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Cherry Red Palette

Cherry Red Palette: #D2042D, #04D2A9, #D20494, #D24204. Check roles, contrast and CSS variables; open source-color links and JSON.

Cherry Red Palette assigns primary #D2042D, secondary #04D2A9, surface #D20494, background #D24204, accent #FFFFFF. The set spans Red, Cyan, Pink, and Orange families with warm, cool, and neutral temperatures. Luminance runs from #D2042D at 0.1398 to #FFFFFF at 1; black gives higher contrast on 2 of 5 values.

All palettesSource colorAPI
5colors
Red palettedominant group
4use cases

Palette Color Roles

Cherry Red Palette maps 5 colors to practical UI roles for 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

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

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

Preview how the Cherry 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 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": null
    },
    {
      "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": null
    },
    {
      "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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