#A01331 is a mid-toned, warm red-orange. It carries a legible label as a UI accent and reproduces cleanly in print.
Not just a swatch — here's how #A01331 works with other colors. Named schemes with #A01331 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
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.
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 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 #A01331 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 #A01331 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #A01331;
--color-base-rgb: 160 19 49;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(45.5% 0.171 17.6);
--color-50: #FEF1F4;
--color-100: #FCDAE1;
--color-200: #F6B6C4;
--color-300: #EB859B;
--color-400: #DA5874;
--color-500: #C03553;
--color-600: #923045;
--color-700: #672835;
--color-800: #431D26;
--color-900: #291419;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
carmine: {
50: '#FEF1F4',
100: '#FCDAE1',
200: '#F6B6C4',
300: '#EB859B',
400: '#DA5874',
500: '#C03553',
600: '#923045',
700: '#672835',
800: '#431D26',
900: '#291419',
},
}
$base: #A01331; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #FEF1F4; $base-100: #FCDAE1; $base-200: #F6B6C4; $base-300: #EB859B; $base-400: #DA5874; $base-500: #C03553; $base-600: #923045; $base-700: #672835; $base-800: #431D26; $base-900: #291419; $base-hover: #800F27; $base-subtle: #EBAFBC;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#A01331",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FEF1F4",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#FCDAE1",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#F6B6C4",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#EB859B",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#DA5874",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#C03553",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#923045",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#672835",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#431D26",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#291419",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}