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Escape9

Escape9

9-color palette · Cool · Dark · Triadic harmony

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Escape9

9-color palette · Cool temperature · Dark tone · Triadic harmony

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Muted 9 colors Cool Dark Triadic green night blue moonlight
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Colors 9

CSS variables

:root {
  --c-muted-1: #230019;
  --c-muted-2: #1F2439;
  --c-muted-3: #19374B;
  --c-muted-4: #396D7D;
  --c-muted-5: #719797;
  --c-muted-6: #A2B8B1;
  --c-muted-7: #557B78;
  --c-muted-8: #3C5F66;
  --c-muted-9: #254351;
}

About this palette

This 9-color muted palette runs from Holly Glen (#A2B8B1) as its lightest tone to Belladonna (#230019) as its darkest. It blends Belladonna, Midnight Express, Subterranean River, Kimberley Sea, Ship Shape, Holly Glen, Breaker Bay, Freedom and Reflecting Pond into a single set you can drop straight into a UI. Of its 36 color pairings, 6 meet the WCAG AA contrast threshold (4.5:1) for body text — the strongest is #230019 on #A2B8B1 at 9.24:1.

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

Color breakdown

Belladonna #230019
RGB
rgb(35, 0, 25)
HSL
hsl(317, 100%, 7%)
Luminance
0.004
Midnight Express #1F2439
RGB
rgb(31, 36, 57)
HSL
hsl(228, 30%, 17%)
Luminance
0.019
Subterranean River #19374B
RGB
rgb(25, 55, 75)
HSL
hsl(204, 50%, 20%)
Luminance
0.035
Kimberley Sea #396D7D
RGB
rgb(57, 109, 125)
HSL
hsl(194, 37%, 36%)
Luminance
0.133
Ship Shape #719797
RGB
rgb(113, 151, 151)
HSL
hsl(180, 15%, 52%)
Luminance
0.279
Holly Glen #A2B8B1
RGB
rgb(162, 184, 177)
HSL
hsl(161, 13%, 68%)
Luminance
0.451
Breaker Bay #557B78
RGB
rgb(85, 123, 120)
HSL
hsl(175, 18%, 41%)
Luminance
0.175
Freedom #3C5F66
RGB
rgb(60, 95, 102)
HSL
hsl(190, 26%, 32%)
Luminance
0.101
Reflecting Pond #254351
RGB
rgb(37, 67, 81)
HSL
hsl(199, 37%, 23%)
Luminance
0.050

Contrast & accessibility

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

Aa #230019 on #A2B8B1 9.24:1 AAA
Aa #1F2439 on #A2B8B1 7.32:1 AAA
Aa #230019 on #719797 6.06:1 AA
Aa #19374B on #A2B8B1 5.94:1 AA
Aa #A2B8B1 on #254351 5.01:1 AA
Aa #1F2439 on #719797 4.80:1 AA
Aa #230019 on #557B78 4.14:1 AA Large
Aa #19374B on #719797 3.89:1 AA Large
Aa #230019 on #396D7D 3.37:1 AA Large
Aa #A2B8B1 on #3C5F66 3.32:1 AA Large
Aa #719797 on #254351 3.29:1 AA Large
Aa #1F2439 on #557B78 3.28:1 AA Large
Aa #230019 on #3C5F66 2.78:1 Fail
Aa #396D7D on #A2B8B1 2.74:1 Fail
Aa #1F2439 on #396D7D 2.67:1 Fail
Aa #19374B on #557B78 2.66:1 Fail
Aa #557B78 on #254351 2.24:1 Fail
Aa #A2B8B1 on #557B78 2.23:1 Fail
Aa #1F2439 on #3C5F66 2.21:1 Fail
Aa #719797 on #3C5F66 2.18:1 Fail
Aa #19374B on #396D7D 2.16:1 Fail
Aa #230019 on #254351 1.84:1 Fail
Aa #396D7D on #254351 1.83:1 Fail
Aa #396D7D on #719797 1.80:1 Fail
Aa #19374B on #3C5F66 1.79:1 Fail
Aa #230019 on #19374B 1.56:1 Fail
Aa #719797 on #A2B8B1 1.52:1 Fail
Aa #3C5F66 on #254351 1.51:1 Fail
Aa #557B78 on #3C5F66 1.49:1 Fail
Aa #1F2439 on #254351 1.46:1 Fail
Aa #719797 on #557B78 1.46:1 Fail
Aa #230019 on #1F2439 1.26:1 Fail
Aa #1F2439 on #19374B 1.23:1 Fail
Aa #396D7D on #557B78 1.23:1 Fail
Aa #396D7D on #3C5F66 1.21:1 Fail
Aa #19374B on #254351 1.18:1 Fail

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