Colors Encyclopedia

Named color

Garnet

Garnet is a balanced red color with HEX #733635. According to Colors Encyclopedia, it has RGB 115, 54, 53, HSL 1, 37%, 33%, warm temperature, and is useful for branding accents, editorial palettes, and product design.

#733635 red warm balanced
HEX #733635
RGB rgb(115, 54, 53)
HSL hsl(1 37% 33%)
CMYK cmyk(0, 53, 54, 55)
Luminance 0.0654
Contrast Black 2.31:1White 9.1:1

CSS Utilities

--color-garnet: #733635;
.bg-garnet { background-color: #733635; }
.text-garnet { color: #733635; }
Open CSS utility pageReusable variables, classes, examples, and implementation notes

Machine-readable data

Machine-Readable Color Data (JSON)

Perfect for CSS, design systems, automation, and AI ingestion.

AI-Ready Dataset v1.0.0
Luminance0.0654
Black text2.31:1AA Fail
White text9.1:1AA Pass
hexCanonical HEX value
rgbRed, green, blue channels
hslHue, saturation, lightness
cmykApproximate print conversion
wcagAA and AAA contrast options
harmoniesMathematical harmony sets
variantsGenerated tone variants
nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors
Download JSON Open API
Structured sections
Color systems
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  }
}
WCAG
{
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    "#FFFFFF",
    "#F5F5F5"
  ],
  "AAA": [
    "#FFFFFF",
    "#F5F5F5"
  ]
}
Harmonies
{
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  ],
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    "#363573"
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    "#553573"
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    "#733635",
    "#341918"
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}
Variants
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  "saturated": "#862423",
  "desaturated": "#614848",
  "pastel": "#AB7D7C",
  "neon": "#D10300"
}
Pairings
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    "#B05554",
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}
Knowledge graph
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}
Full JSON dataset 
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      "attention"
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      "sports",
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    ]
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  "family": "red",
  "temperature": "warm",
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  "popularity": 80,
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    55
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      "#B05554"
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      "#E8E8E4"
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}
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Color meaning and use

About Garnet Color

Garnet sits in the red family with warm temperature and balanced visual character. Garnet is a commonly used color name in design references, palettes, and editorial color systems.

Its common associations include energy, intensity, and attention, which makes it relevant for fashion and food. In design work, Garnet is most useful for branding accents, editorial palettes, and product design, especially when paired with white text for stronger contrast.

Related Color Guides

Red color familyBrowse named red colors and compare nearby swatches.Warm colorsExplore colors with warm temperature behavior.Balanced colorsFind colors with balanced visual character.Garnet accessibilityCheck contrast and WCAG text options for #733635.Garnet CSS utilitiesUse Garnet in CSS variables and utility classes.#733635 HEX atlasOpen the permanent HEX atlas record for conversions and variants.Garnet paletteOpen the generated palette based on Garnet.Garnet harmoniesExplore complementary, analogous, triadic, and tetradic harmonies.

WCAG Accessibility

Contrast checks for Garnet against black and white text.

Black text2.31:1AA Fail
White text9.1:1AA Pass
AA text options#FFFFFF, #F5F5F5
AAA text options#FFFFFF, #F5F5F5
Open WCAG pageDetailed contrast notes, warnings, alternatives, and UI examples

Similar Colors

Wine Red#722F37
Coffee#6F4E37
Walnut#5C4033
Ruby Wine#7B1E3A
Loam#6B4F3A

Color Harmonies

#357273#357273
#733553#733553
#735535#735535
#357336#357336
#363573#363573
Open full Garnet harmony pageComplementary, analogous, triadic, tetradic, split, and monochromatic sets

Variants

#B05554#B05554
#341918#341918
#862423#862423
#614848#614848
#AB7D7C#AB7D7C
#D10300#D10300

Pairings

White#FFFFFF
#357273#357273
#733553#733553
#735535#735535
Matte Black#1A1A1A
White Smoke#F5F5F5