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4-Color Kinetic Blue Palette

4-color palette · Cool · Mixed · Monochromatic harmony

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4-Color Kinetic Blue Palette

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

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Muted 4 colors Cool Mixed Monochromatic

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Colors 4

CSS variables

:root {
  --c-muted-1: #1B3C53;
  --c-muted-2: #234C6A;
  --c-muted-3: #456882;
  --c-muted-4: #E3E3E3;
}

About this palette

This 4-color muted palette runs from Aria (#E3E3E3) as its lightest tone to Subterranean River (#1B3C53) as its darkest. It blends Subterranean River, Kinetic Blue, Eames for Blue and Aria into a single set you can drop straight into a UI. Of its 6 color pairings, 3 meet the WCAG AA contrast threshold (4.5:1) for body text — the strongest is #1B3C53 on #E3E3E3 at 9:1.

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

Color breakdown

Subterranean River #1B3C53

RGB: rgb(27, 60, 83)
HSL: hsl(205, 51%, 22%)
Luminance: 0.041

Kinetic Blue #234C6A

RGB: rgb(35, 76, 106)
HSL: hsl(205, 50%, 28%)
Luminance: 0.066

Eames for Blue #456882

RGB: rgb(69, 104, 130)
HSL: hsl(206, 31%, 39%)
Luminance: 0.128

Aria #E3E3E3

RGB: rgb(227, 227, 227)
HSL: hsl(0, 0%, 89%)
Luminance: 0.768

Contrast & accessibility

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

Aa #1B3C53 on #E3E3E3 9.00:1 AAA

Aa #234C6A on #E3E3E3 7.07:1 AAA

Aa #456882 on #E3E3E3 4.60:1 AA

Aa #1B3C53 on #456882 1.96:1 Fail

Aa #234C6A on #456882 1.54:1 Fail

Aa #1B3C53 on #234C6A 1.27:1 Fail

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