#D2463C is a mid-toned, warm orange. It carries a legible label as a UI accent and reproduces cleanly in print.
Not just a swatch — here's how #D2463C works with other colors. Named schemes with #D2463C in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
This palette keeps Vermilion as the dominant warm neutral, balanced by muted terracotta and olive earth tones and grounded by a deep espresso anchor.
Vermilion 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.
Vermilion plays the worn-leather lead, deepened by saddle brown and an oxblood anchor, softened by aged cream and cooled by a muted forest green.
Vermilion sits between cream and a deep berry here, softened by a blush accent and grounded by charcoal.
Vermilion 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 Vermilion carrying the quiet middle.
How #D2463C 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 #D2463C at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #D2463C;
--color-base-rgb: 210 70 60;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(59.0% 0.178 27.9);
--color-50: #FDF3F2;
--color-100: #F8DFDD;
--color-200: #F0C0BD;
--color-300: #E0948F;
--color-400: #CD6C65;
--color-500: #B24A43;
--color-600: #883F3A;
--color-700: #61312E;
--color-800: #402321;
--color-900: #271716;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
vermilion: {
50: '#FDF3F2',
100: '#F8DFDD',
200: '#F0C0BD',
300: '#E0948F',
400: '#CD6C65',
500: '#B24A43',
600: '#883F3A',
700: '#61312E',
800: '#402321',
900: '#271716',
},
}
$base: #D2463C; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FDF3F2; $base-100: #F8DFDD; $base-200: #F0C0BD; $base-300: #E0948F; $base-400: #CD6C65; $base-500: #B24A43; $base-600: #883F3A; $base-700: #61312E; $base-800: #402321; $base-900: #271716; $base-hover: #B03128; $base-subtle: #ECCCCA;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#D2463C",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FDF3F2",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F8DFDD",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#F0C0BD",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#E0948F",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#CD6C65",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#B24A43",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#883F3A",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#61312E",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#402321",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#271716",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}