#DA97A8 is a soft, warm red. On the Color Lab it reads with a faded, vintage edge. It reproduces cleanly in print.
Not just a swatch — here's how #DA97A8 works with other colors. Named schemes with #DA97A8 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Puce sets a calm, sun-bleached base here, wrapped in bone and paper off-whites and a soft greige, with a single ink accent for wabi-sabi restraint.
This palette keeps Puce as the dominant warm neutral, balanced by muted terracotta and olive earth tones and grounded by a deep espresso anchor.
Puce 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.
Puce opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Puce 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 Puce carrying the quiet middle.
How #DA97A8 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 #DA97A8 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #DA97A8;
--color-base-rgb: 218 151 168;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(74.7% 0.083 2.7);
--color-50: #FBF3F5;
--color-100: #F5E0E5;
--color-200: #EAC3CC;
--color-300: #D799A8;
--color-400: #C17185;
--color-500: #A55065;
--color-600: #7F4352;
--color-700: #5B343E;
--color-800: #3C252B;
--color-900: #25181B;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
puce: {
50: '#FBF3F5',
100: '#F5E0E5',
200: '#EAC3CC',
300: '#D799A8',
400: '#C17185',
500: '#A55065',
600: '#7F4352',
700: '#5B343E',
800: '#3C252B',
900: '#25181B',
},
}
$base: #DA97A8; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FBF3F5; $base-100: #F5E0E5; $base-200: #EAC3CC; $base-300: #D799A8; $base-400: #C17185; $base-500: #A55065; $base-600: #7F4352; $base-700: #5B343E; $base-800: #3C252B; $base-900: #25181B; $base-hover: #C75F79; $base-subtle: #F1E2E6;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#DA97A8",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FBF3F5",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F5E0E5",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#EAC3CC",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#D799A8",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#C17185",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#A55065",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#7F4352",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#5B343E",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#3C252B",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#25181B",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}