Cherry Static

#e76178

Muted cherry red for steady high-contrast UI

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About Cherry Static

Cherry Static is what happens when you push a red-pink just past the point where it feels safe. It's darker and less warm than , which strips away that approachable movement and replaces it with something more direct. It sits between 's settled confidence and 's actual heaviness, closer to in temperature, but with enough depth that it doesn't read as quite as friendly.

This is the red for product dashboards, fintech platforms, and healthcare UIs where you need presence without the softness. Primary actions, alert states, highlighted data points, situations where might feel slightly too welcoming and tips toward restraint. It holds at small scales without getting thin. It reads as assertive but not aggressive, the kind of color that works harder the busier your layout gets.

The thing to watch: it can read cooler against warm neutrals than you'd expect, almost wine-tinged at times. Pair it with cool grays and it stays clean. That slight coolness underneath is what keeps it from feeling as pushy as pure red-orange, but also what makes it different from everything lighter around it.

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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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3.29:1FailAA Large

On Gray 100 #f5f5f5

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3.02:1FailAA Large

On Gray 900 #18181b

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5.38:1AAAAA Large

On Black #000000

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6.38:1AAAAA Large

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