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4-Color Akakō Red Palette

4-color palette · Cool · Light · Complementary harmony

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4-Color Akakō Red Palette

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

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Muted 4 colors Cool Light Complementary

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Colors 4

CSS variables

:root {
  --c-muted-1: #194769;
  --c-muted-2: #F6F6E9;
  --c-muted-3: #D7EEF2;
  --c-muted-4: #F2855E;
}

About this palette

This 4-color muted palette runs from Nun Orchid (#F6F6E9) as its lightest tone to Terror From the Deep (#194769) as its darkest. It blends Terror From the Deep, Nun Orchid, Sparkling River and Akakō Red 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 #194769 on #F6F6E9 at 8.98:1.

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

Color breakdown

Terror From the Deep #194769

RGB: rgb(25, 71, 105)
HSL: hsl(206, 62%, 25%)
Luminance: 0.057

Nun Orchid #F6F6E9

RGB: rgb(246, 246, 233)
HSL: hsl(60, 42%, 94%)
Luminance: 0.914

Sparkling River #D7EEF2

RGB: rgb(215, 238, 242)
HSL: hsl(189, 51%, 90%)
Luminance: 0.820

Akakō Red #F2855E

RGB: rgb(242, 133, 94)
HSL: hsl(16, 85%, 66%)
Luminance: 0.365

Contrast & accessibility

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

Aa #194769 on #F6F6E9 8.98:1 AAA

Aa #194769 on #D7EEF2 8.11:1 AAA

Aa #194769 on #F2855E 3.86:1 AA Large

Aa #F6F6E9 on #F2855E 2.32:1 Fail

Aa #D7EEF2 on #F2855E 2.10:1 Fail

Aa #F6F6E9 on #D7EEF2 1.11:1 Fail

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