#A03349 is a mid-toned, warm red-orange. 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 #A03349 works with other colors. Named schemes with #A03349 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
This palette keeps Cranberry as the dominant warm neutral, balanced by muted terracotta and olive earth tones and grounded by a deep espresso anchor.
Cranberry 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.
Cranberry plays the worn-leather lead, deepened by saddle brown and an oxblood anchor, softened by aged cream and cooled by a muted forest green.
Cranberry sits between cream and a deep berry here, softened by a blush accent and grounded by charcoal.
Cranberry 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 Cranberry carrying the quiet middle.
How #A03349 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 #A03349 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #A03349;
--color-base-rgb: 160 51 73;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(48.7% 0.144 12.3);
--color-50: #FCF3F5;
--color-100: #F6DFE4;
--color-200: #EBC1CA;
--color-300: #D996A3;
--color-400: #C46E7F;
--color-500: #A84D5F;
--color-600: #81414D;
--color-700: #5C323B;
--color-800: #3D2429;
--color-900: #26181A;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
cranberry: {
50: '#FCF3F5',
100: '#F6DFE4',
200: '#EBC1CA',
300: '#D996A3',
400: '#C46E7F',
500: '#A84D5F',
600: '#81414D',
700: '#5C323B',
800: '#3D2429',
900: '#26181A',
},
}
$base: #A03349; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #FCF3F5; $base-100: #F6DFE4; $base-200: #EBC1CA; $base-300: #D996A3; $base-400: #C46E7F; $base-500: #A84D5F; $base-600: #81414D; $base-700: #5C323B; $base-800: #3D2429; $base-900: #26181A; $base-hover: #7F283A; $base-subtle: #E4C0C7;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#A03349",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FCF3F5",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F6DFE4",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#EBC1CA",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#D996A3",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#C46E7F",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#A84D5F",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#81414D",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#5C323B",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#3D2429",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#26181A",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}