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CSS Utilities
--color-garnet: #733635;
.bg-garnet { background-color: #733635; }
.text-garnet { color: #733635; }Color history, meaning and use · Editorially reviewed
About Garnet Color
Garnet is a group of minerals, not a synonym for one dark red stone. Variations in composition and trace elements produce yellow, orange, pink, red, green, and even bluish-green gems. The familiar wine-red reference represents only one part of that much wider natural range.
Digital Garnet works as a dense red-brown accent that feels quieter than ruby and less orange than cinnabar. It can anchor heritage, wine, and material palettes, especially beside parchment or pale stone. Designers should avoid implying that the name fixes gem species, composition, or value from color alone.
This page selects one conventional screen color and is not a mineral identification, species determination, treatment report, or quality grade.
WCAG Accessibility
Contrast checks for Garnet against black and white text.
Black text2.31:1AA Fail
White text9.1:1AA Pass
Downloadable color reference infographic
Garnet Color Reference Infographic
Save a high-resolution infographic of Garnet, including its color values, coordinated palette, and black and white text contrast.
Color Harmonies
Variants
Pairings
Machine-readable data
Machine-Readable Color Data (JSON)
Perfect for CSS, design systems, automation, and AI ingestion.
Luminance0.0654
Black text2.31:1AA Fail
White text9.1:1AA Pass
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Color systems
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