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4-Color Java Palette

4-color palette · Cool · Mixed · Analogous harmony

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4-Color Java Palette

4-color palette · Cool temperature · Mixed tone · Analogous harmony

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Muted 4 colors Cool Mixed Analogous

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Colors 4

CSS variables

:root {
  --c-muted-1: #2C2828;
  --c-muted-2: #3B2C85;
  --c-muted-3: #219897;
  --c-muted-4: #85CFCB;
}

About this palette

This 4-color muted palette runs from Surf Wash (#85CFCB) as its lightest tone to Chromaphobic Black (#2C2828) as its darkest. It blends Chromaphobic Black, Cosmic Cobalt, Java and Surf Wash 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 #2C2828 on #85CFCB at 8.18:1.

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

Color breakdown

Chromaphobic Black #2C2828

RGB: rgb(44, 40, 40)
HSL: hsl(0, 5%, 16%)
Luminance: 0.022

Cosmic Cobalt #3B2C85

RGB: rgb(59, 44, 133)
HSL: hsl(250, 50%, 35%)
Luminance: 0.044

Java #219897

RGB: rgb(33, 152, 151)
HSL: hsl(179, 64%, 36%)
Luminance: 0.250

Surf Wash #85CFCB

RGB: rgb(133, 207, 203)
HSL: hsl(177, 44%, 67%)
Luminance: 0.539

Contrast & accessibility

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

Aa #2C2828 on #85CFCB 8.18:1 AAA

Aa #3B2C85 on #85CFCB 6.25:1 AA

Aa #2C2828 on #219897 4.17:1 AA Large

Aa #3B2C85 on #219897 3.18:1 AA Large

Aa #219897 on #85CFCB 1.96:1 Fail

Aa #2C2828 on #3B2C85 1.31:1 Fail

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