#804E64 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 #804E64 works with other colors. Named schemes with #804E64 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 #804E64 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 #804E64 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #804E64;
--color-base-rgb: 128 78 100;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(48.8% 0.073 352.2);
--color-50: #F9F5F7;
--color-100: #F0E5EA;
--color-200: #E0CCD5;
--color-300: #C7A8B6;
--color-400: #AD8596;
--color-500: #906578;
--color-600: #70525F;
--color-700: #513E46;
--color-800: #362B30;
--color-900: #221B1E;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
cordovan: {
50: '#F9F5F7',
100: '#F0E5EA',
200: '#E0CCD5',
300: '#C7A8B6',
400: '#AD8596',
500: '#906578',
600: '#70525F',
700: '#513E46',
800: '#362B30',
900: '#221B1E',
},
}
$base: #804E64; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #F9F5F7; $base-100: #F0E5EA; $base-200: #E0CCD5; $base-300: #C7A8B6; $base-400: #AD8596; $base-500: #906578; $base-600: #70525F; $base-700: #513E46; $base-800: #362B30; $base-900: #221B1E; $base-hover: #653E4F; $base-subtle: #D9C9D0;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#804E64",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F9F5F7",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F0E5EA",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#E0CCD5",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#C7A8B6",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#AD8596",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#906578",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#70525F",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#513E46",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#362B30",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#221B1E",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}