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Gothic Bit

Gothic Bit

8-color palette · Cool · Mixed · Monochromatic harmony

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Gothic Bit

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

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Muted 8 colors Cool Mixed Monochromatic dark black white 8
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Colors 8

CSS variables

:root {
  --c-muted-1: #0E0E12;
  --c-muted-2: #1A1A24;
  --c-muted-3: #333346;
  --c-muted-4: #535373;
  --c-muted-5: #8080A4;
  --c-muted-6: #A6A6BF;
  --c-muted-7: #C1C1D2;
  --c-muted-8: #E6E6EC;
}

About this palette

This 8-color muted palette runs from Cool Frost (#E6E6EC) as its lightest tone to Ruined Smores (#0E0E12) as its darkest. It blends Ruined Smores, Coarse Wool, Pauper, Deep Orchid, Velvet Curtain, Canyon Mist, Silver Dagger and Cool Frost into a single set you can drop straight into a UI. Of its 28 color pairings, 12 meet the WCAG AA contrast threshold (4.5:1) for body text — the strongest is #0E0E12 on #E6E6EC at 15.5:1.

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

Color breakdown

Ruined Smores #0E0E12
RGB
rgb(14, 14, 18)
HSL
hsl(240, 13%, 6%)
Luminance
0.005
Coarse Wool #1A1A24
RGB
rgb(26, 26, 36)
HSL
hsl(240, 16%, 12%)
Luminance
0.011
Pauper #333346
RGB
rgb(51, 51, 70)
HSL
hsl(240, 16%, 24%)
Luminance
0.035
Deep Orchid #535373
RGB
rgb(83, 83, 115)
HSL
hsl(240, 16%, 39%)
Luminance
0.093
Velvet Curtain #8080A4
RGB
rgb(128, 128, 164)
HSL
hsl(240, 17%, 57%)
Luminance
0.227
Canyon Mist #A6A6BF
RGB
rgb(166, 166, 191)
HSL
hsl(240, 16%, 70%)
Luminance
0.391
Silver Dagger #C1C1D2
RGB
rgb(193, 193, 210)
HSL
hsl(240, 16%, 79%)
Luminance
0.541
Cool Frost #E6E6EC
RGB
rgb(230, 230, 236)
HSL
hsl(240, 14%, 91%)
Luminance
0.795

Contrast & accessibility

12 of 28 color pairings meet the WCAG AA contrast threshold (4.5:1) for body text.

Aa #0E0E12 on #E6E6EC 15.50:1 AAA
Aa #1A1A24 on #E6E6EC 13.88:1 AAA
Aa #0E0E12 on #C1C1D2 10.85:1 AAA
Aa #333346 on #E6E6EC 9.92:1 AAA
Aa #1A1A24 on #C1C1D2 9.72:1 AAA
Aa #0E0E12 on #A6A6BF 8.10:1 AAA
Aa #1A1A24 on #A6A6BF 7.25:1 AAA
Aa #333346 on #C1C1D2 6.95:1 AA
Aa #535373 on #E6E6EC 5.92:1 AA
Aa #333346 on #A6A6BF 5.18:1 AA
Aa #0E0E12 on #8080A4 5.08:1 AA
Aa #1A1A24 on #8080A4 4.55:1 AA
Aa #535373 on #C1C1D2 4.15:1 AA Large
Aa #333346 on #8080A4 3.25:1 AA Large
Aa #535373 on #A6A6BF 3.09:1 AA Large
Aa #8080A4 on #E6E6EC 3.05:1 AA Large
Aa #0E0E12 on #535373 2.62:1 Fail
Aa #1A1A24 on #535373 2.34:1 Fail
Aa #8080A4 on #C1C1D2 2.13:1 Fail
Aa #535373 on #8080A4 1.94:1 Fail
Aa #A6A6BF on #E6E6EC 1.91:1 Fail
Aa #333346 on #535373 1.68:1 Fail
Aa #8080A4 on #A6A6BF 1.59:1 Fail
Aa #0E0E12 on #333346 1.56:1 Fail
Aa #C1C1D2 on #E6E6EC 1.43:1 Fail
Aa #1A1A24 on #333346 1.40:1 Fail
Aa #A6A6BF on #C1C1D2 1.34:1 Fail
Aa #0E0E12 on #1A1A24 1.12:1 Fail

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