#E44B4E 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 #E44B4E works with other colors. Named schemes with #E44B4E in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Vermilion glows at the center of this sunset palette, joined by coral and gold, deepened by a plum anchor and cooled with cream.
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.
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 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.
Vermilion carries the depth in this luxury scheme, offset by a brass accent and near-black and held together by a deep neutral and an off-white surface.
How #E44B4E 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 #E44B4E at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #E44B4E;
--color-base-rgb: 228 75 78;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(62.7% 0.189 23.4);
--color-50: #FEF1F1;
--color-100: #FBDBDB;
--color-200: #F4B8B9;
--color-300: #E78889;
--color-400: #D65C5E;
--color-500: #BC393B;
--color-600: #8F3334;
--color-700: #652A2B;
--color-800: #421F1F;
--color-900: #291515;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
vermilion: {
50: '#FEF1F1',
100: '#FBDBDB',
200: '#F4B8B9',
300: '#E78889',
400: '#D65C5E',
500: '#BC393B',
600: '#8F3334',
700: '#652A2B',
800: '#421F1F',
900: '#291515',
},
}
$base: #E44B4E; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FEF1F1; $base-100: #FBDBDB; $base-200: #F4B8B9; $base-300: #E78889; $base-400: #D65C5E; $base-500: #BC393B; $base-600: #8F3334; $base-700: #652A2B; $base-800: #421F1F; $base-900: #291515; $base-hover: #D11F22; $base-subtle: #F1CECF;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#E44B4E",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FEF1F1",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#FBDBDB",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#F4B8B9",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#E78889",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#D65C5E",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#BC393B",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#8F3334",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#652A2B",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#421F1F",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#291515",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}