#CA7790 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 #CA7790 works with other colors. Named schemes with #CA7790 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
This palette keeps Pale Violet Red as the dominant warm neutral, balanced by muted terracotta and olive earth tones and grounded by a deep espresso anchor.
Pale 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.
Pale Violet Red opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Pale Violet Red sits between cream and a deep berry here, softened by a blush accent and grounded by charcoal.
Pale 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 Pale Violet Red carrying the quiet middle.
How #CA7790 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 #CA7790 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #CA7790;
--color-base-rgb: 202 119 144;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(66.6% 0.108 1.0);
--color-50: #FBF4F6;
--color-100: #F4E1E7;
--color-200: #E8C4CF;
--color-300: #D49BAC;
--color-400: #BD758A;
--color-500: #A1546B;
--color-600: #7C4656;
--color-700: #593640;
--color-800: #3B262C;
--color-900: #25191C;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
pale-violet-red: {
50: '#FBF4F6',
100: '#F4E1E7',
200: '#E8C4CF',
300: '#D49BAC',
400: '#BD758A',
500: '#A1546B',
600: '#7C4656',
700: '#593640',
800: '#3B262C',
900: '#25191C',
},
}
$base: #CA7790; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FBF4F6; $base-100: #F4E1E7; $base-200: #E8C4CF; $base-300: #D49BAC; $base-400: #BD758A; $base-500: #A1546B; $base-600: #7C4656; $base-700: #593640; $base-800: #3B262C; $base-900: #25191C; $base-hover: #B8496A; $base-subtle: #ECD9DF;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#CA7790",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FBF4F6",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F4E1E7",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#E8C4CF",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#D49BAC",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#BD758A",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#A1546B",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#7C4656",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#593640",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#3B262C",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#25191C",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}