#DF4E58 is a mid-toned, warm red-orange. 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 #DF4E58 works with other colors. Named schemes with #DF4E58 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
This palette keeps Vermilion as the dominant warm neutral, balanced by muted terracotta and olive earth tones and grounded by a deep espresso anchor.
Vermilion 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.
Vermilion opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Vermilion 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.
Vermilion 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 Vermilion carrying the quiet middle.
How #DF4E58 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 #DF4E58 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #DF4E58;
--color-base-rgb: 223 78 88;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(62.4% 0.180 20.1);
--color-50: #FDF2F2;
--color-100: #F9DCDE;
--color-200: #F2BABE;
--color-300: #E48B91;
--color-400: #D26067;
--color-500: #B73E46;
--color-600: #8C363C;
--color-700: #632C2F;
--color-800: #412022;
--color-900: #281517;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
vermilion: {
50: '#FDF2F2',
100: '#F9DCDE',
200: '#F2BABE',
300: '#E48B91',
400: '#D26067',
500: '#B73E46',
600: '#8C363C',
700: '#632C2F',
800: '#412022',
900: '#281517',
},
}
$base: #DF4E58; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FDF2F2; $base-100: #F9DCDE; $base-200: #F2BABE; $base-300: #E48B91; $base-400: #D26067; $base-500: #B73E46; $base-600: #8C363C; $base-700: #632C2F; $base-800: #412022; $base-900: #281517; $base-hover: #CB2530; $base-subtle: #F0CFD1;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#DF4E58",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FDF2F2",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F9DCDE",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#F2BABE",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#E48B91",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#D26067",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#B73E46",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#8C363C",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#632C2F",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#412022",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#281517",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}