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Crab's Orange Red Palette

Crab's Orange Red Palette

6-color palette · Warm · Mixed · Complementary harmony

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Crab's Orange Red Palette

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

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Earthy 6 colors Warm Mixed Complementary orange red purple crab
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Colors 6

CSS variables

:root {
  --c-earthy-1: #405162;
  --c-earthy-2: #644D66;
  --c-earthy-3: #AB6B82;
  --c-earthy-4: #E5916C;
  --c-earthy-5: #FDBD66;
  --c-earthy-6: #F2BBEF;
}

About this palette

This 6-color earthy palette runs from Lovecloud (#F2BBEF) as its lightest tone to December Eve (#405162) as its darkest. It blends December Eve, Vicarious Violet, Cure All, Peachy Maroney, Crispy Samosa and Lovecloud into a single set you can drop straight into a UI. Of its 15 color pairings, 4 meet the WCAG AA contrast threshold (4.5:1) for body text — the strongest is #405162 on #F2BBEF at 5.11:1.

Grounded, natural tones — suits sustainability/organic brands, coffee shops, outdoor gear, and warm editorial typography.

Color breakdown

December Eve #405162
RGB
rgb(64, 81, 98)
HSL
hsl(210, 21%, 32%)
Luminance
0.079
Vicarious Violet #644D66
RGB
rgb(100, 77, 102)
HSL
hsl(295, 14%, 35%)
Luminance
0.090
Cure All #AB6B82
RGB
rgb(171, 107, 130)
HSL
hsl(338, 28%, 55%)
Luminance
0.208
Peachy Maroney #E5916C
RGB
rgb(229, 145, 108)
HSL
hsl(18, 70%, 66%)
Luminance
0.380
Crispy Samosa #FDBD66
RGB
rgb(253, 189, 102)
HSL
hsl(35, 97%, 70%)
Luminance
0.582
Lovecloud #F2BBEF
RGB
rgb(242, 187, 239)
HSL
hsl(303, 68%, 84%)
Luminance
0.607

Contrast & accessibility

4 of 15 color pairings meet the WCAG AA contrast threshold (4.5:1) for body text.

Aa #405162 on #F2BBEF 5.11:1 AA
Aa #405162 on #FDBD66 4.92:1 AA
Aa #644D66 on #F2BBEF 4.70:1 AA
Aa #644D66 on #FDBD66 4.52:1 AA
Aa #405162 on #E5916C 3.34:1 AA Large
Aa #644D66 on #E5916C 3.08:1 AA Large
Aa #AB6B82 on #F2BBEF 2.55:1 Fail
Aa #AB6B82 on #FDBD66 2.45:1 Fail
Aa #405162 on #AB6B82 2.01:1 Fail
Aa #644D66 on #AB6B82 1.84:1 Fail
Aa #AB6B82 on #E5916C 1.67:1 Fail
Aa #E5916C on #F2BBEF 1.53:1 Fail
Aa #E5916C on #FDBD66 1.47:1 Fail
Aa #405162 on #644D66 1.09:1 Fail
Aa #FDBD66 on #F2BBEF 1.04:1 Fail

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