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4-Color Genetic Code Palette

4-color palette · Cool · Mixed · Analogous harmony

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4-Color Genetic Code 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: #1B515E;
  --c-muted-2: #338275;
  --c-muted-3: #88B990;
  --c-muted-4: #ABCD9E;
}

About this palette

This 4-color muted palette runs from Desert Cactus (#ABCD9E) as its lightest tone to Genetic Code (#1B515E) as its darkest. It blends Genetic Code, Copper Mineral Green, Oilcloth Green and Desert Cactus into a single set you can drop straight into a UI. Of its 6 color pairings, 1 meet the WCAG AA contrast threshold (4.5:1) for body text — the strongest is #1B515E on #ABCD9E at 5.01:1.

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

Color breakdown

Genetic Code #1B515E

RGB: rgb(27, 81, 94)
HSL: hsl(192, 55%, 24%)
Luminance: 0.069

Copper Mineral Green #338275

RGB: rgb(51, 130, 117)
HSL: hsl(170, 44%, 35%)
Luminance: 0.180

Oilcloth Green #88B990

RGB: rgb(136, 185, 144)
HSL: hsl(130, 26%, 63%)
Luminance: 0.420

Desert Cactus #ABCD9E

RGB: rgb(171, 205, 158)
HSL: hsl(103, 32%, 71%)
Luminance: 0.548

Contrast & accessibility

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

Aa #1B515E on #ABCD9E 5.01:1 AA

Aa #1B515E on #88B990 3.94:1 AA Large

Aa #338275 on #ABCD9E 2.60:1 Fail

Aa #338275 on #88B990 2.05:1 Fail

Aa #1B515E on #338275 1.92:1 Fail

Aa #88B990 on #ABCD9E 1.27:1 Fail

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