#4E0620 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 #4E0620 works with other colors. Named schemes with #4E0620 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 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 #4E0620 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 #4E0620 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #4E0620;
--color-base-rgb: 78 6 32;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(27.8% 0.103 6.6);
--color-50: #FEF0F5;
--color-100: #FDD8E6;
--color-200: #F9B3CD;
--color-300: #EF80A9;
--color-400: #E05286;
--color-500: #C62F66;
--color-600: #962B53;
--color-700: #6A253E;
--color-800: #451C2B;
--color-900: #2A131B;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
oxblood: {
50: '#FEF0F5',
100: '#FDD8E6',
200: '#F9B3CD',
300: '#EF80A9',
400: '#E05286',
500: '#C62F66',
600: '#962B53',
700: '#6A253E',
800: '#451C2B',
900: '#2A131B',
},
}
$base: #4E0620; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #FEF0F5; $base-100: #FDD8E6; $base-200: #F9B3CD; $base-300: #EF80A9; $base-400: #E05286; $base-500: #C62F66; $base-600: #962B53; $base-700: #6A253E; $base-800: #451C2B; $base-900: #2A131B; $base-hover: #3D0519; $base-subtle: #E995B4;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#4E0620",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FEF0F5",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#FDD8E6",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#F9B3CD",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#EF80A9",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#E05286",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#C62F66",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#962B53",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#6A253E",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#451C2B",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#2A131B",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}