PalettesGothic Romance

Palette

Gothic Romance

Moody black and wine meet sepia and cream, painting a dramatic, romantic, and classic look.

Color analysis

Palette profile

This 5-color palette is warm-led with a muted character and high tonal range. Its internal colors provide 5 pairs at or above the 4.5:1 contrast target for normal text.

Temperature

Warm-led

Color character

Muted

Lightness span

92%

Accessible pairs

5 / 10

Colors

Black 0A0908#0A0908A defining swatch in this palette, useful for UI accents, branding systems, and visual direction.RGBrgb(10, 9, 8)HSLhsl(30, 11.1%, 3.5%)CMYKcmyk(0%, 10%, 20%, 96.1%)LABlab(2.51, 0.12, 0.47)

Red 49111C#49111CA defining swatch in this palette, useful for UI accents, branding systems, and visual direction.RGBrgb(73, 17, 28)HSLhsl(348.2, 62.2%, 17.6%)CMYKcmyk(0%, 76.7%, 61.6%, 71.4%)LABlab(14.96, 27.28, 7.68)

White F2F4F3#F2F4F3A defining swatch in this palette, useful for UI accents, branding systems, and visual direction.RGBrgb(242, 244, 243)HSLhsl(150, 8.3%, 95.3%)CMYKcmyk(0.8%, 0%, 0.4%, 4.3%)LABlab(96.02, -0.84, 0.25)

Orange A9927D#A9927DA defining swatch in this palette, useful for UI accents, branding systems, and visual direction.RGBrgb(169, 146, 125)HSLhsl(28.6, 20.4%, 57.6%)CMYKcmyk(0%, 13.6%, 26%, 33.7%)LABlab(62.06, 5.25, 14.31)

Brown 5E503F#5E503FA defining swatch in this palette, useful for UI accents, branding systems, and visual direction.RGBrgb(94, 80, 63)HSLhsl(32.9, 19.7%, 30.8%)CMYKcmyk(0%, 14.9%, 33%, 63.1%)LABlab(34.96, 2.92, 12.19)

Meaning

Wedding

Psychology

ComfortStabilityDepthAuthorityFreshnessSimplicity

Usage

InvitationsEditorial Systems

Black 0A0908

#0A0908

Black text

1.06:1Fail

White text

19.90:1AAA

Accent

Red 49111C

#49111C

Black text

1.38:1Fail

White text

15.21:1AAA

Surface

White F2F4F3

#F2F4F3

Black text

19.01:1AAA

White text

1.10:1Fail

Support

Orange A9927D

#A9927D

Black text

7.09:1AAA

White text

2.96:1Fail

Support

Brown 5E503F

#5E503F

Black text

2.70:1Fail

White text

7.79:1AAA

Best internal combinations

The strongest foreground and background pairs found inside this palette.

Sample text

#0A0908 on #F2F4F318.01:1 · AAA

Sample text

#49111C on #F2F4F313.77:1 · AAA

Sample text

#5E503F on #F2F4F37.05:1 · AAA

Sample text

#0A0908 on #A9927D6.72:1 · AA

Sample text

#49111C on #A9927D5.14:1 · AA

Color vision previews

Approximate simulations help reveal swatches that may become difficult to distinguish.

Protanopia

Reduced sensitivity to red light.

Deuteranopia

Reduced sensitivity to green light.

Tritanopia

Reduced sensitivity to blue light.

Achromatopsia

A grayscale approximation without hue perception.

CSS variables

Copy this palette as reusable custom properties for a design system or prototype.

:root {
  --palette-1: #0A0908;
  --palette-2: #49111C;
  --palette-3: #F2F4F3;
  --palette-4: #A9927D;
  --palette-5: #5E503F;
}

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