#5D2444 is a deep, warm red. On the Color Lab it reads clean and engineered, with a faded, vintage edge. It reproduces cleanly in print.
Not just a swatch — here's how #5D2444 works with other colors. Named schemes with #5D2444 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 #5D2444 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 #5D2444 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #5D2444;
--color-base-rgb: 93 36 68;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(35.4% 0.093 348.1);
--color-50: #FBF4F8;
--color-100: #F4E1EC;
--color-200: #E8C4D9;
--color-300: #D49BBB;
--color-400: #BD759E;
--color-500: #A15480;
--color-600: #7C4665;
--color-700: #59364A;
--color-800: #3B2632;
--color-900: #25191F;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
tyrian-purple: {
50: '#FBF4F8',
100: '#F4E1EC',
200: '#E8C4D9',
300: '#D49BBB',
400: '#BD759E',
500: '#A15480',
600: '#7C4665',
700: '#59364A',
800: '#3B2632',
900: '#25191F',
},
}
$base: #5D2444; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #FBF4F8; $base-100: #F4E1EC; $base-200: #E8C4D9; $base-300: #D49BBB; $base-400: #BD759E; $base-500: #A15480; $base-600: #7C4665; $base-700: #59364A; $base-800: #3B2632; $base-900: #25191F; $base-hover: #491D36; $base-subtle: #D9B2C8;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#5D2444",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FBF4F8",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F4E1EC",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#E8C4D9",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#D49BBB",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#BD759E",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#A15480",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#7C4665",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#59364A",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#3B2632",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#25191F",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}