#920126 is a mid-toned, warm red-orange. On the Color Lab it reads quietly premium. It carries a legible label as a UI accent and reproduces cleanly in print.
Not just a swatch — here's how #920126 works with other colors. Named schemes with #920126 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 #920126 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 #920126 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #920126;
--color-base-rgb: 146 1 38;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(41.8% 0.167 18.7);
--color-50: #FEF0F4;
--color-100: #FDD8E1;
--color-200: #FCB1C3;
--color-300: #F77898;
--color-400: #EB4770;
--color-500: #D2234F;
--color-600: #9F2342;
--color-700: #6F1F33;
--color-800: #481925;
--color-900: #2C1118;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
carmine: {
50: '#FEF0F4',
100: '#FDD8E1',
200: '#FCB1C3',
300: '#F77898',
400: '#EB4770',
500: '#D2234F',
600: '#9F2342',
700: '#6F1F33',
800: '#481925',
900: '#2C1118',
},
}
$base: #920126; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #FEF0F4; $base-100: #FDD8E1; $base-200: #FCB1C3; $base-300: #F77898; $base-400: #EB4770; $base-500: #D2234F; $base-600: #9F2342; $base-700: #6F1F33; $base-800: #481925; $base-900: #2C1118; $base-hover: #76011E; $base-subtle: #F2A0B4;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#920126",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FEF0F4",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#FDD8E1",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#FCB1C3",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#F77898",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#EB4770",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#D2234F",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#9F2342",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#6F1F33",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#481925",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#2C1118",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}