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Cherry Red Palette

Cherry Red Palette is a generated palette built from #D2042D, #04D2A9, #D20494, #D24204. According to Colors Encyclopedia, this palette can be used as a CSS-ready color set with linked HEX values, source color context, and machine-readable palette data.

Cherry Red Palette combines primary #D2042D, secondary #04D2A9, surface #D20494, background #D24204, 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.

All palettesSource colorAPI
5colors
Red palettedominant group
4use cases

Palette Color Roles

Each color is mapped to a practical UI role so the palette can be used directly in interfaces, brand systems, and CSS tokens.

Primary#D2042DCherry Red
Secondary#04D2A9#04D2A9
Surface#D20494#D20494
Background#D24204#D24204
Accent#FFFFFFWhite

CSS Variables

--palette-cherry-red-primary: #D2042D;
--palette-cherry-red-secondary: #04D2A9;
--palette-cherry-red-surface: #D20494;
--palette-cherry-red-background: #D24204;
--palette-cherry-red-accent: #FFFFFF;

Accessibility Snapshot

Contrast checks for each palette color against black and white text, with best foreground guidance.

Primary#D2042D
Black 3.8:1 · White 5.53:1
Best #FFFFFF
Secondary#04D2A9
Black 10.8:1 · White 1.95:1
Best #000000
Surface#D20494
Black 4.19:1 · White 5.02:1
Best #FFFFFF
Background#D24204
Black 4.52:1 · White 4.64:1
Best #FFFFFF
Accent#FFFFFF
Black 21:1 · White 1:1
Best #000000

UI Components Preview

A compact preview of how the palette behaves across common interface components.

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 Cherry Red Palette Data (JSON)

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

AI-Ready Dataset v1.0.0
Luminance0.1398
Black text3.8:1AA Fail
White text5.53:1AA 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": "#D2042D",
    "name": "Cherry Red"
  },
  {
    "role": "secondary",
    "hex": "#04D2A9",
    "name": "#04D2A9"
  },
  {
    "role": "surface",
    "hex": "#D20494",
    "name": "#D20494"
  },
  {
    "role": "background",
    "hex": "#D24204",
    "name": "#D24204"
  },
  {
    "role": "accent",
    "hex": "#FFFFFF",
    "name": "White"
  }
]
Accessibility
[
  {
    "role": "primary",
    "hex": "#D2042D",
    "name": "Cherry Red",
    "blackContrast": 3.8,
    "whiteContrast": 5.53,
    "bestTextColor": "#FFFFFF",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#FFFFFF",
      "#F5F5F5"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": []
  },
  {
    "role": "secondary",
    "hex": "#04D2A9",
    "name": "#04D2A9",
    "blackContrast": 10.8,
    "whiteContrast": 1.95,
    "bestTextColor": "#000000",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A",
      "#36454F"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A"
    ]
  },
  {
    "role": "surface",
    "hex": "#D20494",
    "name": "#D20494",
    "blackContrast": 4.19,
    "whiteContrast": 5.02,
    "bestTextColor": "#FFFFFF",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#FFFFFF",
      "#F5F5F5"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": []
  },
  {
    "role": "background",
    "hex": "#D24204",
    "name": "#D24204",
    "blackContrast": 4.52,
    "whiteContrast": 4.64,
    "bestTextColor": "#FFFFFF",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#FFFFFF"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": []
  },
  {
    "role": "accent",
    "hex": "#FFFFFF",
    "name": "White",
    "blackContrast": 21,
    "whiteContrast": 1,
    "bestTextColor": "#000000",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A",
      "#36454F"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A",
      "#36454F"
    ]
  }
]
Semantic groups
[
  "cherry red palette",
  "generated palette",
  "red palette",
  "cyan palette",
  "pink palette",
  "orange palette",
  "gray palette",
  "vibrant palette",
  "light palette",
  "neutral palette",
  "warm palette",
  "cool palette"
]
Use cases
[
  "design system tokens",
  "CSS variables",
  "palette reference",
  "AI color ingestion"
]
CSS variables
"--palette-cherry-red-primary: #D2042D;\n--palette-cherry-red-secondary: #04D2A9;\n--palette-cherry-red-surface: #D20494;\n--palette-cherry-red-background: #D24204;\n--palette-cherry-red-accent: #FFFFFF;"
Full JSON dataset 
{
  "datasetVersion": "1.0.0",
  "slug": "cherry-red",
  "name": "Cherry Red Palette",
  "type": "generated",
  "sourceColor": "cherry-red",
  "description": "Generated palette built from Cherry Red, its harmonies, a high-contrast pairing, and a light variant.",
  "narrative": "Cherry Red Palette combines primary #D2042D, secondary #04D2A9, surface #D20494, background #D24204, 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": [
    "cherry red palette",
    "generated palette",
    "red palette",
    "cyan palette",
    "pink palette",
    "orange palette",
    "gray palette",
    "vibrant palette",
    "light palette",
    "neutral palette",
    "warm palette",
    "cool palette"
  ],
  "useCases": [
    "design system tokens",
    "CSS variables",
    "palette reference",
    "AI color ingestion"
  ],
  "colors": [
    {
      "role": "primary",
      "hex": "#D2042D",
      "slug": "cherry-red",
      "name": "Cherry Red",
      "rgb": [
        210,
        4,
        45
      ],
      "hsl": [
        348,
        96,
        42
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        0,
        98,
        79,
        18
      ],
      "family": "red",
      "temperature": "warm",
      "tone": [
        "vibrant"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.1398,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 3.8,
        "white": 5.53
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#FFFFFF",
          "#F5F5F5"
        ],
        "AAA": []
      },
      "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/cherry-red/"
    },
    {
      "role": "secondary",
      "hex": "#04D2A9",
      "slug": null,
      "name": "#04D2A9",
      "rgb": [
        4,
        210,
        169
      ],
      "hsl": [
        168,
        96,
        42
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        98,
        0,
        20,
        18
      ],
      "family": "cyan",
      "temperature": "cool",
      "tone": [
        "vibrant"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.4898,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 10.8,
        "white": 1.95
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A",
          "#36454F"
        ],
        "AAA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A"
        ]
      },
      "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/hex/04d2a9/"
    },
    {
      "role": "surface",
      "hex": "#D20494",
      "slug": null,
      "name": "#D20494",
      "rgb": [
        210,
        4,
        148
      ],
      "hsl": [
        318,
        96,
        42
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        0,
        98,
        30,
        18
      ],
      "family": "pink",
      "temperature": "warm",
      "tone": [
        "vibrant"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.1593,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 4.19,
        "white": 5.02
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#FFFFFF",
          "#F5F5F5"
        ],
        "AAA": []
      },
      "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/hex/d20494/"
    },
    {
      "role": "background",
      "hex": "#D24204",
      "slug": null,
      "name": "#D24204",
      "rgb": [
        210,
        66,
        4
      ],
      "hsl": [
        18,
        96,
        42
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        0,
        69,
        98,
        18
      ],
      "family": "orange",
      "temperature": "warm",
      "tone": [
        "vibrant"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.1761,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 4.52,
        "white": 4.64
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#000000",
          "#FFFFFF"
        ],
        "AAA": []
      },
      "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/hex/d24204/"
    },
    {
      "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": "#D2042D",
      "name": "Cherry Red"
    },
    {
      "role": "secondary",
      "hex": "#04D2A9",
      "name": "#04D2A9"
    },
    {
      "role": "surface",
      "hex": "#D20494",
      "name": "#D20494"
    },
    {
      "role": "background",
      "hex": "#D24204",
      "name": "#D24204"
    },
    {
      "role": "accent",
      "hex": "#FFFFFF",
      "name": "White"
    }
  ],
  "accessibility": [
    {
      "role": "primary",
      "hex": "#D2042D",
      "name": "Cherry Red",
      "blackContrast": 3.8,
      "whiteContrast": 5.53,
      "bestTextColor": "#FFFFFF",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#FFFFFF",
        "#F5F5F5"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": []
    },
    {
      "role": "secondary",
      "hex": "#04D2A9",
      "name": "#04D2A9",
      "blackContrast": 10.8,
      "whiteContrast": 1.95,
      "bestTextColor": "#000000",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A",
        "#36454F"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A"
      ]
    },
    {
      "role": "surface",
      "hex": "#D20494",
      "name": "#D20494",
      "blackContrast": 4.19,
      "whiteContrast": 5.02,
      "bestTextColor": "#FFFFFF",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#FFFFFF",
        "#F5F5F5"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": []
    },
    {
      "role": "background",
      "hex": "#D24204",
      "name": "#D24204",
      "blackContrast": 4.52,
      "whiteContrast": 4.64,
      "bestTextColor": "#FFFFFF",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#FFFFFF"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": []
    },
    {
      "role": "accent",
      "hex": "#FFFFFF",
      "name": "White",
      "blackContrast": 21,
      "whiteContrast": 1,
      "bestTextColor": "#000000",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A",
        "#36454F"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A",
        "#36454F"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "cssVariables": "--palette-cherry-red-primary: #D2042D;\n--palette-cherry-red-secondary: #04D2A9;\n--palette-cherry-red-surface: #D20494;\n--palette-cherry-red-background: #D24204;\n--palette-cherry-red-accent: #FFFFFF;",
  "relatedEndpoints": [
    "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/palettes/cherry-red.json",
    "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/palettes.json",
    "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/cherry-red.json"
  ],
  "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/palettes/cherry-red/",
  "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/palettes/cherry-red.json"
}
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