#CA0F79 is a mid-toned, warm red. On the Color Lab it reads clean and engineered, bold and ownable. It carries a legible label as a UI accent and sits well as a supporting tone.
Not just a swatch — here's how #CA0F79 works with other colors. Named schemes with #CA0F79 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Medium Violet Red glows at the center of this sunset palette, joined by coral and gold, deepened by a plum anchor and cooled with cream.
Medium Violet Red sits between cream and a deep berry here, softened by a blush accent and grounded by charcoal.
Medium Violet 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.
Medium Violet 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.
Medium Violet 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 Medium Violet Red carrying the quiet middle.
How #CA0F79 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 #CA0F79 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #CA0F79;
--color-base-rgb: 202 15 121;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(55.2% 0.221 354.8);
--color-50: #FEF0F8;
--color-100: #FDD8ED;
--color-200: #F9B3DB;
--color-300: #EF80BF;
--color-400: #E052A2;
--color-500: #C62F84;
--color-600: #962B68;
--color-700: #6A254C;
--color-800: #451C33;
--color-900: #2A1320;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
medium-violet-red: {
50: '#FEF0F8',
100: '#FDD8ED',
200: '#F9B3DB',
300: '#EF80BF',
400: '#E052A2',
500: '#C62F84',
600: '#962B68',
700: '#6A254C',
800: '#451C33',
900: '#2A1320',
},
}
$base: #CA0F79; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #FEF0F8; $base-100: #FDD8ED; $base-200: #F9B3DB; $base-300: #EF80BF; $base-400: #E052A2; $base-500: #C62F84; $base-600: #962B68; $base-700: #6A254C; $base-800: #451C33; $base-900: #2A1320; $base-hover: #A30C62; $base-subtle: #F0B7D7;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#CA0F79",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FEF0F8",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#FDD8ED",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#F9B3DB",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#EF80BF",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#E052A2",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#C62F84",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#962B68",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#6A254C",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#451C33",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#2A1320",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}