#AC4E77 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 #AC4E77 works with other colors. Named schemes with #AC4E77 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Mulberry 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.
Mulberry plays the worn-leather lead, deepened by saddle brown and an oxblood anchor, softened by aged cream and cooled by a muted forest green.
Mulberry sits between cream and a deep berry here, softened by a blush accent and grounded by charcoal.
This palette keeps Mulberry as the dominant warm neutral, balanced by muted terracotta and olive earth tones and grounded by a deep espresso anchor.
Mulberry 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 Mulberry carrying the quiet middle.
How #AC4E77 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 #AC4E77 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #AC4E77;
--color-base-rgb: 172 78 119;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(55.5% 0.131 354.8);
--color-50: #FBF4F7;
--color-100: #F3E2EA;
--color-200: #E6C7D4;
--color-300: #D09FB4;
--color-400: #B87A95;
--color-500: #9C5976;
--color-600: #79495E;
--color-700: #573845;
--color-800: #3A272F;
--color-900: #24191E;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
mulberry: {
50: '#FBF4F7',
100: '#F3E2EA',
200: '#E6C7D4',
300: '#D09FB4',
400: '#B87A95',
500: '#9C5976',
600: '#79495E',
700: '#573845',
800: '#3A272F',
900: '#24191E',
},
}
$base: #AC4E77; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #FBF4F7; $base-100: #F3E2EA; $base-200: #E6C7D4; $base-300: #D09FB4; $base-400: #B87A95; $base-500: #9C5976; $base-600: #79495E; $base-700: #573845; $base-800: #3A272F; $base-900: #24191E; $base-hover: #8A3E5F; $base-subtle: #E3CDD6;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#AC4E77",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FBF4F7",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F3E2EA",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#E6C7D4",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#D09FB4",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#B87A95",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#9C5976",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#79495E",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#573845",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#3A272F",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#24191E",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}