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4-Color Maroon Palette

4-color palette · Warm · Mixed · Analogous harmony

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4-Color Maroon Palette

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

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Earthy 4 colors Warm Mixed Analogous

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Colors 4

CSS variables

:root {
  --c-earthy-1: #EEEBDD;
  --c-earthy-2: #CE1212;
  --c-earthy-3: #810000;
  --c-earthy-4: #1B1717;
}

About this palette

This 4-color earthy palette runs from Horseradish Cream (#EEEBDD) as its lightest tone to Thamar Black (#1B1717) as its darkest. It blends Horseradish Cream, Hawthorn Berry, Maroon and Thamar Black into a single set you can drop straight into a UI. Of its 6 color pairings, 3 meet the WCAG AA contrast threshold (4.5:1) for body text — the strongest is #EEEBDD on #1B1717 at 14.86:1.

Grounded, natural tones — suits sustainability/organic brands, coffee shops, outdoor gear, and warm editorial typography.

Color breakdown

Horseradish Cream #EEEBDD

RGB: rgb(238, 235, 221)
HSL: hsl(49, 33%, 90%)
Luminance: 0.828

Hawthorn Berry #CE1212

RGB: rgb(206, 18, 18)
HSL: hsl(0, 84%, 44%)
Luminance: 0.136

Maroon #810000

RGB: rgb(129, 0, 0)
HSL: hsl(0, 100%, 25%)
Luminance: 0.047

Thamar Black #1B1717

RGB: rgb(27, 23, 23)
HSL: hsl(0, 8%, 10%)
Luminance: 0.009

Contrast & accessibility

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

Aa #EEEBDD on #1B1717 14.86:1 AAA

Aa #EEEBDD on #810000 9.08:1 AAA

Aa #EEEBDD on #CE1212 4.72:1 AA

Aa #CE1212 on #1B1717 3.15:1 AA Large

Aa #CE1212 on #810000 1.92:1 Fail

Aa #810000 on #1B1717 1.64:1 Fail

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