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Carnival Lights

The palette of a carnival at night: blazing scarlet, electric cobalt, citrine yellow, and the warm ivory of painted wood. Bold, festive, and slightly nostalgic.

Carnival Lights draws from the primary color exuberance of traveling fairs and amusement parks — the painted wood, the bare bulb strings, the vivid canvas banners. The palette is unapologetically bold and slightly nostalgic, working best in campaigns that want festive energy without becoming saccharine. The warm gray anchor keeps the palette from becoming purely childlike.

FestiveNostalgiaBold
Why this set works

The vivid nostalgia of a traveling fair — scarlet, cobalt, citrine, and warm ivory for bold editorial and festive campaigns.

Festive campaign design
Event branding
Bold editorial packaging
Prompt words
festive fair campaign in vivid scarlet, cobalt, and citrinecarnival nostalgia palette in bold primary colorsbold editorial palette in traveling fair colors
Export ready
1. Crimson Core Vivid #D52020
2. Cobalt Core Vivid #205CD5
3. Citrine Core Vivid #D5D520
4. Amber Silk Clear #D9CB81
5. Warm Gray Whisper #F1F0EF
--carnival-lights-1: #D52020;
--carnival-lights-2: #205CD5;
--carnival-lights-3: #D5D520;
--carnival-lights-4: #D9CB81;
--carnival-lights-5: #F1F0EF;

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Dark mode pairs
#D52020
#E58F8F
#205CD5
#8FACE5
#D5D520
#E5E58F
#D9CB81
#8D7F34
#F1F0EF
#1B1A18

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WCAG contrast audit

WCAG contrast ratios for all palette color pairs against white and black text.

#D52020
5.2:1 AA
4.1:1 AA Large
#205CD5
5.9:1 AA
3.6:1 AA Large
#D5D520
1.6:1 Fail
13.4:1 AAA
#D9CB81
1.6:1 Fail
12.8:1 AAA
#F1F0EF
1.1:1 Fail
18.5:1 AAA

Color-on-color pairs:

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1.1:1 Fail
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3.3:1 AA Large
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3.2:1 AA Large
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4.5:1 AA
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3.8:1 AA Large
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3.6:1 AA Large
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5.2:1 AA
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1:1 Fail
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1.4:1 Fail
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1.4:1 Fail

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Palette

Each swatch links back to its individual archive detail page.

Back to collections
1
Crimson Core Vivid
#D52020
Red · hsl(0, 74%, 48%)
2
Cobalt Core Vivid
#205CD5
Blue · hsl(220, 74%, 48%)
3
Citrine Core Vivid
#D5D520
Yellow · hsl(60, 74%, 48%)
4
Amber Silk Clear
#D9CB81
Yellow · hsl(50, 54%, 68%)
5
Warm Gray Whisper
#F1F0EF
Orange · hsl(30, 6%, 94%)
Editorial direction

Collections should do more than group swatches. Each one should read like a usable design direction with a clear emotional lane and a real application surface.

This detail route is the missing layer between a generic palette gallery and a convincing design reference. It gives the set a specific point of view.

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ScopeOne curated five-color editorial direction.Unlimited access to all collections, broader token coverage, and advanced exports.
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