Burgundy and Cream color palette
maroon · 0.029
lemonchiffon · 0.007
Wedding stationery leans on this pair for good reason. Burgundy (#800020) is a deep, muted red with the weight of aged wine, and cream (#FFFDD0) is a soft warm off-white that reads as paper or linen rather than stark white. Set against each other they hit a ratio of 10.43 to 1, so burgundy text on a cream card stays crisp and easy to read at small sizes.
The two sit 86 degrees apart, far enough to feel distinct without clashing. In interiors, burgundy walls or upholstery against cream trim give a room a quiet, traditional warmth. A blended midpoint lands at a soft clay pink (#C68773), useful as a bridging accent.
See Burgundy and Cream in use
Burgundy Tailwind scale (50-900)
Cream Tailwind scale (50-900)
Burgundy to Cream blend
A continuous interpolation from Burgundy to Cream, sampled into the 10 steps below. Tap any swatch to copy its hex.
Why Burgundy and Cream blend best in OKLab
The same two colors blended three ways. This site uses OKLab, which keeps the blend smooth and evenly lit. The other two are shown so you can see what to avoid: sRGB darkens and muddies the middle, and HSL detours through colors that are not in your palette.
Accessibility
Burgundy and Cream can be used together as text and background.
Contrast pairing grid
Rows are Burgundy steps, columns are Cream steps. Each mark is a Burgundy step shown on a Cream step: a check means it clears WCAG AA for text (4.5:1). If you can read the mark, the pairing is legible.
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✓ passes AA ✗ fails AA
Copy for Tailwind
Tailwind v4 — @theme (paste into your CSS)
@theme {
--color-burgundy-50: #F9F0F0;
--color-burgundy-100: #F3E2E2;
--color-burgundy-200: #E8CACA;
--color-burgundy-300: #D7A9A9;
--color-burgundy-400: #C07D7E;
--color-burgundy-500: #800020;
--color-burgundy-600: #680018;
--color-burgundy-700: #4D000F;
--color-burgundy-800: #2B0005;
--color-burgundy-900: #0F0001;
--color-cream-50: #FFFFFC;
--color-cream-100: #FFFFFA;
--color-cream-200: #FFFFF5;
--color-cream-300: #FFFEEE;
--color-cream-400: #FFFEE6;
--color-cream-500: #FFFDD0;
--color-cream-600: #D1CFAA;
--color-cream-700: #9E9D80;
--color-cream-800: #5D5D4B;
--color-cream-900: #29281F;
}
Tailwind v3 — tailwind.config.js
// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
theme: {
extend: {
colors: {
'burgundy': {
50: '#F9F0F0',
100: '#F3E2E2',
200: '#E8CACA',
300: '#D7A9A9',
400: '#C07D7E',
500: '#800020',
600: '#680018',
700: '#4D000F',
800: '#2B0005',
900: '#0F0001',
},
'cream': {
50: '#FFFFFC',
100: '#FFFFFA',
200: '#FFFFF5',
300: '#FFFEEE',
400: '#FFFEE6',
500: '#FFFDD0',
600: '#D1CFAA',
700: '#9E9D80',
800: '#5D5D4B',
900: '#29281F',
},
},
},
},
};
CSS variables
:root {
--burgundy-50: #F9F0F0;
--burgundy-100: #F3E2E2;
--burgundy-200: #E8CACA;
--burgundy-300: #D7A9A9;
--burgundy-400: #C07D7E;
--burgundy-500: #800020;
--burgundy-600: #680018;
--burgundy-700: #4D000F;
--burgundy-800: #2B0005;
--burgundy-900: #0F0001;
--cream-50: #FFFFFC;
--cream-100: #FFFFFA;
--cream-200: #FFFFF5;
--cream-300: #FFFEEE;
--cream-400: #FFFEE6;
--cream-500: #FFFDD0;
--cream-600: #D1CFAA;
--cream-700: #9E9D80;
--cream-800: #5D5D4B;
--cream-900: #29281F;
}SCSS variables
$burgundy-50: #F9F0F0; $burgundy-100: #F3E2E2; $burgundy-200: #E8CACA; $burgundy-300: #D7A9A9; $burgundy-400: #C07D7E; $burgundy-500: #800020; $burgundy-600: #680018; $burgundy-700: #4D000F; $burgundy-800: #2B0005; $burgundy-900: #0F0001; $cream-50: #FFFFFC; $cream-100: #FFFFFA; $cream-200: #FFFFF5; $cream-300: #FFFEEE; $cream-400: #FFFEE6; $cream-500: #FFFDD0; $cream-600: #D1CFAA; $cream-700: #9E9D80; $cream-800: #5D5D4B; $cream-900: #29281F;
JSON tokens
{
"burgundy": {
"50": "#F9F0F0",
"100": "#F3E2E2",
"200": "#E8CACA",
"300": "#D7A9A9",
"400": "#C07D7E",
"500": "#800020",
"600": "#680018",
"700": "#4D000F",
"800": "#2B0005",
"900": "#0F0001"
},
"cream": {
"50": "#FFFFFC",
"100": "#FFFFFA",
"200": "#FFFFF5",
"300": "#FFFEEE",
"400": "#FFFEE6",
"500": "#FFFDD0",
"600": "#D1CFAA",
"700": "#9E9D80",
"800": "#5D5D4B",
"900": "#29281F"
}
}How we name colors
There is no single official authority for naming colors. We use the common, widely recognized name as the primary label for each color (here, Burgundy and Cream); many common names are themselves W3C CSS named colors. For transparency we also show the nearest W3C CSS named color and the perceptual distance, ΔE, measured in OKLab. A small ΔE means the name is essentially exact; a larger one means it is the closest standard name rather than a perfect match.
Sources: W3C CSS Color Module Level 4 and the open color-name-list dataset, used to verify every color sits near a recognized name.