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Crimson

Crimson

4-color palette · Warm · Mixed · Complementary harmony

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Crimson

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

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Vibrant 4 colors Warm Mixed Complementary artist gameboy wildleoknight wildleoknightgameboy
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Colors 4

CSS variables

:root {
  --c-vibrant-1: #EFF9D6;
  --c-vibrant-2: #BA5044;
  --c-vibrant-3: #7A1C4B;
  --c-vibrant-4: #1B0326;
}

About this palette

This 4-color vibrant palette runs from Pastoral (#EFF9D6) as its lightest tone to Black Sabbath (#1B0326) as its darkest. It blends Pastoral, Amaryllis, Pansy Purple and Black Sabbath 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 #EFF9D6 on #1B0326 at 17.65:1.

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

Color breakdown

Pastoral #EFF9D6
RGB
rgb(239, 249, 214)
HSL
hsl(77, 74%, 91%)
Luminance
0.910
Amaryllis #BA5044
RGB
rgb(186, 80, 68)
HSL
hsl(6, 46%, 50%)
Luminance
0.166
Pansy Purple #7A1C4B
RGB
rgb(122, 28, 75)
HSL
hsl(330, 63%, 29%)
Luminance
0.055
Black Sabbath #1B0326
RGB
rgb(27, 3, 38)
HSL
hsl(281, 85%, 8%)
Luminance
0.004

Contrast & accessibility

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

Aa #EFF9D6 on #1B0326 17.65:1 AAA
Aa #EFF9D6 on #7A1C4B 9.16:1 AAA
Aa #EFF9D6 on #BA5044 4.44:1 AA Large
Aa #BA5044 on #1B0326 3.97:1 AA Large
Aa #BA5044 on #7A1C4B 2.06:1 Fail
Aa #7A1C4B on #1B0326 1.93:1 Fail

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