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Brick Red Palette

Brick Red Palette: #8A3324, #247B8A, #8A2447, #8A6624. Check roles, contrast and CSS variables; open source-color links and JSON.

Brick Red Palette assigns primary #8A3324, secondary #247B8A, surface #8A2447, background #8A6624, accent #FFFFFF. The set spans Red, Cyan, Pink, and Orange families with warm, cool, and neutral temperatures. Luminance runs from #8A2447 at 0.0712 to #FFFFFF at 1; black gives higher contrast on 1 of 5 values.

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5colors
Red palettedominant group
5use cases

Palette Color Roles

Brick Red Palette maps 5 colors to practical UI roles for interfaces, brand systems, and CSS tokens.

Primary#8A3324Burnt Umber
Secondary#247B8A#247B8A
Surface#8A2447#8A2447
Background#8A6624#8A6624
Accent#FFFFFFWhite

CSS Variables

--palette-brick-red-primary: #8A3324;
--palette-brick-red-secondary: #247B8A;
--palette-brick-red-surface: #8A2447;
--palette-brick-red-background: #8A6624;
--palette-brick-red-accent: #FFFFFF;

Accessibility Snapshot

Compare all 5 Brick Red Palette values against black and white text, with the stronger standard foreground identified for each role.

Primary#8A3324
Black 2.58:1 · White 8.14:1
Best #FFFFFF
Secondary#247B8A
Black 4.28:1 · White 4.91:1
Best #FFFFFF
Surface#8A2447
Black 2.42:1 · White 8.66:1
Best #FFFFFF
Background#8A6624
Black 4.01:1 · White 5.24:1
Best #FFFFFF
Accent#FFFFFF
Black 21:1 · White 1:1
Best #000000

UI Components Preview

Preview how the Brick Red Palette roles behave together across common interface components before copying the CSS variables.

ButtonPrimary action with checked foreground contrast.
CardSurface treatment using palette roles.
AlertBackground, text, and accent roles together.
NavbarSecondary role with accent state.

Machine-readable data

Machine-Readable Brick Red Palette Data (JSON)

Structured palette data for Brick Red Palette, including color roles, accessibility, semantic groups, use cases, CSS variables, and API links.

AI-Ready Dataset v1.0.0
Luminance0.079
Black text2.58:1AA Fail
White text8.14:1AA Pass
colorsPalette colors with roles and color systems
rolesPrimary, secondary, surface, background, and accent mapping
accessibilityContrast and WCAG text options by palette color
semanticGroupsAI-readable palette labels
useCasesDesign and implementation contexts
cssVariablesCopy-ready CSS custom properties
Download JSON Open API
Structured sections
Roles
[
  {
    "role": "primary",
    "hex": "#8A3324",
    "name": "Burnt Umber"
  },
  {
    "role": "secondary",
    "hex": "#247B8A",
    "name": "#247B8A"
  },
  {
    "role": "surface",
    "hex": "#8A2447",
    "name": "#8A2447"
  },
  {
    "role": "background",
    "hex": "#8A6624",
    "name": "#8A6624"
  },
  {
    "role": "accent",
    "hex": "#FFFFFF",
    "name": "White"
  }
]
Accessibility
[
  {
    "role": "primary",
    "hex": "#8A3324",
    "name": "Burnt Umber",
    "blackContrast": 2.58,
    "whiteContrast": 8.14,
    "bestTextColor": "#FFFFFF",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#FFFFFF",
      "#F5F5F5"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": [
      "#FFFFFF",
      "#F5F5F5"
    ]
  },
  {
    "role": "secondary",
    "hex": "#247B8A",
    "name": "#247B8A",
    "blackContrast": 4.28,
    "whiteContrast": 4.91,
    "bestTextColor": "#FFFFFF",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#FFFFFF",
      "#F5F5F5"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": []
  },
  {
    "role": "surface",
    "hex": "#8A2447",
    "name": "#8A2447",
    "blackContrast": 2.42,
    "whiteContrast": 8.66,
    "bestTextColor": "#FFFFFF",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#FFFFFF",
      "#F5F5F5"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": [
      "#FFFFFF",
      "#F5F5F5"
    ]
  },
  {
    "role": "background",
    "hex": "#8A6624",
    "name": "#8A6624",
    "blackContrast": 4.01,
    "whiteContrast": 5.24,
    "bestTextColor": "#FFFFFF",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#FFFFFF",
      "#F5F5F5"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": []
  },
  {
    "role": "accent",
    "hex": "#FFFFFF",
    "name": "White",
    "blackContrast": 21,
    "whiteContrast": 1,
    "bestTextColor": "#000000",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A",
      "#36454F"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A",
      "#36454F"
    ]
  }
]
Semantic groups
[
  "brick red palette",
  "generated palette",
  "red palette",
  "cyan palette",
  "pink palette",
  "orange palette",
  "gray palette",
  "balanced palette",
  "earth tone palette",
  "light palette",
  "neutral palette",
  "warm palette",
  "cool palette"
]
Use cases
[
  "design system tokens",
  "CSS variables",
  "palette reference",
  "AI color ingestion",
  "natural branding"
]
CSS variables
"--palette-brick-red-primary: #8A3324;\n--palette-brick-red-secondary: #247B8A;\n--palette-brick-red-surface: #8A2447;\n--palette-brick-red-background: #8A6624;\n--palette-brick-red-accent: #FFFFFF;"
Full JSON dataset 
{
  "datasetVersion": "1.0.0",
  "slug": "brick-red",
  "name": "Brick Red Palette",
  "type": "generated",
  "sourceColor": "brick-red",
  "description": "Generated palette built from Brick Red, its harmonies, a high-contrast pairing, and a light variant.",
  "narrative": "Brick Red Palette combines primary #8A3324, secondary #247B8A, surface #8A2447, background #8A6624, accent #FFFFFF. According to Colors Encyclopedia, the palette works as a red palette, cyan palette, pink palette system for design system tokens, CSS variables, palette reference, and AI color ingestion, with each color mapped to roles, contrast data, CSS tokens, and machine-readable JSON.",
  "semanticGroups": [
    "brick red palette",
    "generated palette",
    "red palette",
    "cyan palette",
    "pink palette",
    "orange palette",
    "gray palette",
    "balanced palette",
    "earth tone palette",
    "light palette",
    "neutral palette",
    "warm palette",
    "cool palette"
  ],
  "useCases": [
    "design system tokens",
    "CSS variables",
    "palette reference",
    "AI color ingestion",
    "natural branding"
  ],
  "colors": [
    {
      "role": "primary",
      "hex": "#8A3324",
      "slug": "burnt-umber",
      "name": "Burnt Umber",
      "rgb": [
        138,
        51,
        36
      ],
      "hsl": [
        9,
        59,
        34
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        0,
        63,
        74,
        46
      ],
      "family": "red",
      "temperature": "warm",
      "tone": [
        "balanced"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.079,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 2.58,
        "white": 8.14
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#FFFFFF",
          "#F5F5F5"
        ],
        "AAA": [
          "#FFFFFF",
          "#F5F5F5"
        ]
      },
      "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/burnt-umber/"
    },
    {
      "role": "secondary",
      "hex": "#247B8A",
      "slug": null,
      "name": "#247B8A",
      "rgb": [
        36,
        123,
        138
      ],
      "hsl": [
        189,
        59,
        34
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        74,
        11,
        0,
        46
      ],
      "family": "cyan",
      "temperature": "cool",
      "tone": [
        "balanced"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.1638,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 4.28,
        "white": 4.91
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#FFFFFF",
          "#F5F5F5"
        ],
        "AAA": []
      },
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "role": "surface",
      "hex": "#8A2447",
      "slug": null,
      "name": "#8A2447",
      "rgb": [
        138,
        36,
        71
      ],
      "hsl": [
        339,
        59,
        34
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        0,
        74,
        49,
        46
      ],
      "family": "pink",
      "temperature": "warm",
      "tone": [
        "balanced"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.0712,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 2.42,
        "white": 8.66
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#FFFFFF",
          "#F5F5F5"
        ],
        "AAA": [
          "#FFFFFF",
          "#F5F5F5"
        ]
      },
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "role": "background",
      "hex": "#8A6624",
      "slug": null,
      "name": "#8A6624",
      "rgb": [
        138,
        102,
        36
      ],
      "hsl": [
        39,
        59,
        34
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        0,
        26,
        74,
        46
      ],
      "family": "orange",
      "temperature": "warm",
      "tone": [
        "earth-tone"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.1503,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 4.01,
        "white": 5.24
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#FFFFFF",
          "#F5F5F5"
        ],
        "AAA": []
      },
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "role": "accent",
      "hex": "#FFFFFF",
      "slug": "white",
      "name": "White",
      "rgb": [
        255,
        255,
        255
      ],
      "hsl": [
        0,
        0,
        100
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        0,
        0,
        0,
        0
      ],
      "family": "gray",
      "temperature": "neutral",
      "tone": [
        "light",
        "neutral"
      ],
      "luminance": 1,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 21,
        "white": 1
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A",
          "#36454F"
        ],
        "AAA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A",
          "#36454F"
        ]
      },
      "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/white/"
    }
  ],
  "roles": [
    {
      "role": "primary",
      "hex": "#8A3324",
      "name": "Burnt Umber"
    },
    {
      "role": "secondary",
      "hex": "#247B8A",
      "name": "#247B8A"
    },
    {
      "role": "surface",
      "hex": "#8A2447",
      "name": "#8A2447"
    },
    {
      "role": "background",
      "hex": "#8A6624",
      "name": "#8A6624"
    },
    {
      "role": "accent",
      "hex": "#FFFFFF",
      "name": "White"
    }
  ],
  "accessibility": [
    {
      "role": "primary",
      "hex": "#8A3324",
      "name": "Burnt Umber",
      "blackContrast": 2.58,
      "whiteContrast": 8.14,
      "bestTextColor": "#FFFFFF",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#FFFFFF",
        "#F5F5F5"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": [
        "#FFFFFF",
        "#F5F5F5"
      ]
    },
    {
      "role": "secondary",
      "hex": "#247B8A",
      "name": "#247B8A",
      "blackContrast": 4.28,
      "whiteContrast": 4.91,
      "bestTextColor": "#FFFFFF",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#FFFFFF",
        "#F5F5F5"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": []
    },
    {
      "role": "surface",
      "hex": "#8A2447",
      "name": "#8A2447",
      "blackContrast": 2.42,
      "whiteContrast": 8.66,
      "bestTextColor": "#FFFFFF",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#FFFFFF",
        "#F5F5F5"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": [
        "#FFFFFF",
        "#F5F5F5"
      ]
    },
    {
      "role": "background",
      "hex": "#8A6624",
      "name": "#8A6624",
      "blackContrast": 4.01,
      "whiteContrast": 5.24,
      "bestTextColor": "#FFFFFF",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#FFFFFF",
        "#F5F5F5"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": []
    },
    {
      "role": "accent",
      "hex": "#FFFFFF",
      "name": "White",
      "blackContrast": 21,
      "whiteContrast": 1,
      "bestTextColor": "#000000",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A",
        "#36454F"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A",
        "#36454F"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "cssVariables": "--palette-brick-red-primary: #8A3324;\n--palette-brick-red-secondary: #247B8A;\n--palette-brick-red-surface: #8A2447;\n--palette-brick-red-background: #8A6624;\n--palette-brick-red-accent: #FFFFFF;",
  "relatedEndpoints": [
    "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/palettes/brick-red.json",
    "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/palettes.json",
    "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/brick-red.json"
  ],
  "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/palettes/brick-red/",
  "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/palettes/brick-red.json"
}
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