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Bit Unit 8

Bit Unit 8

8-color palette · Cool · Mixed · Complementary harmony

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Bit Unit 8

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

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Muted 8 colors Cool Mixed Complementary green blue neon metal
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Colors 8

CSS variables

:root {
  --c-muted-1: #1E405B;
  --c-muted-2: #6565AB;
  --c-muted-3: #76A8DE;
  --c-muted-4: #CEF1FF;
  --c-muted-5: #000000;
  --c-muted-6: #409F42;
  --c-muted-7: #8FD345;
  --c-muted-8: #BDFF8C;
}

About this palette

This 8-color muted palette runs from Light Yellowish Green (#BDFF8C) as its lightest tone to Black (#000000) as its darkest. It blends Sir Edmund, Blue Iris, Greek Sea, Blue Hijab, Black, Kryptonite Green, Midsummer Field and Light Yellowish Green into a single set you can drop straight into a UI. Of its 28 color pairings, 8 meet the WCAG AA contrast threshold (4.5:1) for body text — the strongest is #000000 on #BDFF8C at 17.85:1.

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

Color breakdown

Sir Edmund #1E405B
RGB
rgb(30, 64, 91)
HSL
hsl(207, 50%, 24%)
Luminance
0.047
Blue Iris #6565AB
RGB
rgb(101, 101, 171)
HSL
hsl(240, 29%, 53%)
Luminance
0.150
Greek Sea #76A8DE
RGB
rgb(118, 168, 222)
HSL
hsl(211, 61%, 67%)
Luminance
0.371
Blue Hijab #CEF1FF
RGB
rgb(206, 241, 255)
HSL
hsl(197, 100%, 90%)
Luminance
0.833
Black #000000
RGB
rgb(0, 0, 0)
HSL
hsl(0, 0%, 0%)
Luminance
0.000
Kryptonite Green #409F42
RGB
rgb(64, 159, 66)
HSL
hsl(121, 43%, 44%)
Luminance
0.263
Midsummer Field #8FD345
RGB
rgb(143, 211, 69)
HSL
hsl(89, 62%, 55%)
Luminance
0.529
Light Yellowish Green #BDFF8C
RGB
rgb(189, 255, 140)
HSL
hsl(94, 100%, 77%)
Luminance
0.842

Contrast & accessibility

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

Aa #000000 on #BDFF8C 17.85:1 AAA
Aa #CEF1FF on #000000 17.65:1 AAA
Aa #000000 on #8FD345 11.57:1 AAA
Aa #1E405B on #BDFF8C 9.20:1 AAA
Aa #1E405B on #CEF1FF 9.10:1 AAA
Aa #76A8DE on #000000 8.43:1 AAA
Aa #000000 on #409F42 6.26:1 AA
Aa #1E405B on #8FD345 5.97:1 AA
Aa #6565AB on #BDFF8C 4.46:1 AA Large
Aa #6565AB on #CEF1FF 4.41:1 AA Large
Aa #1E405B on #76A8DE 4.34:1 AA Large
Aa #6565AB on #000000 4.00:1 AA Large
Aa #1E405B on #409F42 3.23:1 AA Large
Aa #6565AB on #8FD345 2.89:1 Fail
Aa #409F42 on #BDFF8C 2.85:1 Fail
Aa #CEF1FF on #409F42 2.82:1 Fail
Aa #76A8DE on #BDFF8C 2.12:1 Fail
Aa #6565AB on #76A8DE 2.11:1 Fail
Aa #76A8DE on #CEF1FF 2.09:1 Fail
Aa #1E405B on #6565AB 2.06:1 Fail
Aa #1E405B on #000000 1.94:1 Fail
Aa #409F42 on #8FD345 1.85:1 Fail
Aa #6565AB on #409F42 1.56:1 Fail
Aa #8FD345 on #BDFF8C 1.54:1 Fail
Aa #CEF1FF on #8FD345 1.53:1 Fail
Aa #76A8DE on #8FD345 1.37:1 Fail
Aa #76A8DE on #409F42 1.35:1 Fail
Aa #CEF1FF on #BDFF8C 1.01:1 Fail

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