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4-Color Nordic Noir Palette

4-color palette · Neutral · Mixed · Complementary harmony

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4-Color Nordic Noir Palette

4-color palette · Neutral temperature · Mixed tone · Complementary harmony

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Muted 4 colors Neutral Mixed Complementary

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Colors 4

CSS variables

:root {
  --c-muted-1: #F5F4F4;
  --c-muted-2: #CAE4DB;
  --c-muted-3: #CDAC81;
  --c-muted-4: #00303F;
}

About this palette

This 4-color muted palette runs from Cultured (#F5F4F4) as its lightest tone to Nordic Noir (#00303F) as its darkest. It blends Cultured, Mint Whisper, Saxophone Gold and Nordic Noir 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 #F5F4F4 on #00303F at 12.8:1.

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

Color breakdown

Cultured #F5F4F4

RGB: rgb(245, 244, 244)
HSL: hsl(0, 5%, 96%)
Luminance: 0.907

Mint Whisper #CAE4DB

RGB: rgb(202, 228, 219)
HSL: hsl(159, 33%, 84%)
Luminance: 0.732

Saxophone Gold #CDAC81

RGB: rgb(205, 172, 129)
HSL: hsl(34, 43%, 65%)
Luminance: 0.441

Nordic Noir #00303F

RGB: rgb(0, 48, 63)
HSL: hsl(194, 100%, 12%)
Luminance: 0.025

Contrast & accessibility

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

Aa #F5F4F4 on #00303F 12.80:1 AAA

Aa #CAE4DB on #00303F 10.46:1 AAA

Aa #CDAC81 on #00303F 6.57:1 AA

Aa #F5F4F4 on #CDAC81 1.95:1 Fail

Aa #CAE4DB on #CDAC81 1.59:1 Fail

Aa #F5F4F4 on #CAE4DB 1.22:1 Fail

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