#A36670 is a mid-toned, warm red. On the Color Lab it reads with a faded, vintage edge, restrained and easy to live with. It carries a legible label as a UI accent and reproduces cleanly in print.
Not just a swatch — here's how #A36670 works with other colors. Named schemes with #A36670 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Mauve Taupe 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.
Mauve Taupe plays the worn-leather lead, deepened by saddle brown and an oxblood anchor, softened by aged cream and cooled by a muted forest green.
Mauve Taupe sits between cream and a deep berry here, softened by a blush accent and grounded by charcoal.
Mauve Taupe sets a calm, sun-bleached base here, wrapped in bone and paper off-whites and a soft greige, with a single ink accent for wabi-sabi restraint.
Mauve Taupe 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 Mauve Taupe carrying the quiet middle.
How #A36670 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 #A36670 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #A36670;
--color-base-rgb: 163 102 112;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(57.9% 0.079 9.2);
--color-50: #F9F5F6;
--color-100: #F0E5E7;
--color-200: #E0CCCF;
--color-300: #C8A7AD;
--color-400: #AE848B;
--color-500: #90646C;
--color-600: #705157;
--color-700: #513D41;
--color-800: #362A2C;
--color-900: #221B1C;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
mauve-taupe: {
50: '#F9F5F6',
100: '#F0E5E7',
200: '#E0CCCF',
300: '#C8A7AD',
400: '#AE848B',
500: '#90646C',
600: '#705157',
700: '#513D41',
800: '#362A2C',
900: '#221B1C',
},
}
$base: #A36670; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F9F5F6; $base-100: #F0E5E7; $base-200: #E0CCCF; $base-300: #C8A7AD; $base-400: #AE848B; $base-500: #90646C; $base-600: #705157; $base-700: #513D41; $base-800: #362A2C; $base-900: #221B1C; $base-hover: #855058; $base-subtle: #E1D3D6;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#A36670",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F9F5F6",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F0E5E7",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#E0CCCF",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#C8A7AD",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#AE848B",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#90646C",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#705157",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#513D41",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#362A2C",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#221B1C",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}