#573136 is a mid-toned, warm red. On the Color Lab it reads quietly premium, restrained and easy to live with. It reproduces cleanly in print.
Not just a swatch — here's how #573136 works with other colors. Named schemes with #573136 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Taupe 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 Taupe as the dominant warm neutral, balanced by muted terracotta and olive earth tones and grounded by a deep espresso anchor.
Taupe 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.
Taupe 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.
Taupe 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 Taupe carrying the quiet middle.
How #573136 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 #573136 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #573136;
--color-base-rgb: 87 49 54;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(36.2% 0.056 11.7);
--color-50: #FAF5F6;
--color-100: #F1E5E6;
--color-200: #E2CBCE;
--color-300: #CAA6AA;
--color-400: #B08288;
--color-500: #936268;
--color-600: #724F54;
--color-700: #533C3F;
--color-800: #372A2C;
--color-900: #221B1C;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
taupe: {
50: '#FAF5F6',
100: '#F1E5E6',
200: '#E2CBCE',
300: '#CAA6AA',
400: '#B08288',
500: '#936268',
600: '#724F54',
700: '#533C3F',
800: '#372A2C',
900: '#221B1C',
},
}
$base: #573136; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #FAF5F6; $base-100: #F1E5E6; $base-200: #E2CBCE; $base-300: #CAA6AA; $base-400: #B08288; $base-500: #936268; $base-600: #724F54; $base-700: #533C3F; $base-800: #372A2C; $base-900: #221B1C; $base-hover: #47282C; $base-subtle: #D3BBBE;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#573136",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FAF5F6",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F1E5E6",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#E2CBCE",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#CAA6AA",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#B08288",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#936268",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#724F54",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#533C3F",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#372A2C",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#221B1C",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}