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4-Color Mama Africa Palette

4-Color Mama Africa Palette

4-color palette · Neutral · Mixed · Complementary harmony

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4-Color Mama Africa 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: #0F0E0E;
  --c-muted-2: #541212;
  --c-muted-3: #468A9A;
  --c-muted-4: #EEEEEE;
}

About this palette

This 4-color muted palette runs from Super Silver (#EEEEEE) as its lightest tone to Black Sheep (#0F0E0E) as its darkest. It blends Black Sheep, Mama Africa, Turquesa and Super Silver 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 #0F0E0E on #EEEEEE at 16.61:1.

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

Color breakdown

Black Sheep #0F0E0E
RGB
rgb(15, 14, 14)
HSL
hsl(0, 3%, 6%)
Luminance
0.005
Mama Africa #541212
RGB
rgb(84, 18, 18)
HSL
hsl(0, 65%, 20%)
Luminance
0.024
Turquesa #468A9A
RGB
rgb(70, 138, 154)
HSL
hsl(191, 38%, 44%)
Luminance
0.218
Super Silver #EEEEEE
RGB
rgb(238, 238, 238)
HSL
hsl(0, 0%, 93%)
Luminance
0.855

Contrast & accessibility

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

Aa #0F0E0E on #EEEEEE 16.61:1 AAA
Aa #541212 on #EEEEEE 12.29:1 AAA
Aa #0F0E0E on #468A9A 4.92:1 AA
Aa #541212 on #468A9A 3.64:1 AA Large
Aa #468A9A on #EEEEEE 3.38:1 AA Large
Aa #0F0E0E on #541212 1.35:1 Fail

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