#CB416A 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 #CB416A works with other colors. Named schemes with #CB416A 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 #CB416A 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 #CB416A at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #CB416A;
--color-base-rgb: 203 65 106;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(58.2% 0.176 6.5);
--color-50: #FCF3F5;
--color-100: #F7DEE6;
--color-200: #EDBFCD;
--color-300: #DC93A9;
--color-400: #C86A86;
--color-500: #AD4866;
--color-600: #843D53;
--color-700: #5E303E;
--color-800: #3E232B;
--color-900: #26171C;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
brick-red: {
50: '#FCF3F5',
100: '#F7DEE6',
200: '#EDBFCD',
300: '#DC93A9',
400: '#C86A86',
500: '#AD4866',
600: '#843D53',
700: '#5E303E',
800: '#3E232B',
900: '#26171C',
},
}
$base: #CB416A; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #FCF3F5; $base-100: #F7DEE6; $base-200: #EDBFCD; $base-300: #DC93A9; $base-400: #C86A86; $base-500: #AD4866; $base-600: #843D53; $base-700: #5E303E; $base-800: #3E232B; $base-900: #26171C; $base-hover: #AA2E53; $base-subtle: #EBCBD5;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#CB416A",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FCF3F5",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F7DEE6",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#EDBFCD",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#DC93A9",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#C86A86",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#AD4866",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#843D53",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#5E303E",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#3E232B",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#26171C",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}