#4F2430 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 #4F2430 works with other colors. Named schemes with #4F2430 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 #4F2430 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 #4F2430 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #4F2430;
--color-base-rgb: 79 36 48;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(32.4% 0.066 3.7);
--color-50: #FAF4F6;
--color-100: #F3E3E7;
--color-200: #E5C7D0;
--color-300: #CFA0AD;
--color-400: #B87A8C;
--color-500: #9B5A6C;
--color-600: #784A57;
--color-700: #563841;
--color-800: #39282D;
--color-900: #241A1C;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
bistre: {
50: '#FAF4F6',
100: '#F3E3E7',
200: '#E5C7D0',
300: '#CFA0AD',
400: '#B87A8C',
500: '#9B5A6C',
600: '#784A57',
700: '#563841',
800: '#39282D',
900: '#241A1C',
},
}
$base: #4F2430; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #FAF4F6; $base-100: #F3E3E7; $base-200: #E5C7D0; $base-300: #CFA0AD; $base-400: #B87A8C; $base-500: #9B5A6C; $base-600: #784A57; $base-700: #563841; $base-800: #39282D; $base-900: #241A1C; $base-hover: #401E27; $base-subtle: #D5B4BD;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#4F2430",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FAF4F6",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F3E3E7",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#E5C7D0",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#CFA0AD",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#B87A8C",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#9B5A6C",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#784A57",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#563841",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#39282D",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#241A1C",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}