Cranberry #9E003A

About this color

#9E003A is a dark, vivid red. In OKLCH its lightness is 45%, its chroma 0.178 and its hue 12°. Its hue sits on the warm side of the wheel. It is the named color Cranberry. White text reads best on it, at 8.35:1.

Colors that go with Cranberry

Matches found by rotating Cranberry around the OKLCH hue wheel, each labelled with the closest name in our list.

Color palettes with Cranberry

Curated color palettes that contain a color within ΔE 0.06 (OKLab) of Cranberry, closest first.

• Sunburst Road Trip
• Blackcurrant Crumble
• Sorrel Pasture
• Cherry Compote
• Mulberry Crumble
• Fig Jam
• Pomegranate and Blackcurrant
• Plum Basket

Similar named colors

The eight named colors closest to Cranberry, with their ΔE distance.

• Purple Red #990147 ΔE 0.024
• Berry #990F4B ΔE 0.027
• Rouge #AB1239 ΔE 0.034
• Red Wine #8C0034 ΔE 0.040
• Mulberry #920A4E ΔE 0.041
• Violet Red #A50055 ΔE 0.043
• Carmine #9D0216 ΔE 0.043
• Raspberry #B00149 ΔE 0.043

More about Cranberry

• Shades of red
• What red means

How to make Cranberry

A starting recipe from common paint colors, found with a spectral paint model (the color mixer’s paint mode). Real pigments vary, so mix a small test batch and adjust.

• 4 parts red
• 3 parts purple
• 1 part brown

Recipe result: #952E3F, a difference of ΔE 0.045 from Cranberry. That is close; add a little more of one paint to match.

What colors make red? | Color mixing chart

Codes for Cranberry in every format

Contrast

WCAG 2 contrast ratios are the conformance target: AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1. APCA Lc values are supplementary guidance from the WCAG 3 drafts.

Shades and tints of Cranberry

A 50–950 scale built in OKLCH: the hue is held, lightness follows a Tailwind v4-like curve, and every step is kept inside the sRGB gamut. This color sits at step 800.

1. Step 50

   50

   #FFF2F3

   oklch(97.2% 0.014 12)

2. Step 100

   100

   #FDE2E5

   oklch(93.6% 0.03 10)

3. Step 200

   200

   #FDCACF

   oklch(88.5% 0.058 11.7)

4. Step 300

   300

   #FCA4AF

   oklch(80.9% 0.105 11.5)

5. Step 400

   400

   #F56E86

   oklch(70.7% 0.166 11.4)

6. Step 500

   500

   #ED3B68

   oklch(63.2% 0.213 11.5)

7. Step 600

   600

   #D40051

   oklch(55.5% 0.222 11.4)

8. Step 700

   700

   #B40043

   oklch(49.1% 0.196 11.6)

9. Step 800

   800 (this color)

   #9E003A

   oklch(44.6% 0.178 11.5)

10. Step 900

    900

    #790F2E

    oklch(37.6% 0.138 11.5)

11. Step 950

    950

    #480D1B

    oklch(27.1% 0.088 11.8)

Export this scale for Tailwind in the Tailwind colors tool

Cranberry with color blindness

Simulated with the Machado et al. (2009) model. ΔE is how far the color moves: below about 0.02 you would not notice a change.