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4-Color Peppercorn Palette

4-color palette · Neutral · Mixed · Monochromatic harmony

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4-Color Peppercorn Palette

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

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Muted 4 colors Neutral Mixed Monochromatic

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Colors 4

CSS variables

:root {
  --c-muted-1: #37353E;
  --c-muted-2: #44444E;
  --c-muted-3: #715A5A;
  --c-muted-4: #D3DAD9;
}

About this palette

This 4-color muted palette runs from Urban Mist (#D3DAD9) as its lightest tone to Persian Prince (#37353E) as its darkest. It blends Persian Prince, Night Grey, Peppercorn and Urban Mist 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 #37353E on #D3DAD9 at 8.5:1.

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

Color breakdown

Persian Prince #37353E

RGB: rgb(55, 53, 62)
HSL: hsl(253, 8%, 23%)
Luminance: 0.037

Night Grey #44444E

RGB: rgb(68, 68, 78)
HSL: hsl(240, 7%, 29%)
Luminance: 0.059

Peppercorn #715A5A

RGB: rgb(113, 90, 90)
HSL: hsl(0, 11%, 40%)
Luminance: 0.116

Urban Mist #D3DAD9

RGB: rgb(211, 218, 217)
HSL: hsl(171, 9%, 84%)
Luminance: 0.690

Contrast & accessibility

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

Aa #37353E on #D3DAD9 8.50:1 AAA

Aa #44444E on #D3DAD9 6.78:1 AA

Aa #715A5A on #D3DAD9 4.47:1 AA Large

Aa #37353E on #715A5A 1.90:1 Fail

Aa #44444E on #715A5A 1.52:1 Fail

Aa #37353E on #44444E 1.25:1 Fail

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