#BC4E75 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 #BC4E75 works with other colors. Named schemes with #BC4E75 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 #BC4E75 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 #BC4E75 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #BC4E75;
--color-base-rgb: 188 78 117;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(57.8% 0.147 0.6);
--color-50: #FBF4F6;
--color-100: #F4E1E8;
--color-200: #E8C4D1;
--color-300: #D59BAF;
--color-400: #BE748E;
--color-500: #A2536F;
--color-600: #7D4558;
--color-700: #5A3542;
--color-800: #3B262D;
--color-900: #25191D;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
mulberry: {
50: '#FBF4F6',
100: '#F4E1E8',
200: '#E8C4D1',
300: '#D59BAF',
400: '#BE748E',
500: '#A2536F',
600: '#7D4558',
700: '#5A3542',
800: '#3B262D',
900: '#25191D',
},
}
$base: #BC4E75; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #FBF4F6; $base-100: #F4E1E8; $base-200: #E8C4D1; $base-300: #D59BAF; $base-400: #BE748E; $base-500: #A2536F; $base-600: #7D4558; $base-700: #5A3542; $base-800: #3B262D; $base-900: #25191D; $base-hover: #9A3A5C; $base-subtle: #E7CED7;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#BC4E75",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FBF4F6",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F4E1E8",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#E8C4D1",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#D59BAF",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#BE748E",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#A2536F",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#7D4558",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#5A3542",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#3B262D",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#25191D",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}