#754F58 is a mid-toned, warm red. On the Color Lab it reads with a faded, vintage edge, restrained and easy to live with. It carries a legible label as a UI accent and reproduces cleanly in print.
Not just a swatch — here's how #754F58 works with other colors. Named schemes with #754F58 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Wenge anchors this café scheme as the warm mid-tone, lifted by latte cream and a muted sage accent and grounded by espresso brown and a warm charcoal.
Wenge plays the worn-leather lead, deepened by saddle brown and an oxblood anchor, softened by aged cream and cooled by a muted forest green.
Wenge sits between cream and a deep berry here, softened by a blush accent and grounded by charcoal.
Wenge 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.
Wenge 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 Wenge carrying the quiet middle.
How #754F58 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 #754F58 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #754F58;
--color-base-rgb: 117 79 88;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(47.2% 0.053 3.7);
--color-50: #F9F6F7;
--color-100: #EFE7E8;
--color-200: #DECED2;
--color-300: #C4ABB1;
--color-400: #A98991;
--color-500: #8B6A71;
--color-600: #6D555B;
--color-700: #4F4043;
--color-800: #352C2E;
--color-900: #211C1D;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
wenge: {
50: '#F9F6F7',
100: '#EFE7E8',
200: '#DECED2',
300: '#C4ABB1',
400: '#A98991',
500: '#8B6A71',
600: '#6D555B',
700: '#4F4043',
800: '#352C2E',
900: '#211C1D',
},
}
$base: #754F58; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #F9F6F7; $base-100: #EFE7E8; $base-200: #DECED2; $base-300: #C4ABB1; $base-400: #A98991; $base-500: #8B6A71; $base-600: #6D555B; $base-700: #4F4043; $base-800: #352C2E; $base-900: #211C1D; $base-hover: #5C3F46; $base-subtle: #D6C9CC;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#754F58",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F9F6F7",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#EFE7E8",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#DECED2",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#C4ABB1",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#A98991",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#8B6A71",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#6D555B",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#4F4043",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#352C2E",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#211C1D",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}