#CB3289 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 reproduces cleanly in print.
Not just a swatch — here's how #CB3289 works with other colors. Named schemes with #CB3289 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 #CB3289 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 #CB3289 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #CB3289;
--color-base-rgb: 203 50 137;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(57.9% 0.204 350.7);
--color-50: #FCF2F8;
--color-100: #F8DEEC;
--color-200: #EFBED9;
--color-300: #DE91BD;
--color-400: #CB67A0;
--color-500: #AF4681;
--color-600: #863C66;
--color-700: #602F4B;
--color-800: #3F2232;
--color-900: #271620;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
medium-violet-red: {
50: '#FCF2F8',
100: '#F8DEEC',
200: '#EFBED9',
300: '#DE91BD',
400: '#CB67A0',
500: '#AF4681',
600: '#863C66',
700: '#602F4B',
800: '#3F2232',
900: '#271620',
},
}
$base: #CB3289; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #FCF2F8; $base-100: #F8DEEC; $base-200: #EFBED9; $base-300: #DE91BD; $base-400: #CB67A0; $base-500: #AF4681; $base-600: #863C66; $base-700: #602F4B; $base-800: #3F2232; $base-900: #271620; $base-hover: #A3296E; $base-subtle: #EAC7DB;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#CB3289",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FCF2F8",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F8DEEC",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#EFBED9",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#DE91BD",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#CB67A0",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#AF4681",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#863C66",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#602F4B",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#3F2232",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#271620",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}