#A55367 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 #A55367 works with other colors. Named schemes with #A55367 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.
This palette keeps Mauve Taupe as the dominant warm neutral, balanced by muted terracotta and olive earth tones and grounded by a deep espresso anchor.
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 #A55367 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 #A55367 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #A55367;
--color-base-rgb: 165 83 103;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(54.7% 0.110 5.9);
--color-50: #FAF5F6;
--color-100: #F2E3E7;
--color-200: #E4C9CF;
--color-300: #CDA2AD;
--color-400: #B47E8B;
--color-500: #975D6C;
--color-600: #754C57;
--color-700: #553A41;
--color-800: #38292C;
--color-900: #231A1C;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
mauve-taupe: {
50: '#FAF5F6',
100: '#F2E3E7',
200: '#E4C9CF',
300: '#CDA2AD',
400: '#B47E8B',
500: '#975D6C',
600: '#754C57',
700: '#553A41',
800: '#38292C',
900: '#231A1C',
},
}
$base: #A55367; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #FAF5F6; $base-100: #F2E3E7; $base-200: #E4C9CF; $base-300: #CDA2AD; $base-400: #B47E8B; $base-500: #975D6C; $base-600: #754C57; $base-700: #553A41; $base-800: #38292C; $base-900: #231A1C; $base-hover: #854353; $base-subtle: #E2CED3;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#A55367",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FAF5F6",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F2E3E7",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#E4C9CF",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#CDA2AD",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#B47E8B",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#975D6C",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#754C57",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#553A41",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#38292C",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#231A1C",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}