FBB2C3",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#F27E99",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#E34F71",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#CA2B50",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#992943",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#6C2334",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#461B25",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#2B1218",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}