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Crimson Hues

Crimson Hues

5-color palette · Warm · Mixed · Triadic harmony

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Crimson Hues

5-color palette · Warm temperature · Mixed tone · Triadic harmony

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Vibrant 5 colors Warm Mixed Triadic orange red purple violet
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Colors 5

CSS variables

:root {
  --c-vibrant-1: #F3DEBA;
  --c-vibrant-2: #E1674C;
  --c-vibrant-3: #CB2233;
  --c-vibrant-4: #941963;
  --c-vibrant-5: #420E53;
}

About this palette

This 5-color vibrant palette runs from Nothing Less (#F3DEBA) as its lightest tone to Shani Purple (#420E53) as its darkest. It blends Nothing Less, Heirloom Blush, Methadone, Raspberry Magenta and Shani Purple into a single set you can drop straight into a UI. Of its 10 color pairings, 2 meet the WCAG AA contrast threshold (4.5:1) for body text — the strongest is #F3DEBA on #420E53 at 11.25:1.

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

Color breakdown

Nothing Less #F3DEBA
RGB
rgb(243, 222, 186)
HSL
hsl(38, 70%, 84%)
Luminance
0.748
Heirloom Blush #E1674C
RGB
rgb(225, 103, 76)
HSL
hsl(11, 71%, 59%)
Luminance
0.262
Methadone #CB2233
RGB
rgb(203, 34, 51)
HSL
hsl(354, 71%, 46%)
Luminance
0.141
Raspberry Magenta #941963
RGB
rgb(148, 25, 99)
HSL
hsl(324, 71%, 34%)
Luminance
0.079
Shani Purple #420E53
RGB
rgb(66, 14, 83)
HSL
hsl(285, 71%, 19%)
Luminance
0.021

Contrast & accessibility

2 of 10 color pairings meet the WCAG AA contrast threshold (4.5:1) for body text.

Aa #F3DEBA on #420E53 11.25:1 AAA
Aa #F3DEBA on #941963 6.19:1 AA
Aa #E1674C on #420E53 4.40:1 AA Large
Aa #F3DEBA on #CB2233 4.18:1 AA Large
Aa #CB2233 on #420E53 2.69:1 Fail
Aa #F3DEBA on #E1674C 2.56:1 Fail
Aa #E1674C on #941963 2.42:1 Fail
Aa #941963 on #420E53 1.82:1 Fail
Aa #E1674C on #CB2233 1.64:1 Fail
Aa #CB2233 on #941963 1.48:1 Fail

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