#4E0724 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 #4E0724 works with other colors. Named schemes with #4E0724 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 #4E0724 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 #4E0724 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #4E0724;
--color-base-rgb: 78 7 36;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(28.0% 0.103 3.0);
--color-50: #FEF0F6;
--color-100: #FDD8E8;
--color-200: #F8B4D1;
--color-300: #EE81AF;
--color-400: #DF538D;
--color-500: #C4306E;
--color-600: #952D58;
--color-700: #692542;
--color-800: #451C2D;
--color-900: #2A131D;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
oxblood: {
50: '#FEF0F6',
100: '#FDD8E8',
200: '#F8B4D1',
300: '#EE81AF',
400: '#DF538D',
500: '#C4306E',
600: '#952D58',
700: '#692542',
800: '#451C2D',
900: '#2A131D',
},
}
$base: #4E0724; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #FEF0F6; $base-100: #FDD8E8; $base-200: #F8B4D1; $base-300: #EE81AF; $base-400: #DF538D; $base-500: #C4306E; $base-600: #952D58; $base-700: #692542; $base-800: #451C2D; $base-900: #2A131D; $base-hover: #40061E; $base-subtle: #E897B9;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#4E0724",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FEF0F6",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#FDD8E8",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#F8B4D1",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#EE81AF",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#DF538D",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#C4306E",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#952D58",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#692542",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#451C2D",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#2A131D",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}