#D02E87 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 sits well as a supporting tone.
Not just a swatch — here's how #D02E87 works with other colors. Named schemes with #D02E87 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 #D02E87 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 #D02E87 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #D02E87;
--color-base-rgb: 208 46 135;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(58.3% 0.210 352.5);
--color-50: #FDF2F8;
--color-100: #F8DDEC;
--color-200: #F0BCD9;
--color-300: #E18EBC;
--color-400: #CE649E;
--color-500: #B34280;
--color-600: #893965;
--color-700: #612E4A;
--color-800: #402132;
--color-900: #27161F;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
medium-violet-red: {
50: '#FDF2F8',
100: '#F8DDEC',
200: '#F0BCD9',
300: '#E18EBC',
400: '#CE649E',
500: '#B34280',
600: '#893965',
700: '#612E4A',
800: '#402132',
900: '#27161F',
},
}
$base: #D02E87; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #FDF2F8; $base-100: #F8DDEC; $base-200: #F0BCD9; $base-300: #E18EBC; $base-400: #CE649E; $base-500: #B34280; $base-600: #893965; $base-700: #612E4A; $base-800: #402132; $base-900: #27161F; $base-hover: #A7256D; $base-subtle: #EBC6DB;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#D02E87",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FDF2F8",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F8DDEC",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#F0BCD9",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#E18EBC",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#CE649E",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#B34280",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#893965",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#612E4A",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#402132",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#27161F",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}