#BC4E69 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 #BC4E69 works with other colors. Named schemes with #BC4E69 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 #BC4E69 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 #BC4E69 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #BC4E69;
--color-base-rgb: 188 78 105;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(57.4% 0.143 7.5);
--color-50: #FBF4F5;
--color-100: #F4E1E6;
--color-200: #E8C4CD;
--color-300: #D59BA9;
--color-400: #BE7486;
--color-500: #A25367;
--color-600: #7D4553;
--color-700: #5A353E;
--color-800: #3B262B;
--color-900: #25191C;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
brick-red: {
50: '#FBF4F5',
100: '#F4E1E6',
200: '#E8C4CD',
300: '#D59BA9',
400: '#BE7486',
500: '#A25367',
600: '#7D4553',
700: '#5A353E',
800: '#3B262B',
900: '#25191C',
},
}
$base: #BC4E69; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #FBF4F5; $base-100: #F4E1E6; $base-200: #E8C4CD; $base-300: #D59BA9; $base-400: #BE7486; $base-500: #A25367; $base-600: #7D4553; $base-700: #5A353E; $base-800: #3B262B; $base-900: #25191C; $base-hover: #9A3A52; $base-subtle: #E7CED4;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#BC4E69",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FBF4F5",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F4E1E6",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#E8C4CD",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#D59BA9",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#BE7486",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#A25367",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#7D4553",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#5A353E",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#3B262B",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#25191C",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}