#CF4672 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 #CF4672 works with other colors. Named schemes with #CF4672 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Cerise 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.
Cerise plays the worn-leather lead, deepened by saddle brown and an oxblood anchor, softened by aged cream and cooled by a muted forest green.
Cerise sits between cream and a deep berry here, softened by a blush accent and grounded by charcoal.
This palette keeps Cerise as the dominant warm neutral, balanced by muted terracotta and olive earth tones and grounded by a deep espresso anchor.
Cerise 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 Cerise carrying the quiet middle.
How #CF4672 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 #CF4672 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #CF4672;
--color-base-rgb: 207 70 114;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(59.6% 0.175 4.5);
--color-50: #FCF2F6;
--color-100: #F7DEE6;
--color-200: #EEBECD;
--color-300: #DE92AA;
--color-400: #CA6887;
--color-500: #AE4667;
--color-600: #863C53;
--color-700: #5F303F;
--color-800: #3F222B;
--color-900: #27171C;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
cerise: {
50: '#FCF2F6',
100: '#F7DEE6',
200: '#EEBECD',
300: '#DE92AA',
400: '#CA6887',
500: '#AE4667',
600: '#863C53',
700: '#5F303F',
800: '#3F222B',
900: '#27171C',
},
}
$base: #CF4672; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FCF2F6; $base-100: #F7DEE6; $base-200: #EEBECD; $base-300: #DE92AA; $base-400: #CA6887; $base-500: #AE4667; $base-600: #863C53; $base-700: #5F303F; $base-800: #3F222B; $base-900: #27171C; $base-hover: #AF2D56; $base-subtle: #ECCCD6;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#CF4672",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FCF2F6",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F7DEE6",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#EEBECD",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#DE92AA",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#CA6887",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#AE4667",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#863C53",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#5F303F",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#3F222B",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#27171C",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}