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4-Color Reef Refractions Palette

4-Color Reef Refractions Palette

4-color palette · Cool · Mixed · Triadic harmony

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4-Color Reef Refractions Palette

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

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Muted 4 colors Cool Mixed Triadic
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Colors 4

CSS variables

:root {
  --c-muted-1: #D4ED9D;
  --c-muted-2: #64A97B;
  --c-muted-3: #3A5465;
  --c-muted-4: #3D3931;
}

About this palette

This 4-color muted palette runs from Reef Refractions (#D4ED9D) as its lightest tone to Fired Earth (#3D3931) as its darkest. It blends Reef Refractions, Green Tea Candy, Midnight Mosaic and Fired Earth 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 #D4ED9D on #3D3931 at 8.97:1.

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

Color breakdown

Reef Refractions #D4ED9D
RGB
rgb(212, 237, 157)
HSL
hsl(79, 69%, 77%)
Luminance
0.770
Green Tea Candy #64A97B
RGB
rgb(100, 169, 123)
HSL
hsl(140, 29%, 53%)
Luminance
0.325
Midnight Mosaic #3A5465
RGB
rgb(58, 84, 101)
HSL
hsl(204, 27%, 31%)
Luminance
0.082
Fired Earth #3D3931
RGB
rgb(61, 57, 49)
HSL
hsl(40, 11%, 22%)
Luminance
0.041

Contrast & accessibility

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

Aa #D4ED9D on #3D3931 8.97:1 AAA
Aa #D4ED9D on #3A5465 6.22:1 AA
Aa #64A97B on #3D3931 4.10:1 AA Large
Aa #64A97B on #3A5465 2.85:1 Fail
Aa #D4ED9D on #64A97B 2.19:1 Fail
Aa #3A5465 on #3D3931 1.44:1 Fail

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