40 color palettes

Dark Wedding Colors

Dark wedding color palettes in deep purple, dark green, deep red, navy and charcoal, with hex codes.

Dark Wedding Colors

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Plum, black and goldReddish purple and black, lit by gold. #8E4585 · #000000 · #D4AF37
Hunter green, charcoal and champagneMuted green with dark gray and pale beige. #355E3B · #36454F · #F7E7CE
Burgundy, navy blue and goldDark red and dark blue with gold. #800020 · #000080 · #D4AF37
Wine, black and champagneWine red and black, with champagne as relief. #722F37 · #000000 · #F7E7CE
Dark green, black and silverA pure, deep green on black, with one silver gray. #006400 · #000000 · #C0C0C0
Plum, navy blue and silverPurple beside dark blue, cooled by silver. #8E4585 · #000080 · #C0C0C0
Hunter green, burgundy and creamGreen and dark red, both deep, eased by cream. #355E3B · #800020 · #FFFDD0
Plum, burgundy, navy blue and champagnePurple, dark red and dark blue, with one pale beige. #8E4585 · #800020 · #000080 · #F7E7CE

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Deep purple 8

Byzantium, jet and gold A darker purple than plum, with near-black and gold. #702963 · #343434 · #D4AF37
Plum, black and gold Reddish purple and black, lit by gold. #8E4585 · #000000 · #D4AF37
Plum, burgundy, navy blue and champagne Purple, dark red and dark blue, with one pale beige. #8E4585 · #800020 · #000080 · #F7E7CE
Plum, charcoal and champagne Plum with dark gray, and champagne as the light. #8E4585 · #36454F · #F7E7CE
Plum, hunter green and ivory Purple against dark green; ivory is the only light. #8E4585 · #355E3B · #FFFFF0
Plum, hunter green, black and gold Plum and dark green over black, with gold. #8E4585 · #355E3B · #000000 · #D4AF37
Plum, navy blue and silver Purple beside dark blue, cooled by silver. #8E4585 · #000080 · #C0C0C0
Russian violet, plum and silver A very dark violet under plum, with silver. #32174D · #8E4585 · #C0C0C0

Dark green 8

Dark green, black and silver A pure, deep green on black, with one silver gray. #006400 · #000000 · #C0C0C0
Hunter green, black and gold A grayish deep green and black, with gold as the light. #355E3B · #000000 · #D4AF37
Hunter green, burgundy and cream Green and dark red, both deep, eased by cream. #355E3B · #800020 · #FFFDD0
Hunter green, burgundy, navy blue and gold Green, red and blue, all dark, with gold. #355E3B · #800020 · #000080 · #D4AF37
Hunter green, café noir and champagne Deep green with a very dark brown. #355E3B · #4B3621 · #F7E7CE
Hunter green, charcoal and champagne Muted green with dark gray and pale beige. #355E3B · #36454F · #F7E7CE
Hunter green, navy blue and gold Deep green beside dark blue, and gold to lift them. #355E3B · #000080 · #D4AF37
Hunter green, plum, charcoal and champagne Green and purple over dark gray, with champagne. #355E3B · #8E4585 · #36454F · #F7E7CE

Deep red 8

Burgundy, hunter green, black and gold Dark red leads, with dark green, black and gold. #800020 · #355E3B · #000000 · #D4AF37
Burgundy, navy blue and gold Dark red and dark blue with gold. #800020 · #000080 · #D4AF37
Burgundy, plum, charcoal and silver Dark red and purple, cooled by gray and silver. #800020 · #8E4585 · #36454F · #C0C0C0
Claret, charcoal and silver A purplish dark red with two cool grays. #7F1734 · #36454F · #C0C0C0
Claret, Prussian blue and champagne Purplish red and an inky blue, with pale beige. #7F1734 · #003153 · #F7E7CE
Maroon, midnight blue and silver A pure dark red beside night blue, with silver. #800000 · #191970 · #C0C0C0
Wine, black and champagne Wine red and black, with champagne as relief. #722F37 · #000000 · #F7E7CE
Wine, café noir and cream Wine red over dark brown, with cream. #722F37 · #4B3621 · #FFFDD0

Navy and midnight blue 8

Midnight blue, café noir and champagne Night blue with very dark brown and champagne. #191970 · #4B3621 · #F7E7CE
Midnight blue, charcoal and champagne Night blue and dark gray, softened by champagne. #191970 · #36454F · #F7E7CE
Midnight blue, plum, black and gold Night blue and plum over black, with gold. #191970 · #8E4585 · #000000 · #D4AF37
Navy blue, burgundy, charcoal and silver Blue leads, with dark red, gray and silver. #000080 · #800020 · #36454F · #C0C0C0
Navy blue, charcoal and gold Dark blue and dark gray, with gold. #000080 · #36454F · #D4AF37
Navy blue, jet and silver Dark blue and near-black, with silver as the light. #000080 · #343434 · #C0C0C0
Prussian blue, black and gold An inky greenish blue with black and gold. #003153 · #000000 · #D4AF37
Prussian blue, charcoal and light gray Inky blue and two grays, a dark and a pale. #003153 · #36454F · #D3D3D3

Black and charcoal 8

Black, burgundy, hunter green and champagne Black first, then dark red and dark green. #000000 · #800020 · #355E3B · #F7E7CE
Black, café noir and gold Black with very dark brown and gold. #000000 · #4B3621 · #D4AF37
Black, charcoal and gold Black and dark gray, with gold as the one color. #000000 · #36454F · #D4AF37
Black, jet and champagne Black and near-black, with pale beige. #000000 · #343434 · #F7E7CE
Charcoal, jet and silver Two dark grays under silver, close to colorless. #36454F · #343434 · #C0C0C0
Charcoal, navy blue, plum and silver Dark gray with blue and purple, and silver. #36454F · #000080 · #8E4585 · #C0C0C0
Charcoal, raisin black and pale pink Dark gray and off-black with one pale pink. #36454F · #242124 · #FADADD
Charcoal, umber and cream Dark gray and gray-brown, with cream. #36454F · #635147 · #FFFDD0

How it works

These dark wedding colors come as palettes of two or three deep colors and a single light one. The light color closes every swatch: gold, silver, champagne, cream, ivory, light gray or pale pink. Hex codes follow each palette.

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What counts as dark here

Dark is read from the hex code. Lightness runs from 0 for black to 100 for white, and every color but the last sits at 43 or below. Many are what color theory calls shades, a color mixed with black.

The dark greens

The web color forest green, #228B22, is too light to count as dark here. The greens that lead a palette are hunter green, #355E3B, and the web color dark green, #006400.

Questions and answers

What is a dark wedding color palette?

Here, one built on plum, hunter green, burgundy, navy or black: Plum, black and gold; Hunter green, charcoal and champagne; Burgundy, navy blue and gold; Navy blue, charcoal and gold; Black, charcoal and gold.

What are dark wedding colors by hex code?

Plum #8E4585, hunter green #355E3B, burgundy #800020, wine #722F37, navy blue #000080, midnight blue #191970 and charcoal #36454F. Black, #000000, and jet, #343434, stand beside them.

What are dark and moody wedding colors?

The palettes with three deep colors and one light one: Plum, burgundy, navy blue and champagne; Hunter green, burgundy, navy blue and gold; Burgundy, hunter green, black and gold; Midnight blue, plum, black and gold.

What light color goes with dark wedding colors?

Gold is the warm accent, as in Black, charcoal and gold; silver the cool one, as in Plum, navy blue and silver. Champagne and cream are softer: Wine, black and champagne; Wine, café noir and cream.

Notes

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More notes about this page

Results are random and meant for fun, practice and planning. Do not rely on them for a decision that matters.

How this list was compiled: Every palette is our own grouping of two or three deep colors and one light color, sorted by the color that leads. Dark is measured on the code: every color of a palette but the last has a lightness of 43 in 100 or less, and the last, the light accent, 70 or more. The lightness scale is the L* of the CIELAB color space, which puts black at 0 and white at 100 (Wikipedia, CIELAB color space, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CIELAB_color_space, read 15 October 2026). Nothing here is a rule of etiquette, and no color is said to mean anything. Each color name and its hex code are taken as printed in Wikipedia's List of colors (A–F, G–M and N–Z: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_colors:_A%E2%80%93F, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_colors:_G%E2%80%93M, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_colors:_N%E2%80%93Z), read 14 October 2026. Every name and code in this list was compared with those three pages, and no color named after a paint maker, a crayon maker, a school or a product is used. Names shortened in a palette's name: Gold is the list's Gold (metallic), Maroon its Maroon (web) and Dark green its Dark green (X11), the web color #006400. The bands of each swatch and the hex codes run in the order the name gives them. That a shade is a mixture of a color with black is from Wikipedia's Tint, shade and tone article (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tint,_shade_and_tone), read 14 October 2026. The list's Forest green (web), #228B22, has a lightness of 51 and stands in no palette; the group Dark green is led by hunter green and by the web color dark green. Darker, purplish, inky and pure compare the codes. Licence: own work