4-Color Muted Palette

4-Color Muted Palette

4-color palette · Neutral · Mixed · Complementary harmony

4-Color Muted 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: #222831;
  --c-muted-2: #393E46;
  --c-muted-3: #FFD369;
  --c-muted-4: #EEEEEE;
}

About this palette

This 4-color muted palette runs from off-white (#EEEEEE) as its lightest tone to deep blue (#222831) as its darkest. It blends deep blue, muted blue, light yellow and off-white into a single set you can drop straight into a UI. Of its 6 color pairings, 4 meet the WCAG AA contrast threshold (4.5:1) for body text — the strongest is #222831 on #EEEEEE at 12.78:1.

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


Color breakdown

Deep blue #222831
RGB
rgb(34, 40, 49)
HSL
hsl(216, 18%, 16%)
Luminance
0.021
Muted blue #393E46
RGB
rgb(57, 62, 70)
HSL
hsl(217, 10%, 25%)
Luminance
0.048
Light yellow #FFD369
RGB
rgb(255, 211, 105)
HSL
hsl(42, 100%, 71%)
Luminance
0.689
Off-white #EEEEEE
RGB
rgb(238, 238, 238)
HSL
hsl(0, 0%, 93%)
Luminance
0.855

Contrast & accessibility

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

Aa #222831 on #EEEEEE 12.78:1 AAA
Aa #222831 on #FFD369 10.43:1 AAA
Aa #393E46 on #EEEEEE 9.28:1 AAA
Aa #393E46 on #FFD369 7.57:1 AAA
Aa #222831 on #393E46 1.38:1 Fail
Aa #FFD369 on #EEEEEE 1.23:1 Fail

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