#911824 is a mid-toned, warm red-orange. On the Color Lab it reads organic and grounded, quietly premium. It carries a legible label as a UI accent and reproduces cleanly in print.
Not just a swatch — here's how #911824 works with other colors. Named schemes with #911824 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
This palette keeps Carmine as the dominant warm neutral, balanced by muted terracotta and olive earth tones and grounded by a deep espresso anchor.
Carmine 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.
Carmine plays the worn-leather lead, deepened by saddle brown and an oxblood anchor, softened by aged cream and cooled by a muted forest green.
Carmine sits between cream and a deep berry here, softened by a blush accent and grounded by charcoal.
Carmine 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 Carmine carrying the quiet middle.
How #911824 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 #911824 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #911824;
--color-base-rgb: 145 24 36;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(42.7% 0.155 22.4);
--color-50: #FDF1F3;
--color-100: #FADBDE;
--color-200: #F3B9BF;
--color-300: #E68992;
--color-400: #D55D69;
--color-500: #BA3B48;
--color-600: #8E343D;
--color-700: #642A30;
--color-800: #421F23;
--color-900: #281517;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
carmine: {
50: '#FDF1F3',
100: '#FADBDE',
200: '#F3B9BF',
300: '#E68992',
400: '#D55D69',
500: '#BA3B48',
600: '#8E343D',
700: '#642A30',
800: '#421F23',
900: '#281517',
},
}
$base: #911824; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #FDF1F3; $base-100: #FADBDE; $base-200: #F3B9BF; $base-300: #E68992; $base-400: #D55D69; $base-500: #BA3B48; $base-600: #8E343D; $base-700: #642A30; $base-800: #421F23; $base-900: #281517; $base-hover: #74131D; $base-subtle: #E8B0B5;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#911824",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FDF1F3",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#FADBDE",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#F3B9BF",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#E68992",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#D55D69",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#BA3B48",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#8E343D",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#642A30",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#421F23",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#281517",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}