# Crimson and near-black control resonant palette

This palette moves from red to black. It steadily darkens across a broad lightness range, combining strong color with clear contrast. Its bold and dramatic character suits brand mood boards and social graphics, especially compositions that need a controlled shift between darker and lighter areas.

- Also called: Monochrome red and black linear swatches
- Seed: `kSjKcRLMU_YuDP-`
- Page: https://grabient.com/kSjKcRLMU_YuDP-?style=linearSwatches&steps=3
- Drawn as: linear swatches, 3 steps, 90 degrees
- Kinds: light to dark, vivid, dark, warm, monochrome
- Hues: monochromatic
- Contrast of its darkest and lightest colors: 3.8 to 1

## Colors

The name most people give each color, and the text color that reads on it with its contrast.

| Stop | Hex | OKLCH | Name | Text on it |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | `#d50028` | `oklch(55.13% 0.2229 23.92)` | Cardinal Rage | white, 5.4 to 1 |
| 2 | `#73001a` | `oklch(35.06% 0.1407 19.74)` | Cinnabar | white, 12 to 1 |
| 3 | `#040202` | `oklch(9.06% 0.0083 19.68)` | Armour Wash | white, 20.7 to 1 |

## CSS

```css
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #d50028 0.000% 33.333%, #73001a 33.333% 66.667%, #040202 66.667% 100.000%);
background: linear-gradient(90deg, oklch(55.13% 0.2229 23.92) 0.000% 33.333%, oklch(35.06% 0.1407 19.74) 33.333% 66.667%, oklch(9.06% 0.0083 19.68) 66.667% 100.000%);
```

## Keyframes

3 OKLCH keyframes joined by a Catmull-Rom spline. Hue is unwrapped degrees.

| Keyframe | Lightness | Chroma | Hue |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | 0.551 | 0.23 | 23.9 |
| 2 | 0.35 | 0.19 | 19.7 |
| 3 | 0.091 | 0.008 | 19.7 |

## In these collections

- [Control Resonant swatches](https://grabient.com/control-resonant-swatches)

## Other forms

- [JSON](https://grabient.com/kSjKcRLMU_YuDP-.json?style=linearSwatches&steps=3)
- [PNG](https://grabient.com/kSjKcRLMU_YuDP-.png?style=linearSwatches&steps=3)
- [SVG](https://grabient.com/kSjKcRLMU_YuDP-.svg?style=linearSwatches&steps=3)
- [CSS](https://grabient.com/kSjKcRLMU_YuDP-.css?style=linearSwatches&steps=3)
- [ASE](https://grabient.com/kSjKcRLMU_YuDP-.ase?style=linearSwatches&steps=3)
- [GPL](https://grabient.com/kSjKcRLMU_YuDP-.gpl?style=linearSwatches&steps=3)
- [GRD](https://grabient.com/kSjKcRLMU_YuDP-.grd?style=linearSwatches&steps=3)
- [Design tokens](https://grabient.com/kSjKcRLMU_YuDP-.tokens.json?style=linearSwatches&steps=3)
- [Social card](https://grabient.com/api/og?seed=kSjKcRLMU_YuDP-&style=linearSwatches&steps=3)
- [Palettes like this one](https://grabient.com/palettes?q=kSjKcRLMU_YuDP-)
- [Guide for agents](https://grabient.com/llms.txt)