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4-Color Shallow Water Palette

4-Color Shallow Water Palette

4-color palette · Cool · Mixed · Monochromatic harmony

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4-Color Shallow Water Palette

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

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Vibrant 4 colors Cool Mixed Monochromatic
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Colors 4

CSS variables

:root {
  --c-vibrant-1: #3B939B;
  --c-vibrant-2: #2F8189;
  --c-vibrant-3: #91F3FC;
  --c-vibrant-4: #C9FBFF;
}

About this palette

This 4-color vibrant palette runs from Thin Air (#C9FBFF) as its lightest tone to Cranach Blue (#2F8189) as its darkest. It blends Catalan, Cranach Blue, Shallow Water and Thin Air into a single set you can drop straight into a UI. None of the 6 in-palette color pairings clear the WCAG AA contrast threshold (4.5:1), so pair these colors with black or white for body text.

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

Color breakdown

Catalan #3B939B
RGB
rgb(59, 147, 155)
HSL
hsl(185, 45%, 42%)
Luminance
0.242
Cranach Blue #2F8189
RGB
rgb(47, 129, 137)
HSL
hsl(185, 49%, 36%)
Luminance
0.181
Shallow Water #91F3FC
RGB
rgb(145, 243, 252)
HSL
hsl(185, 95%, 78%)
Luminance
0.772
Thin Air #C9FBFF
RGB
rgb(201, 251, 255)
HSL
hsl(184, 100%, 89%)
Luminance
0.886

Contrast & accessibility

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

Aa #2F8189 on #C9FBFF 4.05:1 AA Large
Aa #2F8189 on #91F3FC 3.55:1 AA Large
Aa #3B939B on #C9FBFF 3.21:1 AA Large
Aa #3B939B on #91F3FC 2.82:1 Fail
Aa #3B939B on #2F8189 1.26:1 Fail
Aa #91F3FC on #C9FBFF 1.14:1 Fail

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