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Smoky 09

Smoky 09

9-color palette · Warm · Mixed · Complementary harmony

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Smoky 09

9-color palette · Warm temperature · Mixed tone · Complementary harmony

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Muted 9 colors Warm Mixed Complementary gray monoramp dark brown
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Colors 9

CSS variables

:root {
  --c-muted-1: #FAFAFA;
  --c-muted-2: #D4D8E0;
  --c-muted-3: #ACACAC;
  --c-muted-4: #918B8C;
  --c-muted-5: #6B615E;
  --c-muted-6: #3B342E;
  --c-muted-7: #24211A;
  --c-muted-8: #0E0D0A;
  --c-muted-9: #030201;
}

About this palette

This 9-color muted palette runs from Dr. White (#FAFAFA) as its lightest tone to Binary Black (#030201) as its darkest. It blends Dr. White, Shy Blunt, Flagstone, Shining Armour, Browse Brown, Six Feet Under, Petroleum, Stout and Binary Black into a single set you can drop straight into a UI. Of its 36 color pairings, 16 meet the WCAG AA contrast threshold (4.5:1) for body text — the strongest is #FAFAFA on #030201 at 19.86:1.

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

Color breakdown

Dr. White #FAFAFA
RGB
rgb(250, 250, 250)
HSL
hsl(0, 0%, 98%)
Luminance
0.956
Shy Blunt #D4D8E0
RGB
rgb(212, 216, 224)
HSL
hsl(220, 16%, 85%)
Luminance
0.685
Flagstone #ACACAC
RGB
rgb(172, 172, 172)
HSL
hsl(0, 0%, 67%)
Luminance
0.413
Shining Armour #918B8C
RGB
rgb(145, 139, 140)
HSL
hsl(350, 3%, 56%)
Luminance
0.264
Browse Brown #6B615E
RGB
rgb(107, 97, 94)
HSL
hsl(14, 6%, 39%)
Luminance
0.125
Six Feet Under #3B342E
RGB
rgb(59, 52, 46)
HSL
hsl(28, 12%, 21%)
Luminance
0.036
Petroleum #24211A
RGB
rgb(36, 33, 26)
HSL
hsl(42, 16%, 12%)
Luminance
0.015
Stout #0E0D0A
RGB
rgb(14, 13, 10)
HSL
hsl(45, 17%, 5%)
Luminance
0.004
Binary Black #030201
RGB
rgb(3, 2, 1)
HSL
hsl(30, 50%, 1%)
Luminance
0.001

Contrast & accessibility

16 of 36 color pairings meet the WCAG AA contrast threshold (4.5:1) for body text.

Aa #FAFAFA on #030201 19.86:1 AAA
Aa #FAFAFA on #0E0D0A 18.62:1 AAA
Aa #FAFAFA on #24211A 15.39:1 AAA
Aa #D4D8E0 on #030201 14.51:1 AAA
Aa #D4D8E0 on #0E0D0A 13.60:1 AAA
Aa #FAFAFA on #3B342E 11.72:1 AAA
Aa #D4D8E0 on #24211A 11.24:1 AAA
Aa #ACACAC on #030201 9.13:1 AAA
Aa #D4D8E0 on #3B342E 8.56:1 AAA
Aa #ACACAC on #0E0D0A 8.56:1 AAA
Aa #ACACAC on #24211A 7.08:1 AAA
Aa #918B8C on #030201 6.20:1 AA
Aa #918B8C on #0E0D0A 5.81:1 AA
Aa #FAFAFA on #6B615E 5.75:1 AA
Aa #ACACAC on #3B342E 5.39:1 AA
Aa #918B8C on #24211A 4.80:1 AA
Aa #D4D8E0 on #6B615E 4.20:1 AA Large
Aa #918B8C on #3B342E 3.66:1 AA Large
Aa #6B615E on #030201 3.45:1 AA Large
Aa #6B615E on #0E0D0A 3.24:1 AA Large
Aa #FAFAFA on #918B8C 3.21:1 AA Large
Aa #6B615E on #24211A 2.67:1 Fail
Aa #ACACAC on #6B615E 2.65:1 Fail
Aa #D4D8E0 on #918B8C 2.34:1 Fail
Aa #FAFAFA on #ACACAC 2.17:1 Fail
Aa #6B615E on #3B342E 2.04:1 Fail
Aa #918B8C on #6B615E 1.79:1 Fail
Aa #3B342E on #030201 1.69:1 Fail
Aa #D4D8E0 on #ACACAC 1.59:1 Fail
Aa #3B342E on #0E0D0A 1.59:1 Fail
Aa #ACACAC on #918B8C 1.47:1 Fail
Aa #FAFAFA on #D4D8E0 1.37:1 Fail
Aa #3B342E on #24211A 1.31:1 Fail
Aa #24211A on #030201 1.29:1 Fail
Aa #24211A on #0E0D0A 1.21:1 Fail
Aa #0E0D0A on #030201 1.07:1 Fail

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