#DB6CB2 is a mid-toned, warm rose. On the Color Lab it reads clean and engineered, bold and ownable. It carries a legible label as a UI accent and reproduces cleanly in print.
Not just a swatch — here's how #DB6CB2 works with other colors. Named schemes with #DB6CB2 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 #DB6CB2 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 #DB6CB2 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #DB6CB2;
--color-base-rgb: 219 108 178;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(68.3% 0.160 343.6);
--color-50: #FCF2F9;
--color-100: #F8DDEE;
--color-200: #EFBDDD;
--color-300: #DF90C2;
--color-400: #CB67A6;
--color-500: #B04589;
--color-600: #873B6B;
--color-700: #602F4E;
--color-800: #3F2234;
--color-900: #271621;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
pale-violet-red: {
50: '#FCF2F9',
100: '#F8DDEE',
200: '#EFBDDD',
300: '#DF90C2',
400: '#CB67A6',
500: '#B04589',
600: '#873B6B',
700: '#602F4E',
800: '#3F2234',
900: '#271621',
},
}
$base: #DB6CB2; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FCF2F9; $base-100: #F8DDEE; $base-200: #EFBDDD; $base-300: #DF90C2; $base-400: #CB67A6; $base-500: #B04589; $base-600: #873B6B; $base-700: #602F4E; $base-800: #3F2234; $base-900: #271621; $base-hover: #CE3797; $base-subtle: #F0D7E7;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#DB6CB2",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FCF2F9",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F8DDEE",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#EFBDDD",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#DF90C2",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#CB67A6",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#B04589",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#873B6B",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#602F4E",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#3F2234",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#271621",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}