#984E75 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 #984E75 works with other colors. Named schemes with #984E75 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Plum 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.
Plum plays the worn-leather lead, deepened by saddle brown and an oxblood anchor, softened by aged cream and cooled by a muted forest green.
Plum sits between cream and a deep berry here, softened by a blush accent and grounded by charcoal.
This palette keeps Plum as the dominant warm neutral, balanced by muted terracotta and olive earth tones and grounded by a deep espresso anchor.
Plum 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 Plum carrying the quiet middle.
How #984E75 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 #984E75 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #984E75;
--color-base-rgb: 152 78 117;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(52.6% 0.110 348.7);
--color-50: #FAF5F8;
--color-100: #F2E4EB;
--color-200: #E3C9D7;
--color-300: #CCA3B9;
--color-400: #B37F9B;
--color-500: #975E7C;
--color-600: #754D62;
--color-700: #543A48;
--color-800: #382931;
--color-900: #231A1F;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
plum: {
50: '#FAF5F8',
100: '#F2E4EB',
200: '#E3C9D7',
300: '#CCA3B9',
400: '#B37F9B',
500: '#975E7C',
600: '#754D62',
700: '#543A48',
800: '#382931',
900: '#231A1F',
},
}
$base: #984E75; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #FAF5F8; $base-100: #F2E4EB; $base-200: #E3C9D7; $base-300: #CCA3B9; $base-400: #B37F9B; $base-500: #975E7C; $base-600: #754D62; $base-700: #543A48; $base-800: #382931; $base-900: #231A1F; $base-hover: #793E5E; $base-subtle: #DFCBD6;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#984E75",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FAF5F8",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F2E4EB",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#E3C9D7",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#CCA3B9",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#B37F9B",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#975E7C",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#754D62",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#543A48",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#382931",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#231A1F",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}