Bloodhound

#bb5511

Deeper orange-russet contrast, blood-warm and less dry

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About Bloodhound

Bloodhound is darker and more muted than everything around it, it's the one that actually tastes like blood orange instead of looking like one. Where Chivalrous Fox pushes brightness and trades on that polished-metal thing, this shade sits lower in the spectrum, less saturated, almost burnt. It's got enough warmth to feel intentional, but not enough to compete. It's what happens when you strip away the confidence and leave the depth.

Use it in product detail pages, editorial layouts, and heritage food packaging where you need a brown that reads as serious without being austere. Works as a button state, a card container, a sidebar accent, places where the color holds space but doesn't demand it. It settles naturally against warm neutrals like cream or soft taupe. Against charcoal it finds real contrast without the harshness of its brighter cousins.

The thing: this one needs careful pairing with grays. Cool neutrals will flatten it faster than they will , so test it at scale against your actual backgrounds first. Push it next to bright accents and it recedes hard. But live it next to deep charcoals or let it breathe alone, and you've got something that works harder than it looks.

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WCAG 2.1 contrast ratios. AA requires 4.5:1 for normal text, 3:1 for large. AAA requires 7:1 / 4.5:1.

On White #ffffff

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4.75:1AAAAA Large

On Gray 100 #f5f5f5

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4.36:1FailAA Large

On Gray 900 #18181b

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3.73:1FailAA Large

On Black #000000

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4.42:1FailAA Large

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