#4E1D29 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 #4E1D29 works with other colors. Named schemes with #4E1D29 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Bistre plays the worn-leather lead, deepened by saddle brown and an oxblood anchor, softened by aged cream and cooled by a muted forest green.
This palette keeps Bistre as the dominant warm neutral, balanced by muted terracotta and olive earth tones and grounded by a deep espresso anchor.
Bistre sets a calm, sun-bleached base here, wrapped in bone and paper off-whites and a soft greige, with a single ink accent for wabi-sabi restraint.
Bistre 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.
Bistre 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 Bistre carrying the quiet middle.
How #4E1D29 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 #4E1D29 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #4E1D29;
--color-base-rgb: 78 29 41;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(30.8% 0.075 7.3);
--color-50: #FBF3F5;
--color-100: #F5E1E6;
--color-200: #E9C4CD;
--color-300: #D59AA9;
--color-400: #BF7386;
--color-500: #A35266;
--color-600: #7E4453;
--color-700: #5A353E;
--color-800: #3C252B;
--color-900: #25181B;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
bistre: {
50: '#FBF3F5',
100: '#F5E1E6',
200: '#E9C4CD',
300: '#D59AA9',
400: '#BF7386',
500: '#A35266',
600: '#7E4453',
700: '#5A353E',
800: '#3C252B',
900: '#25181B',
},
}
$base: #4E1D29; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #FBF3F5; $base-100: #F5E1E6; $base-200: #E9C4CD; $base-300: #D59AA9; $base-400: #BF7386; $base-500: #A35266; $base-600: #7E4453; $base-700: #5A353E; $base-800: #3C252B; $base-900: #25181B; $base-hover: #3F1721; $base-subtle: #D8ADB8;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#4E1D29",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FBF3F5",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F5E1E6",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#E9C4CD",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#D59AA9",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#BF7386",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#A35266",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#7E4453",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#5A353E",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#3C252B",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#25181B",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}