#CD3280 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 #CD3280 works with other colors. Named schemes with #CD3280 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 #CD3280 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 #CD3280 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #CD3280;
--color-base-rgb: 205 50 128;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(57.9% 0.201 354.9);
--color-50: #FCF2F7;
--color-100: #F8DDEB;
--color-200: #EFBDD6;
--color-300: #DF90B8;
--color-400: #CB6799;
--color-500: #B0457A;
--color-600: #873B61;
--color-700: #602F47;
--color-800: #3F2230;
--color-900: #27161F;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
medium-violet-red: {
50: '#FCF2F7',
100: '#F8DDEB',
200: '#EFBDD6',
300: '#DF90B8',
400: '#CB6799',
500: '#B0457A',
600: '#873B61',
700: '#602F47',
800: '#3F2230',
900: '#27161F',
},
}
$base: #CD3280; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #FCF2F7; $base-100: #F8DDEB; $base-200: #EFBDD6; $base-300: #DF90B8; $base-400: #CB6799; $base-500: #B0457A; $base-600: #873B61; $base-700: #602F47; $base-800: #3F2230; $base-900: #27161F; $base-hover: #A42866; $base-subtle: #EAC7D9;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#CD3280",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FCF2F7",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F8DDEB",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#EFBDD6",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#DF90B8",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#CB6799",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#B0457A",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#873B61",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#602F47",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#3F2230",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#27161F",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}