#E64754 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 #E64754 works with other colors. Named schemes with #E64754 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 #E64754 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 #E64754 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #E64754;
--color-base-rgb: 230 71 84;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(62.7% 0.195 20.4);
--color-50: #FEF1F2;
--color-100: #FBDADD;
--color-200: #F5B7BC;
--color-300: #E9878F;
--color-400: #D85A65;
--color-500: #BD3743;
--color-600: #903239;
--color-700: #66292E;
--color-800: #431E21;
--color-900: #291416;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
vermilion: {
50: '#FEF1F2',
100: '#FBDADD',
200: '#F5B7BC',
300: '#E9878F',
400: '#D85A65',
500: '#BD3743',
600: '#903239',
700: '#66292E',
800: '#431E21',
900: '#291416',
},
}
$base: #E64754; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FEF1F2; $base-100: #FBDADD; $base-200: #F5B7BC; $base-300: #E9878F; $base-400: #D85A65; $base-500: #BD3743; $base-600: #903239; $base-700: #66292E; $base-800: #431E21; $base-900: #291416; $base-hover: #D41D2C; $base-subtle: #F2CED1;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#E64754",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FEF1F2",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#FBDADD",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#F5B7BC",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#E9878F",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#D85A65",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#BD3743",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#903239",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#66292E",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#431E21",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#291416",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}