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4-Color Great Blue Heron Palette

4-Color Great Blue Heron Palette

4-color palette · Cool · Light · Monochromatic harmony

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4-Color Great Blue Heron Palette

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

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Muted 4 colors Cool Light Monochromatic
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Colors 4

CSS variables

:root {
  --c-muted-1: #F1F3F8;
  --c-muted-2: #D6E0F0;
  --c-muted-3: #8D93AB;
  --c-muted-4: #393B44;
}

About this palette

This 4-color muted palette runs from Boysenberry Shadow (#F1F3F8) as its lightest tone to Do Not Disturb (#393B44) as its darkest. It blends Boysenberry Shadow, Great Blue Heron, Sephiroth Grey and Do Not Disturb into a single set you can drop straight into a UI. Of its 6 color pairings, 2 meet the WCAG AA contrast threshold (4.5:1) for body text — the strongest is #F1F3F8 on #393B44 at 10.05:1.

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

Color breakdown

Boysenberry Shadow #F1F3F8
RGB
rgb(241, 243, 248)
HSL
hsl(223, 33%, 96%)
Luminance
0.896
Great Blue Heron #D6E0F0
RGB
rgb(214, 224, 240)
HSL
hsl(217, 46%, 89%)
Luminance
0.739
Sephiroth Grey #8D93AB
RGB
rgb(141, 147, 171)
HSL
hsl(228, 15%, 61%)
Luminance
0.295
Do Not Disturb #393B44
RGB
rgb(57, 59, 68)
HSL
hsl(229, 9%, 25%)
Luminance
0.044

Contrast & accessibility

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

Aa #F1F3F8 on #393B44 10.05:1 AAA
Aa #D6E0F0 on #393B44 8.38:1 AAA
Aa #8D93AB on #393B44 3.66:1 AA Large
Aa #F1F3F8 on #8D93AB 2.74:1 Fail
Aa #D6E0F0 on #8D93AB 2.29:1 Fail
Aa #F1F3F8 on #D6E0F0 1.20:1 Fail

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