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Burgundy colour palettes

Burgundy palettes pairing wine-red tones with lighter companions for packaging, editorial accents and classic colour studies. Explore 144 palettes.

Colour pairings & usage tips

Use these colours.

Give burgundy a deliberate area such as a cover, heading band or packaging panel. Use a lighter companion to separate wording and keep other strong accents limited.

Text & contrast.

Wine-red can look dark while still failing a particular text pairing. Check body text on the light partner and any reversed text on burgundy independently.

A pairing to start with.

In Crisp Coral Scale, #190404 against #F2D4D3 has a contrast ratio of 14.27:1. This pair meets the WCAG AA contrast threshold for normal text. This checks opaque colours only; use the contrast checker to review text in a palette preview. Transparency and gradients need their own checks.

The five swatches span 15–89% OKLCH lightness. Try different colour roles in the palette generator.

THE COLOR SHEET / RESTORE

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Monochromemonochromatic · warm
Luxuryanalogous · warm
Earthyanalogous · warm
Split Complementarysplit-complementary · mixed
Analogousanalogous · warm
Autumnnear-monochromatic · warm
Monochromemonochromatic · warm
Earthycompound · warm
Split Complementarysplit-complementary · mixed
Botanicalcomplementary · mixed
Analogousanalogous · mixed
Monochromemonochromatic · warm
Triadictriadic · mixed
Split Complementarysplit-complementary · mixed
Earthyanalogous · warm
Analogousanalogous · warm
Luxuryanalogous · warm
Triadictriadic · mixed
Monochromemonochromatic · warm
Editorialnear-monochromatic · warm
Tetradicrectangle · mixed
Analogousanalogous · warm
Split Complementarysplit-complementary · mixed
Monochromemonochromatic · warm

THE COLOR SHEET / POSTCARD

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THE PICTURE SIDE

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