#AF4E69 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 #AF4E69 works with other colors. Named schemes with #AF4E69 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Brick Red 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.
Brick Red plays the worn-leather lead, deepened by saddle brown and an oxblood anchor, softened by aged cream and cooled by a muted forest green.
Brick Red sits between cream and a deep berry here, softened by a blush accent and grounded by charcoal.
This palette keeps Brick Red as the dominant warm neutral, balanced by muted terracotta and olive earth tones and grounded by a deep espresso anchor.
Brick Red 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 Brick Red carrying the quiet middle.
How #AF4E69 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 #AF4E69 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #AF4E69;
--color-base-rgb: 175 78 105;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(55.5% 0.129 4.8);
--color-50: #FBF4F6;
--color-100: #F3E2E7;
--color-200: #E6C7D0;
--color-300: #D09FAD;
--color-400: #B87A8B;
--color-500: #9C596C;
--color-600: #794957;
--color-700: #573841;
--color-800: #3A272C;
--color-900: #24191C;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
brick-red: {
50: '#FBF4F6',
100: '#F3E2E7',
200: '#E6C7D0',
300: '#D09FAD',
400: '#B87A8B',
500: '#9C596C',
600: '#794957',
700: '#573841',
800: '#3A272C',
900: '#24191C',
},
}
$base: #AF4E69; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #FBF4F6; $base-100: #F3E2E7; $base-200: #E6C7D0; $base-300: #D09FAD; $base-400: #B87A8B; $base-500: #9C596C; $base-600: #794957; $base-700: #573841; $base-800: #3A272C; $base-900: #24191C; $base-hover: #8D3F55; $base-subtle: #E4CED4;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#AF4E69",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FBF4F6",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F3E2E7",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#E6C7D0",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#D09FAD",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#B87A8B",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#9C596C",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#794957",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#573841",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#3A272C",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#24191C",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}