#D76E8A 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 #D76E8A works with other colors. Named schemes with #D76E8A 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 #D76E8A 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 #D76E8A at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #D76E8A;
--color-base-rgb: 215 110 138;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(66.7% 0.134 4.5);
--color-50: #FCF3F5;
--color-100: #F7DEE5;
--color-200: #EDBFCB;
--color-300: #DC93A6;
--color-400: #C86A83;
--color-500: #AD4863;
--color-600: #843D50;
--color-700: #5E303D;
--color-800: #3E232A;
--color-900: #26171B;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
pale-violet-red: {
50: '#FCF3F5',
100: '#F7DEE5',
200: '#EDBFCB',
300: '#DC93A6',
400: '#C86A83',
500: '#AD4863',
600: '#843D50',
700: '#5E303D',
800: '#3E232A',
900: '#26171B',
},
}
$base: #D76E8A; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FCF3F5; $base-100: #F7DEE5; $base-200: #EDBFCB; $base-300: #DC93A6; $base-400: #C86A83; $base-500: #AD4863; $base-600: #843D50; $base-700: #5E303D; $base-800: #3E232A; $base-900: #26171B; $base-hover: #C93C61; $base-subtle: #EFD8DE;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#D76E8A",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FCF3F5",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F7DEE5",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#EDBFCB",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#DC93A6",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#C86A83",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#AD4863",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#843D50",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#5E303D",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#3E232A",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#26171B",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}