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The Bloody Three

The Bloody Three

3-color palette · Warm · Mixed · Analogous harmony

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The Bloody Three

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

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Vibrant 3 colors Warm Mixed Analogous blood three
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Colors 3

CSS variables

:root {
  --c-vibrant-1: #261737;
  --c-vibrant-2: #BF162E;
  --c-vibrant-3: #FFF3F8;
}

About this palette

This 3-color vibrant palette runs from Sea Salt Sherbet (#FFF3F8) as its lightest tone to Blackcurrant (#261737) as its darkest. It blends Blackcurrant, Racing Red and Sea Salt Sherbet into a single set you can drop straight into a UI. Of its 3 color pairings, 2 meet the WCAG AA contrast threshold (4.5:1) for body text — the strongest is #261737 on #FFF3F8 at 15.42:1.

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

Color breakdown

Blackcurrant #261737
RGB
rgb(38, 23, 55)
HSL
hsl(268, 41%, 15%)
Luminance
0.013
Racing Red #BF162E
RGB
rgb(191, 22, 46)
HSL
hsl(351, 79%, 42%)
Luminance
0.119
Sea Salt Sherbet #FFF3F8
RGB
rgb(255, 243, 248)
HSL
hsl(335, 100%, 98%)
Luminance
0.921

Contrast & accessibility

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

Aa #261737 on #FFF3F8 15.42:1 AAA
Aa #BF162E on #FFF3F8 5.77:1 AA
Aa #261737 on #BF162E 2.67:1 Fail

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