#C04465 is a mid-toned, warm red. It carries a legible label as a UI accent and reproduces cleanly in print.
Not just a swatch — here's how #C04465 works with other colors. Named schemes with #C04465 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 #C04465 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 #C04465 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #C04465;
--color-base-rgb: 192 68 101;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(56.7% 0.160 7.6);
--color-50: #FCF3F5;
--color-100: #F5E0E6;
--color-200: #EBC2CD;
--color-300: #D897A9;
--color-400: #C27086;
--color-500: #A64E66;
--color-600: #804252;
--color-700: #5C333E;
--color-800: #3C242B;
--color-900: #25181B;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
brick-red: {
50: '#FCF3F5',
100: '#F5E0E6',
200: '#EBC2CD',
300: '#D897A9',
400: '#C27086',
500: '#A64E66',
600: '#804252',
700: '#5C333E',
800: '#3C242B',
900: '#25181B',
},
}
$base: #C04465; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #FCF3F5; $base-100: #F5E0E6; $base-200: #EBC2CD; $base-300: #D897A9; $base-400: #C27086; $base-500: #A64E66; $base-600: #804252; $base-700: #5C333E; $base-800: #3C242B; $base-900: #25181B; $base-hover: #9C3450; $base-subtle: #E8CBD3;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#C04465",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FCF3F5",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F5E0E6",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#EBC2CD",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#D897A9",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#C27086",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#A64E66",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#804252",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#5C333E",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#3C242B",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#25181B",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}