#AD4E71 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 #AD4E71 works with other colors. Named schemes with #AD4E71 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 #AD4E71 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 #AD4E71 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #AD4E71;
--color-base-rgb: 173 78 113;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(55.4% 0.130 359.0);
--color-50: #FBF4F7;
--color-100: #F3E2E8;
--color-200: #E6C7D2;
--color-300: #D09FB1;
--color-400: #B87A91;
--color-500: #9C5971;
--color-600: #79495B;
--color-700: #573843;
--color-800: #3A272E;
--color-900: #24191D;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
mulberry: {
50: '#FBF4F7',
100: '#F3E2E8',
200: '#E6C7D2',
300: '#D09FB1',
400: '#B87A91',
500: '#9C5971',
600: '#79495B',
700: '#573843',
800: '#3A272E',
900: '#24191D',
},
}
$base: #AD4E71; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #FBF4F7; $base-100: #F3E2E8; $base-200: #E6C7D2; $base-300: #D09FB1; $base-400: #B87A91; $base-500: #9C5971; $base-600: #79495B; $base-700: #573843; $base-800: #3A272E; $base-900: #24191D; $base-hover: #8A3E5A; $base-subtle: #E3CDD5;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#AD4E71",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FBF4F7",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F3E2E8",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#E6C7D2",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#D09FB1",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#B87A91",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#9C5971",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#79495B",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#573843",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#3A272E",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#24191D",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}