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Bittersweet

4-color palette · Neutral · Mixed · Triadic harmony

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Bittersweet

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

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Muted 4 colors Neutral Mixed Triadic artist pink porcirelius
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Colors 4

CSS variables

:root {
  --c-muted-1: #282328;
  --c-muted-2: #545C7E;
  --c-muted-3: #C56981;
  --c-muted-4: #A3A29A;
}

About this palette

This 4-color muted palette runs from Grey Gloss (#A3A29A) as its lightest tone to Darth Vader (#282328) as its darkest. It blends Darth Vader, Deep Lavender, Old Geranium and Grey Gloss 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 #282328 on #A3A29A at 6.02:1.

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

Color breakdown

Darth Vader #282328
RGB
rgb(40, 35, 40)
HSL
hsl(300, 7%, 15%)
Luminance
0.018
Deep Lavender #545C7E
RGB
rgb(84, 92, 126)
HSL
hsl(229, 20%, 41%)
Luminance
0.111
Old Geranium #C56981
RGB
rgb(197, 105, 129)
HSL
hsl(344, 44%, 59%)
Luminance
0.236
Grey Gloss #A3A29A
RGB
rgb(163, 162, 154)
HSL
hsl(53, 5%, 62%)
Luminance
0.360

Contrast & accessibility

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

Aa #282328 on #A3A29A 6.02:1 AA
Aa #282328 on #C56981 4.20:1 AA Large
Aa #545C7E on #A3A29A 2.55:1 Fail
Aa #282328 on #545C7E 2.36:1 Fail
Aa #545C7E on #C56981 1.78:1 Fail
Aa #C56981 on #A3A29A 1.43:1 Fail

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