#DC0F87 is a mid-toned, warm red. On the Color Lab it reads clean and engineered, bold and ownable. It carries a legible label as a UI accent and sits well as a supporting tone.
Not just a swatch — here's how #DC0F87 works with other colors. Named schemes with #DC0F87 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Medium Violet Red glows at the center of this sunset palette, joined by coral and gold, deepened by a plum anchor and cooled with cream.
Medium Violet Red sits between cream and a deep berry here, softened by a blush accent and grounded by charcoal.
Medium 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.
Medium Violet Red plays the worn-leather lead, deepened by saddle brown and an oxblood anchor, softened by aged cream and cooled by a muted forest green.
Medium 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 Medium Violet Red carrying the quiet middle.
How #DC0F87 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 #DC0F87 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #DC0F87;
--color-base-rgb: 220 15 135;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(58.9% 0.237 353.8);
--color-50: #FEF0F9;
--color-100: #FDD8EE;
--color-200: #FAB3DC;
--color-300: #F07FC1;
--color-400: #E151A5;
--color-500: #C72E87;
--color-600: #972B6A;
--color-700: #6B244D;
--color-800: #451C34;
--color-900: #2A1321;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
medium-violet-red: {
50: '#FEF0F9',
100: '#FDD8EE',
200: '#FAB3DC',
300: '#F07FC1',
400: '#E151A5',
500: '#C72E87',
600: '#972B6A',
700: '#6B244D',
800: '#451C34',
900: '#2A1321',
},
}
$base: #DC0F87; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #FEF0F9; $base-100: #FDD8EE; $base-200: #FAB3DC; $base-300: #F07FC1; $base-400: #E151A5; $base-500: #C72E87; $base-600: #972B6A; $base-700: #6B244D; $base-800: #451C34; $base-900: #2A1321; $base-hover: #AF0C6B; $base-subtle: #F1BADA;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#DC0F87",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FEF0F9",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#FDD8EE",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#FAB3DC",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#F07FC1",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#E151A5",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#C72E87",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#972B6A",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#6B244D",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#451C34",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#2A1321",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}