#4E1233 is a deep, warm red. On the Color Lab it reads clean and engineered, quietly premium. It reproduces cleanly in print.
Not just a swatch — here's how #4E1233 works with other colors. Named schemes with #4E1233 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Tyrian Purple plays the worn-leather lead, deepened by saddle brown and an oxblood anchor, softened by aged cream and cooled by a muted forest green.
Tyrian Purple 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.
Tyrian Purple 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 Tyrian Purple.
Tyrian Purple sits between cream and a deep berry here, softened by a blush accent and grounded by charcoal.
Tyrian Purple 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 Tyrian Purple carrying the quiet middle.
How #4E1233 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 #4E1233 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #4E1233;
--color-base-rgb: 78 18 51;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(29.7% 0.097 350.8);
--color-50: #FDF2F8;
--color-100: #F8DDEC;
--color-200: #F0BDD9;
--color-300: #E08FBC;
--color-400: #CD659E;
--color-500: #B24380;
--color-600: #883A65;
--color-700: #612E4A;
--color-800: #402132;
--color-900: #27161F;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
tyrian-purple: {
50: '#FDF2F8',
100: '#F8DDEC',
200: '#F0BDD9',
300: '#E08FBC',
400: '#CD659E',
500: '#B24380',
600: '#883A65',
700: '#612E4A',
800: '#402132',
900: '#27161F',
},
}
$base: #4E1233; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #FDF2F8; $base-100: #F8DDEC; $base-200: #F0BDD9; $base-300: #E08FBC; $base-400: #CD659E; $base-500: #B24380; $base-600: #883A65; $base-700: #612E4A; $base-800: #402132; $base-900: #27161F; $base-hover: #3F0E29; $base-subtle: #DFA3C4;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#4E1233",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FDF2F8",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F8DDEC",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#F0BDD9",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#E08FBC",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#CD659E",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#B24380",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#883A65",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#612E4A",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#402132",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#27161F",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}