#CD7499 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 #CD7499 works with other colors. Named schemes with #CD7499 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 #CD7499 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 #CD7499 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #CD7499;
--color-base-rgb: 205 116 153;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(66.8% 0.119 354.4);
--color-50: #FBF3F7;
--color-100: #F5E0E9;
--color-200: #E9C3D3;
--color-300: #D699B3;
--color-400: #C07293;
--color-500: #A45174;
--color-600: #7E445C;
--color-700: #5A3444;
--color-800: #3C252F;
--color-900: #25181E;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
pale-violet-red: {
50: '#FBF3F7',
100: '#F5E0E9',
200: '#E9C3D3',
300: '#D699B3',
400: '#C07293',
500: '#A45174',
600: '#7E445C',
700: '#5A3444',
800: '#3C252F',
900: '#25181E',
},
}
$base: #CD7499; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FBF3F7; $base-100: #F5E0E9; $base-200: #E9C3D3; $base-300: #D699B3; $base-400: #C07293; $base-500: #A45174; $base-600: #7E445C; $base-700: #5A3444; $base-800: #3C252F; $base-900: #25181E; $base-hover: #BC4577; $base-subtle: #EDD9E1;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#CD7499",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FBF3F7",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F5E0E9",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#E9C3D3",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#D699B3",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#C07293",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#A45174",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#7E445C",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#5A3444",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#3C252F",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#25181E",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}