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The Fated Eight

The Fated Eight

8-color palette · Warm · Mixed · Complementary harmony

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The Fated Eight

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

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Muted 8 colors Warm Mixed Complementary cold fog brown teal
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Colors 8

CSS variables

:root {
  --c-muted-1: #4C2A1B;
  --c-muted-2: #513E30;
  --c-muted-3: #664A4D;
  --c-muted-4: #6B5F61;
  --c-muted-5: #807F7F;
  --c-muted-6: #94A09E;
  --c-muted-7: #99B5B3;
  --c-muted-8: #B0CAD9;
}

About this palette

This 8-color muted palette runs from Sailing on the Bay (#B0CAD9) as its lightest tone to Bittersweet Chocolate (#4C2A1B) as its darkest. It blends Bittersweet Chocolate, Turtle, Gǔ Tóng Hēi Copper, Moroccan Dusk, Platinum Granite, Hatteras Grey, Lake Forest and Sailing on the Bay into a single set you can drop straight into a UI. Of its 28 color pairings, 6 meet the WCAG AA contrast threshold (4.5:1) for body text — the strongest is #4C2A1B on #B0CAD9 at 7.43:1.

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

Color breakdown

Bittersweet Chocolate #4C2A1B
RGB
rgb(76, 42, 27)
HSL
hsl(18, 48%, 20%)
Luminance
0.033
Turtle #513E30
RGB
rgb(81, 62, 48)
HSL
hsl(25, 26%, 25%)
Luminance
0.054
Gǔ Tóng Hēi Copper #664A4D
RGB
rgb(102, 74, 77)
HSL
hsl(354, 16%, 35%)
Luminance
0.083
Moroccan Dusk #6B5F61
RGB
rgb(107, 95, 97)
HSL
hsl(350, 6%, 40%)
Luminance
0.122
Platinum Granite #807F7F
RGB
rgb(128, 127, 127)
HSL
hsl(0, 0%, 50%)
Luminance
0.213
Hatteras Grey #94A09E
RGB
rgb(148, 160, 158)
HSL
hsl(170, 6%, 60%)
Luminance
0.339
Lake Forest #99B5B3
RGB
rgb(153, 181, 179)
HSL
hsl(176, 16%, 65%)
Luminance
0.431
Sailing on the Bay #B0CAD9
RGB
rgb(176, 202, 217)
HSL
hsl(202, 35%, 77%)
Luminance
0.565

Contrast & accessibility

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

Aa #4C2A1B on #B0CAD9 7.43:1 AAA
Aa #513E30 on #B0CAD9 5.91:1 AA
Aa #4C2A1B on #99B5B3 5.81:1 AA
Aa #4C2A1B on #94A09E 4.70:1 AA
Aa #664A4D on #B0CAD9 4.64:1 AA
Aa #513E30 on #99B5B3 4.62:1 AA
Aa #513E30 on #94A09E 3.74:1 AA Large
Aa #664A4D on #99B5B3 3.63:1 AA Large
Aa #6B5F61 on #B0CAD9 3.58:1 AA Large
Aa #4C2A1B on #807F7F 3.18:1 AA Large
Aa #664A4D on #94A09E 2.93:1 Fail
Aa #6B5F61 on #99B5B3 2.80:1 Fail
Aa #513E30 on #807F7F 2.53:1 Fail
Aa #807F7F on #B0CAD9 2.34:1 Fail
Aa #6B5F61 on #94A09E 2.27:1 Fail
Aa #4C2A1B on #6B5F61 2.08:1 Fail
Aa #664A4D on #807F7F 1.98:1 Fail
Aa #807F7F on #99B5B3 1.83:1 Fail
Aa #513E30 on #6B5F61 1.65:1 Fail
Aa #4C2A1B on #664A4D 1.60:1 Fail
Aa #94A09E on #B0CAD9 1.58:1 Fail
Aa #6B5F61 on #807F7F 1.53:1 Fail
Aa #807F7F on #94A09E 1.48:1 Fail
Aa #664A4D on #6B5F61 1.30:1 Fail
Aa #99B5B3 on #B0CAD9 1.28:1 Fail
Aa #513E30 on #664A4D 1.27:1 Fail
Aa #4C2A1B on #513E30 1.26:1 Fail
Aa #94A09E on #99B5B3 1.24:1 Fail

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