#A41330 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 #A41330 works with other colors. Named schemes with #A41330 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 #A41330 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 #A41330 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #A41330;
--color-base-rgb: 164 19 48;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(46.3% 0.175 18.6);
--color-50: #FEF1F3;
--color-100: #FCDAE0;
--color-200: #F6B6C3;
--color-300: #EB8599;
--color-400: #DA5872;
--color-500: #C03551;
--color-600: #923043;
--color-700: #672834;
--color-800: #431D25;
--color-900: #291418;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
carmine: {
50: '#FEF1F3',
100: '#FCDAE0',
200: '#F6B6C3',
300: '#EB8599',
400: '#DA5872',
500: '#C03551',
600: '#923043',
700: '#672834',
800: '#431D25',
900: '#291418',
},
}
$base: #A41330; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #FEF1F3; $base-100: #FCDAE0; $base-200: #F6B6C3; $base-300: #EB8599; $base-400: #DA5872; $base-500: #C03551; $base-600: #923043; $base-700: #672834; $base-800: #431D25; $base-900: #291418; $base-hover: #830F27; $base-subtle: #EBB1BC;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#A41330",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FEF1F3",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#FCDAE0",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#F6B6C3",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#EB8599",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#DA5872",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#C03551",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#923043",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#672834",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#431D25",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#291418",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}