#BE9DA2 is a muted, temperate red. On the Color Lab it reads restrained and easy to live with. It holds up as a large surface and reproduces cleanly in print.
Not just a swatch — here's how #BE9DA2 works with other colors. Named schemes with #BE9DA2 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Rosy Brown sets a calm, sun-bleached base here, wrapped in bone and paper off-whites and a soft greige, with a single ink accent for wabi-sabi restraint.
This palette keeps Rosy Brown as the dominant warm neutral, balanced by muted terracotta and olive earth tones and grounded by a deep espresso anchor.
Rosy Brown 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.
Rosy Brown opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Rosy Brown 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 Rosy Brown carrying the quiet middle.
How #BE9DA2 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 #BE9DA2 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #BE9DA2;
--color-base-rgb: 190 157 162;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(72.7% 0.040 7.9);
--color-50: #F9F6F6;
--color-100: #EFE6E8;
--color-200: #DECED1;
--color-300: #C5ABAF;
--color-400: #AA888D;
--color-500: #8C696E;
--color-600: #6D5458;
--color-700: #4F3F42;
--color-800: #352C2D;
--color-900: #211C1D;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
rosy-brown: {
50: '#F9F6F6',
100: '#EFE6E8',
200: '#DECED1',
300: '#C5ABAF',
400: '#AA888D',
500: '#8C696E',
600: '#6D5458',
700: '#4F3F42',
800: '#352C2D',
900: '#211C1D',
},
}
$base: #BE9DA2; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F9F6F6; $base-100: #EFE6E8; $base-200: #DECED1; $base-300: #C5ABAF; $base-400: #AA888D; $base-500: #8C696E; $base-600: #6D5458; $base-700: #4F3F42; $base-800: #352C2D; $base-900: #211C1D; $base-hover: #A2737A; $base-subtle: #EAE3E4;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#BE9DA2",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F9F6F6",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#EFE6E8",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#DECED1",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#C5ABAF",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#AA888D",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#8C696E",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#6D5458",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#4F3F42",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#352C2D",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#211C1D",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}