#950415 is a mid-toned, warm 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 #950415 works with other colors. Named schemes with #950415 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 #950415 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 #950415 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #950415;
--color-base-rgb: 149 4 21;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(42.4% 0.170 25.3);
--color-50: #FEF0F2;
--color-100: #FDD8DC;
--color-200: #FCB1B9;
--color-300: #F57A89;
--color-400: #E84A5D;
--color-500: #CE273A;
--color-600: #9C2634;
--color-700: #6E212A;
--color-800: #471A1F;
--color-900: #2B1215;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
carmine: {
50: '#FEF0F2',
100: '#FDD8DC',
200: '#FCB1B9',
300: '#F57A89',
400: '#E84A5D',
500: '#CE273A',
600: '#9C2634',
700: '#6E212A',
800: '#471A1F',
900: '#2B1215',
},
}
$base: #950415; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #FEF0F2; $base-100: #FDD8DC; $base-200: #FCB1B9; $base-300: #F57A89; $base-400: #E84A5D; $base-500: #CE273A; $base-600: #9C2634; $base-700: #6E212A; $base-800: #471A1F; $base-900: #2B1215; $base-hover: #770311; $base-subtle: #F0A3AC;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#950415",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FEF0F2",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#FDD8DC",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#FCB1B9",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#F57A89",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#E84A5D",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#CE273A",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#9C2634",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#6E212A",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#471A1F",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#2B1215",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}