#D04263 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 #D04263 works with other colors. Named schemes with #D04263 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 #D04263 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 #D04263 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #D04263;
--color-base-rgb: 208 66 99;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(59.0% 0.178 10.7);
--color-50: #FCF2F5;
--color-100: #F8DEE4;
--color-200: #EFBEC9;
--color-300: #DE91A3;
--color-400: #CB677F;
--color-500: #AF465E;
--color-600: #863C4D;
--color-700: #602F3A;
--color-800: #3F2229;
--color-900: #27161A;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
brick-red: {
50: '#FCF2F5',
100: '#F8DEE4',
200: '#EFBEC9',
300: '#DE91A3',
400: '#CB677F',
500: '#AF465E',
600: '#863C4D',
700: '#602F3A',
800: '#3F2229',
900: '#27161A',
},
}
$base: #D04263; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FCF2F5; $base-100: #F8DEE4; $base-200: #EFBEC9; $base-300: #DE91A3; $base-400: #CB677F; $base-500: #AF465E; $base-600: #863C4D; $base-700: #602F3A; $base-800: #3F2229; $base-900: #27161A; $base-hover: #B02C4B; $base-subtle: #ECCCD3;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#D04263",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FCF2F5",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F8DEE4",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#EFBEC9",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#DE91A3",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#CB677F",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#AF465E",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#863C4D",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#602F3A",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#3F2229",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#27161A",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}