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4-Color Calypso Red Palette

4-color palette · Warm · Light · Complementary harmony

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4-Color Calypso Red Palette

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

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Muted 4 colors Warm Light Complementary

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Colors 4

CSS variables

:root {
  --c-muted-1: #6C5070;
  --c-muted-2: #DF6A6A;
  --c-muted-3: #F6F6E3;
  --c-muted-4: #C2DBC1;
}

About this palette

This 4-color muted palette runs from Precious Dewdrop (#F6F6E3) as its lightest tone to Basil Mauve (#6C5070) as its darkest. It blends Basil Mauve, Calypso Red, Precious Dewdrop and Quintessential 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 #6C5070 on #F6F6E3 at 6.36:1.

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

Color breakdown

Basil Mauve #6C5070

RGB: rgb(108, 80, 112)
HSL: hsl(293, 17%, 38%)
Luminance: 0.101

Calypso Red #DF6A6A

RGB: rgb(223, 106, 106)
HSL: hsl(0, 65%, 65%)
Luminance: 0.270

Precious Dewdrop #F6F6E3

RGB: rgb(246, 246, 227)
HSL: hsl(60, 51%, 93%)
Luminance: 0.911

Quintessential #C2DBC1

RGB: rgb(194, 219, 193)
HSL: hsl(118, 27%, 81%)
Luminance: 0.660

Contrast & accessibility

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

Aa #6C5070 on #F6F6E3 6.36:1 AA

Aa #6C5070 on #C2DBC1 4.70:1 AA

Aa #DF6A6A on #F6F6E3 3.00:1 AA Large

Aa #DF6A6A on #C2DBC1 2.22:1 Fail

Aa #6C5070 on #DF6A6A 2.12:1 Fail

Aa #F6F6E3 on #C2DBC1 1.35:1 Fail

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