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4-Color Muted Palette

4-color palette · Cool · Dark · Monochromatic harmony

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4-Color Muted Palette

4-color palette · Cool temperature · Dark tone · Monochromatic harmony

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Muted 4 colors Cool Dark Monochromatic

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Colors 4

CSS variables

:root {
  --c-muted-1: #635985;
  --c-muted-2: #443C68;
  --c-muted-3: #393053;
  --c-muted-4: #18122B;
}

About this palette

This 4-color muted palette runs from muted indigo (#635985) as its lightest tone to deep indigo (#18122B) as its darkest. It blends muted indigo and deep indigo into a single set you can drop straight into a UI. None of the 6 in-palette color pairings clear the WCAG AA contrast threshold (4.5:1), so pair these colors with black or white for body text.

A versatile palette suitable for marketing pages, product hero blocks, illustrations, and accent UI states.

Color breakdown

Muted indigo #635985

RGB: rgb(99, 89, 133)
HSL: hsl(254, 20%, 44%)
Luminance: 0.115

Muted indigo #443C68

RGB: rgb(68, 60, 104)
HSL: hsl(251, 27%, 32%)
Luminance: 0.055

Muted indigo #393053

RGB: rgb(57, 48, 83)
HSL: hsl(255, 27%, 26%)
Luminance: 0.036

Deep indigo #18122B

RGB: rgb(24, 18, 43)
HSL: hsl(254, 41%, 12%)
Luminance: 0.008

Contrast & accessibility

0 of 6 color pairings meet the WCAG AA contrast threshold (4.5:1) for body text.

Aa #635985 on #18122B 2.84:1 Fail

Aa #635985 on #393053 1.92:1 Fail

Aa #443C68 on #18122B 1.80:1 Fail

Aa #635985 on #443C68 1.58:1 Fail

Aa #393053 on #18122B 1.48:1 Fail

Aa #443C68 on #393053 1.22:1 Fail

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