#4E1024 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 #4E1024 works with other colors. Named schemes with #4E1024 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 #4E1024 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 #4E1024 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #4E1024;
--color-base-rgb: 78 16 36;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(28.9% 0.093 5.8);
--color-50: #FDF2F5;
--color-100: #F9DCE5;
--color-200: #F1BBCC;
--color-300: #E28DA8;
--color-400: #D06285;
--color-500: #B54065;
--color-600: #8A3852;
--color-700: #622D3E;
--color-800: #40212B;
--color-900: #28161B;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
oxblood: {
50: '#FDF2F5',
100: '#F9DCE5',
200: '#F1BBCC',
300: '#E28DA8',
400: '#D06285',
500: '#B54065',
600: '#8A3852',
700: '#622D3E',
800: '#40212B',
900: '#28161B',
},
}
$base: #4E1024; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #FDF2F5; $base-100: #F9DCE5; $base-200: #F1BBCC; $base-300: #E28DA8; $base-400: #D06285; $base-500: #B54065; $base-600: #8A3852; $base-700: #622D3E; $base-800: #40212B; $base-900: #28161B; $base-hover: #3D0C1C; $base-subtle: #E0A1B5;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#4E1024",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FDF2F5",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F9DCE5",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#F1BBCC",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#E28DA8",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#D06285",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#B54065",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#8A3852",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#622D3E",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#40212B",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#28161B",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}