#520F1E is a deep, warm red-orange. On the Color Lab it reads organic and grounded, quietly premium. It reproduces cleanly in print.
Not just a swatch — here's how #520F1E works with other colors. Named schemes with #520F1E in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
This palette keeps Oxblood as the dominant warm neutral, balanced by muted terracotta and olive earth tones and grounded by a deep espresso anchor.
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 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 #520F1E 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 #520F1E at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #520F1E;
--color-base-rgb: 82 15 30;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(29.4% 0.097 13.0);
--color-50: #FDF2F4;
--color-100: #F9DCE2;
--color-200: #F2BAC6;
--color-300: #E48B9E;
--color-400: #D26079;
--color-500: #B73E58;
--color-600: #8C3649;
--color-700: #632C38;
--color-800: #412027;
--color-900: #281519;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
oxblood: {
50: '#FDF2F4',
100: '#F9DCE2',
200: '#F2BAC6',
300: '#E48B9E',
400: '#D26079',
500: '#B73E58',
600: '#8C3649',
700: '#632C38',
800: '#412027',
900: '#281519',
},
}
$base: #520F1E; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #FDF2F4; $base-100: #F9DCE2; $base-200: #F2BAC6; $base-300: #E48B9E; $base-400: #D26079; $base-500: #B73E58; $base-600: #8C3649; $base-700: #632C38; $base-800: #412027; $base-900: #281519; $base-hover: #420C18; $base-subtle: #E2A1AF;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#520F1E",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FDF2F4",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F9DCE2",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#F2BAC6",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#E48B9E",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#D26079",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#B73E58",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#8C3649",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#632C38",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#412027",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#281519",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}