#8D4E58 is a mid-toned, warm red. On the Color Lab it reads 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 #8D4E58 works with other colors. Named schemes with #8D4E58 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
This palette keeps Cordovan as the dominant warm neutral, balanced by muted terracotta and olive earth tones and grounded by a deep espresso anchor.
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 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 #8D4E58 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 #8D4E58 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #8D4E58;
--color-base-rgb: 141 78 88;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(50.1% 0.085 10.4);
--color-50: #FAF5F6;
--color-100: #F1E4E6;
--color-200: #E2CACE;
--color-300: #CAA5AB;
--color-400: #B18189;
--color-500: #946169;
--color-600: #734F55;
--color-700: #533C40;
--color-800: #37292C;
--color-900: #231B1C;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
cordovan: {
50: '#FAF5F6',
100: '#F1E4E6',
200: '#E2CACE',
300: '#CAA5AB',
400: '#B18189',
500: '#946169',
600: '#734F55',
700: '#533C40',
800: '#37292C',
900: '#231B1C',
},
}
$base: #8D4E58; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #FAF5F6; $base-100: #F1E4E6; $base-200: #E2CACE; $base-300: #CAA5AB; $base-400: #B18189; $base-500: #946169; $base-600: #734F55; $base-700: #533C40; $base-800: #37292C; $base-900: #231B1C; $base-hover: #713E47; $base-subtle: #DDCACD;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#8D4E58",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FAF5F6",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F1E4E6",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#E2CACE",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#CAA5AB",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#B18189",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#946169",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#734F55",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#533C40",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#37292C",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#231B1C",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}