#DB4366 is a mid-toned, warm red. On the Color Lab it reads bold and ownable. It carries a legible label as a UI accent and reproduces cleanly in print.
Not just a swatch — here's how #DB4366 works with other colors. Named schemes with #DB4366 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Cerise glows at the center of this sunset palette, joined by coral and gold, deepened by a plum anchor and cooled with cream.
Cerise sits between cream and a deep berry here, softened by a blush accent and grounded by charcoal.
Cerise 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.
Cerise plays the worn-leather lead, deepened by saddle brown and an oxblood anchor, softened by aged cream and cooled by a muted forest green.
Cerise 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 Cerise carrying the quiet middle.
How #DB4366 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 #DB4366 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #DB4366;
--color-base-rgb: 219 67 102;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(60.9% 0.188 11.2);
--color-50: #FDF2F4;
--color-100: #F9DCE3;
--color-200: #F2BBC7;
--color-300: #E38CA0;
--color-400: #D1617B;
--color-500: #B63F5A;
--color-600: #8B374A;
--color-700: #632C39;
--color-800: #412028;
--color-900: #28151A;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
cerise: {
50: '#FDF2F4',
100: '#F9DCE3',
200: '#F2BBC7',
300: '#E38CA0',
400: '#D1617B',
500: '#B63F5A',
600: '#8B374A',
700: '#632C39',
800: '#412028',
900: '#28151A',
},
}
$base: #DB4366; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FDF2F4; $base-100: #F9DCE3; $base-200: #F2BBC7; $base-300: #E38CA0; $base-400: #D1617B; $base-500: #B63F5A; $base-600: #8B374A; $base-700: #632C39; $base-800: #412028; $base-900: #28151A; $base-hover: #C02549; $base-subtle: #EFCCD4;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#DB4366",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FDF2F4",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F9DCE3",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#F2BBC7",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#E38CA0",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#D1617B",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#B63F5A",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#8B374A",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#632C39",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#412028",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#28151A",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}