#4E0723 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 #4E0723 works with other colors. Named schemes with #4E0723 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
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 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 #4E0723 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 #4E0723 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #4E0723;
--color-base-rgb: 78 7 35;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(28.0% 0.103 3.9);
--color-50: #FEF0F6;
--color-100: #FDD8E7;
--color-200: #F8B4CF;
--color-300: #EE81AD;
--color-400: #DF538B;
--color-500: #C4306C;
--color-600: #952D56;
--color-700: #692541;
--color-800: #451C2C;
--color-900: #2A131C;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
oxblood: {
50: '#FEF0F6',
100: '#FDD8E7',
200: '#F8B4CF',
300: '#EE81AD',
400: '#DF538B',
500: '#C4306C',
600: '#952D56',
700: '#692541',
800: '#451C2C',
900: '#2A131C',
},
}
$base: #4E0723; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #FEF0F6; $base-100: #FDD8E7; $base-200: #F8B4CF; $base-300: #EE81AD; $base-400: #DF538B; $base-500: #C4306C; $base-600: #952D56; $base-700: #692541; $base-800: #451C2C; $base-900: #2A131C; $base-hover: #40061D; $base-subtle: #E897B7;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#4E0723",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FEF0F6",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#FDD8E7",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#F8B4CF",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#EE81AD",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#DF538B",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#C4306C",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#952D56",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#692541",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#451C2C",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#2A131C",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}