#7A435F is a mid-toned, warm red. On the Color Lab it reads clean and engineered, with a faded, vintage edge. It carries a legible label as a UI accent and reproduces cleanly in print.
Not just a swatch — here's how #7A435F works with other colors. Named schemes with #7A435F in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Cordovan 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.
Cordovan plays the worn-leather lead, deepened by saddle brown and an oxblood anchor, softened by aged cream and cooled by a muted forest green.
Cordovan sits between cream and a deep berry here, softened by a blush accent and grounded by charcoal.
Cordovan 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.
Cordovan 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 Cordovan carrying the quiet middle.
How #7A435F 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 #7A435F at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #7A435F;
--color-base-rgb: 122 67 95;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(45.9% 0.084 349.1);
--color-50: #FAF5F7;
--color-100: #F1E4EB;
--color-200: #E2CAD7;
--color-300: #CAA5B8;
--color-400: #B1819A;
--color-500: #94617B;
--color-600: #734F62;
--color-700: #533C48;
--color-800: #372931;
--color-900: #231B1F;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
cordovan: {
50: '#FAF5F7',
100: '#F1E4EB',
200: '#E2CAD7',
300: '#CAA5B8',
400: '#B1819A',
500: '#94617B',
600: '#734F62',
700: '#533C48',
800: '#372931',
900: '#231B1F',
},
}
$base: #7A435F; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #FAF5F7; $base-100: #F1E4EB; $base-200: #E2CAD7; $base-300: #CAA5B8; $base-400: #B1819A; $base-500: #94617B; $base-600: #734F62; $base-700: #533C48; $base-800: #372931; $base-900: #231B1F; $base-hover: #61364C; $base-subtle: #D9C4CF;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#7A435F",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FAF5F7",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F1E4EB",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#E2CAD7",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#CAA5B8",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#B1819A",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#94617B",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#734F62",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#533C48",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#372931",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#231B1F",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}