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4-Color Kurenai Red Palette

4-color palette · Warm · Mixed · Monochromatic harmony

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4-Color Kurenai Red Palette

4-color palette · Warm temperature · Mixed tone · Monochromatic harmony

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Muted 4 colors Warm Mixed Monochromatic

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Colors 4

CSS variables

:root {
  --c-muted-1: #171717;
  --c-muted-2: #444444;
  --c-muted-3: #DA0037;
  --c-muted-4: #EDEDED;
}

About this palette

This 4-color muted palette runs from White Edgar (#EDEDED) as its lightest tone to Cynical Black (#171717) as its darkest. It blends Cynical Black, Goshawk Grey, Kurenai Red and White Edgar into a single set you can drop straight into a UI. Of its 6 color pairings, 2 meet the WCAG AA contrast threshold (4.5:1) for body text — the strongest is #171717 on #EDEDED at 15.31:1.

A versatile palette suitable for marketing pages, product hero blocks, illustrations, and accent UI states.

Color breakdown

Cynical Black #171717

RGB: rgb(23, 23, 23)
HSL: hsl(0, 0%, 9%)
Luminance: 0.009

Goshawk Grey #444444

RGB: rgb(68, 68, 68)
HSL: hsl(0, 0%, 27%)
Luminance: 0.058

Kurenai Red #DA0037

RGB: rgb(218, 0, 55)
HSL: hsl(345, 100%, 43%)
Luminance: 0.152

White Edgar #EDEDED

RGB: rgb(237, 237, 237)
HSL: hsl(0, 0%, 93%)
Luminance: 0.847

Contrast & accessibility

2 of 6 color pairings meet the WCAG AA contrast threshold (4.5:1) for body text.

Aa #171717 on #EDEDED 15.31:1 AAA

Aa #444444 on #EDEDED 8.32:1 AAA

Aa #DA0037 on #EDEDED 4.44:1 AA Large

Aa #171717 on #DA0037 3.45:1 AA Large

Aa #444444 on #DA0037 1.87:1 Fail

Aa #171717 on #444444 1.84:1 Fail

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