#9C445A 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 #9C445A works with other colors. Named schemes with #9C445A 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 #9C445A 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 #9C445A at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #9C445A;
--color-base-rgb: 156 68 90;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(50.8% 0.119 6.7);
--color-50: #FBF4F6;
--color-100: #F3E2E6;
--color-200: #E6C6CE;
--color-300: #D19EAB;
--color-400: #B97989;
--color-500: #9D5869;
--color-600: #794955;
--color-700: #573840;
--color-800: #3A272C;
--color-900: #24191C;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
cordovan: {
50: '#FBF4F6',
100: '#F3E2E6',
200: '#E6C6CE',
300: '#D19EAB',
400: '#B97989',
500: '#9D5869',
600: '#794955',
700: '#573840',
800: '#3A272C',
900: '#24191C',
},
}
$base: #9C445A; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #FBF4F6; $base-100: #F3E2E6; $base-200: #E6C6CE; $base-300: #D19EAB; $base-400: #B97989; $base-500: #9D5869; $base-600: #794955; $base-700: #573840; $base-800: #3A272C; $base-900: #24191C; $base-hover: #7D3748; $base-subtle: #E1C7CE;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#9C445A",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FBF4F6",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F3E2E6",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#E6C6CE",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#D19EAB",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#B97989",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#9D5869",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#794955",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#573840",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#3A272C",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#24191C",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}