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Merlot

Merlot

5-color palette · Warm · Mixed · Monochromatic harmony

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Merlot

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

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Vibrant 5 colors Warm Mixed Monochromatic
Likes 31
Colors 5

CSS variables

:root {
  --c-vibrant-1: #EFCDD9;
  --c-vibrant-2: #D84B73;
  --c-vibrant-3: #8A0F1F;
  --c-vibrant-4: #580416;
  --c-vibrant-5: #26030C;
}

About this palette

This 5-color vibrant palette runs from Smidgen of Love (#EFCDD9) as its lightest tone to Belladonna (#26030C) as its darkest. It blends Smidgen of Love, Rosy Cheeks, Nigritella Red, Bloedworst and Belladonna into a single set you can drop straight into a UI. Of its 10 color pairings, 4 meet the WCAG AA contrast threshold (4.5:1) for body text — the strongest is #EFCDD9 on #26030C at 13.09:1.

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

Color breakdown

Smidgen of Love #EFCDD9
RGB
rgb(239, 205, 217)
HSL
hsl(339, 52%, 87%)
Luminance
0.670
Rosy Cheeks #D84B73
RGB
rgb(216, 75, 115)
HSL
hsl(343, 64%, 57%)
Luminance
0.209
Nigritella Red #8A0F1F
RGB
rgb(138, 15, 31)
HSL
hsl(352, 80%, 30%)
Luminance
0.058
Bloedworst #580416
RGB
rgb(88, 4, 22)
HSL
hsl(347, 91%, 18%)
Luminance
0.022
Belladonna #26030C
RGB
rgb(38, 3, 12)
HSL
hsl(345, 85%, 8%)
Luminance
0.005

Contrast & accessibility

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

Aa #EFCDD9 on #26030C 13.09:1 AAA
Aa #EFCDD9 on #580416 9.98:1 AAA
Aa #EFCDD9 on #8A0F1F 6.64:1 AA
Aa #D84B73 on #26030C 4.70:1 AA
Aa #D84B73 on #580416 3.58:1 AA Large
Aa #EFCDD9 on #D84B73 2.78:1 Fail
Aa #D84B73 on #8A0F1F 2.39:1 Fail
Aa #8A0F1F on #26030C 1.97:1 Fail
Aa #8A0F1F on #580416 1.50:1 Fail
Aa #580416 on #26030C 1.31:1 Fail

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