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5yan

5yan

5-color palette · Cool · Dark · Analogous harmony

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5yan

5-color palette · Cool temperature · Dark tone · Analogous harmony

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Muted 5 colors Cool Dark Analogous monoramp monochrome blue cyan
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Colors 5

CSS variables

:root {
  --c-muted-1: #050505;
  --c-muted-2: #050555;
  --c-muted-3: #055555;
  --c-muted-4: #55A5A5;
  --c-muted-5: #A5F5F5;
}

About this palette

This 5-color muted palette runs from Waterspout (#A5F5F5) as its lightest tone to Black Metal (#050505) as its darkest. It blends Black Metal, Ravenclaw, Pacific Storm, Twilight Meadow and Waterspout into a single set you can drop straight into a UI. Of its 10 color pairings, 5 meet the WCAG AA contrast threshold (4.5:1) for body text — the strongest is #050505 on #A5F5F5 at 16.48:1.

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

Color breakdown

Black Metal #050505
RGB
rgb(5, 5, 5)
HSL
hsl(0, 0%, 2%)
Luminance
0.002
Ravenclaw #050555
RGB
rgb(5, 5, 85)
HSL
hsl(240, 89%, 18%)
Luminance
0.008
Pacific Storm #055555
RGB
rgb(5, 85, 85)
HSL
hsl(180, 89%, 18%)
Luminance
0.072
Twilight Meadow #55A5A5
RGB
rgb(85, 165, 165)
HSL
hsl(180, 32%, 49%)
Luminance
0.316
Waterspout #A5F5F5
RGB
rgb(165, 245, 245)
HSL
hsl(180, 80%, 80%)
Luminance
0.799

Contrast & accessibility

5 of 10 color pairings meet the WCAG AA contrast threshold (4.5:1) for body text.

Aa #050505 on #A5F5F5 16.48:1 AAA
Aa #050555 on #A5F5F5 14.65:1 AAA
Aa #050505 on #55A5A5 7.10:1 AAA
Aa #055555 on #A5F5F5 6.97:1 AA
Aa #050555 on #55A5A5 6.31:1 AA
Aa #055555 on #55A5A5 3.00:1 AA Large
Aa #050505 on #055555 2.37:1 Fail
Aa #55A5A5 on #A5F5F5 2.32:1 Fail
Aa #050555 on #055555 2.10:1 Fail
Aa #050505 on #050555 1.13:1 Fail

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