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Palette

Classic Red Palette

Rich crimsons and moody blacks draw out striking contrast, power, and sophistication in abundance.

Color analysis

Palette profile

This 10-color palette is warm-led with a balanced character and high tonal range. Its internal colors provide 18 pairs at or above the 4.5:1 contrast target for normal text.

Temperature

Warm-led

Color character

Balanced

Lightness span

96%

Accessible pairs

18 / 45

Colors

Black 0B090A#0B090AA defining swatch in this palette, useful for UI accents, branding systems, and visual direction.RGBrgb(11, 9, 10)HSLhsl(330, 10%, 3.9%)CMYKcmyk(0%, 18.2%, 9.1%, 95.7%)LABlab(2.61, 0.67, -0.19)

Black 161A1D#161A1DA defining swatch in this palette, useful for UI accents, branding systems, and visual direction.RGBrgb(22, 26, 29)HSLhsl(205.7, 13.7%, 10%)CMYKcmyk(24.1%, 10.3%, 0%, 88.6%)LABlab(8.98, -1.02, -2.72)

Red 660708#660708A defining swatch in this palette, useful for UI accents, branding systems, and visual direction.RGBrgb(102, 7, 8)HSLhsl(359.4, 87.2%, 21.4%)CMYKcmyk(0%, 93.1%, 92.2%, 60%)LABlab(20.02, 39.28, 27.19)

Red A4161A#A4161AA defining swatch in this palette, useful for UI accents, branding systems, and visual direction.RGBrgb(164, 22, 26)HSLhsl(358.3, 76.3%, 36.5%)CMYKcmyk(0%, 86.6%, 84.1%, 35.7%)LABlab(35.09, 54.62, 37.18)

Red BA181B#BA181BA defining swatch in this palette, useful for UI accents, branding systems, and visual direction.RGBrgb(186, 24, 27)HSLhsl(358.9, 77.1%, 41.2%)CMYKcmyk(0%, 87.1%, 85.5%, 27.1%)LABlab(39.87, 60.36, 42.7)

Red E5383B#E5383BA defining swatch in this palette, useful for UI accents, branding systems, and visual direction.RGBrgb(229, 56, 59)HSLhsl(359, 76.9%, 55.9%)CMYKcmyk(0%, 75.5%, 74.2%, 10.2%)LABlab(51.62, 65.28, 39.88)

Gray B1A7A6#B1A7A6A defining swatch in this palette, useful for UI accents, branding systems, and visual direction.RGBrgb(177, 167, 166)HSLhsl(5.5, 6.6%, 67.3%)CMYKcmyk(0%, 5.6%, 6.2%, 30.6%)LABlab(69.28, 3.41, 1.81)

Gray D3D3D3#D3D3D3A defining swatch in this palette, useful for UI accents, branding systems, and visual direction.RGBrgb(211, 211, 211)HSLhsl(0, 0%, 82.7%)CMYKcmyk(0%, 0%, 0%, 17.3%)LABlab(84.56, 0, 0)

White F5F3F4#F5F3F4A defining swatch in this palette, useful for UI accents, branding systems, and visual direction.RGBrgb(245, 243, 244)HSLhsl(330, 9.1%, 95.7%)CMYKcmyk(0%, 0.8%, 0.4%, 3.9%)LABlab(96.02, 0.84, -0.25)

Grounded Opal#FFFFFFGrounded Opal rests as glacial grounded white velvet leans beneath parchment, leaving velvety glow.RGBrgb(255, 255, 255)HSLhsl(0, 0%, 100%)CMYKcmyk(0%, 0%, 0%, 0%)LABlab(100, 0, 0)

Meaning

NeutralAiryMinimal

Psychology

EnergyIntensityBalanceNeutralityDepthAuthority

Usage

SurfacesInterfacesSystem Ui

Black 0B090A

#0B090A

Black text

1.06:1Fail

White text

19.85:1AAA

Support

Black 161A1D

#161A1D

Black text

1.20:1Fail

White text

17.51:1AAA

Accent

Red 660708

#660708

Black text

1.60:1Fail

White text

13.13:1AAA

Support

Red A4161A

#A4161A

Black text

2.71:1Fail

White text

7.75:1AAA

Support

Red BA181B

#BA181B

Black text

3.23:1AA Large

White text

6.49:1AA

Support

Red E5383B

#E5383B

Black text

4.96:1AA

White text

4.23:1AA Large

Support

Gray B1A7A6

#B1A7A6

Black text

8.95:1AAA

White text

2.35:1Fail

Support

Gray D3D3D3

#D3D3D3

Black text

14.03:1AAA

White text

1.50:1Fail

Support

White F5F3F4

#F5F3F4

Black text

19.01:1AAA

White text

1.10:1Fail

Surface

Grounded Opal

#FFFFFF

Black text

21.00:1AAA

White text

1.00:1Fail

Best internal combinations

The strongest foreground and background pairs found inside this palette. Showing the top 12 of 18 AA-compatible pairs.

Sample text

#0B090A on #FFFFFF19.85:1 · AAA

Sample text

#0B090A on #F5F3F417.97:1 · AAA

Sample text

#161A1D on #FFFFFF17.51:1 · AAA

Sample text

#161A1D on #F5F3F415.85:1 · AAA

Sample text

#0B090A on #D3D3D313.26:1 · AAA

Sample text

#660708 on #FFFFFF13.13:1 · AAA

Sample text

#660708 on #F5F3F411.89:1 · AAA

Sample text

#161A1D on #D3D3D311.69:1 · AAA

Sample text

#660708 on #D3D3D38.77:1 · AAA

Sample text

#0B090A on #B1A7A68.46:1 · AAA

Sample text

#A4161A on #FFFFFF7.75:1 · AAA

Sample text

#161A1D on #B1A7A67.46:1 · AAA

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: #0B090A;
  --palette-2: #161A1D;
  --palette-3: #660708;
  --palette-4: #A4161A;
  --palette-5: #BA181B;
  --palette-6: #E5383B;
  --palette-7: #B1A7A6;
  --palette-8: #D3D3D3;
  --palette-9: #F5F3F4;
  --palette-10: #FFFFFF;
}

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