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4-Color Macabre Palette

4-color palette · Warm · Mixed · Analogous harmony

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4-Color Macabre Palette

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

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Vibrant 4 colors Warm Mixed Analogous

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Colors 4

CSS variables

:root {
  --c-vibrant-1: #740021;
  --c-vibrant-2: #8D0033;
  --c-vibrant-3: #BD3246;
  --c-vibrant-4: #FDC8AA;
}

About this palette

This 4-color vibrant palette runs from Fresco Cream (#FDC8AA) as its lightest tone to Evil Forces (#740021) as its darkest. It blends Evil Forces, Macabre, Rust Effect and Fresco Cream 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 #740021 on #FDC8AA at 7.94:1.

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

Color breakdown

Evil Forces #740021

RGB: rgb(116, 0, 33)
HSL: hsl(343, 100%, 23%)
Luminance: 0.038

Macabre #8D0033

RGB: rgb(141, 0, 51)
HSL: hsl(338, 100%, 28%)
Luminance: 0.059

Rust Effect #BD3246

RGB: rgb(189, 50, 70)
HSL: hsl(351, 58%, 47%)
Luminance: 0.135

Fresco Cream #FDC8AA

RGB: rgb(253, 200, 170)
HSL: hsl(22, 95%, 83%)
Luminance: 0.651

Contrast & accessibility

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

Aa #740021 on #FDC8AA 7.94:1 AAA

Aa #8D0033 on #FDC8AA 6.43:1 AA

Aa #BD3246 on #FDC8AA 3.78:1 AA Large

Aa #740021 on #BD3246 2.10:1 Fail

Aa #8D0033 on #BD3246 1.70:1 Fail

Aa #740021 on #8D0033 1.24:1 Fail

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