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Black And White 6

Black And White 6

6-color palette · Warm · Mixed · Monochromatic harmony

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Black And White 6

6-color palette · Warm temperature · Mixed tone · Monochromatic harmony

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Muted 6 colors Warm Mixed Monochromatic 1bit 2bit blackandwhite portrait
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Colors 6

CSS variables

:root {
  --c-muted-1: #BDB5A8;
  --c-muted-2: #A0938E;
  --c-muted-3: #201D1F;
  --c-muted-4: #FFF2E6;
  --c-muted-5: #5A5353;
  --c-muted-6: #7D7071;
}

About this palette

This 6-color muted palette runs from Doeskin (#FFF2E6) as its lightest tone to Umbra (#201D1F) as its darkest. It blends Amazing Grey, Channel Seal Grey, Umbra, Doeskin, Bittersweet Molasses and Sophomore into a single set you can drop straight into a UI. Of its 15 color pairings, 4 meet the WCAG AA contrast threshold (4.5:1) for body text — the strongest is #201D1F on #FFF2E6 at 15.19:1.

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

Color breakdown

Amazing Grey #BDB5A8
RGB
rgb(189, 181, 168)
HSL
hsl(37, 14%, 70%)
Luminance
0.467
Channel Seal Grey #A0938E
RGB
rgb(160, 147, 142)
HSL
hsl(17, 9%, 59%)
Luminance
0.303
Umbra #201D1F
RGB
rgb(32, 29, 31)
HSL
hsl(320, 5%, 12%)
Luminance
0.013
Doeskin #FFF2E6
RGB
rgb(255, 242, 230)
HSL
hsl(29, 100%, 95%)
Luminance
0.905
Bittersweet Molasses #5A5353
RGB
rgb(90, 83, 83)
HSL
hsl(0, 4%, 34%)
Luminance
0.090
Sophomore #7D7071
RGB
rgb(125, 112, 113)
HSL
hsl(355, 5%, 46%)
Luminance
0.171

Contrast & accessibility

4 of 15 color pairings meet the WCAG AA contrast threshold (4.5:1) for body text.

Aa #201D1F on #FFF2E6 15.19:1 AAA
Aa #BDB5A8 on #201D1F 8.23:1 AAA
Aa #FFF2E6 on #5A5353 6.83:1 AA
Aa #A0938E on #201D1F 5.62:1 AA
Aa #FFF2E6 on #7D7071 4.31:1 AA Large
Aa #BDB5A8 on #5A5353 3.70:1 AA Large
Aa #201D1F on #7D7071 3.52:1 AA Large
Aa #A0938E on #FFF2E6 2.71:1 Fail
Aa #A0938E on #5A5353 2.52:1 Fail
Aa #BDB5A8 on #7D7071 2.33:1 Fail
Aa #201D1F on #5A5353 2.23:1 Fail
Aa #BDB5A8 on #FFF2E6 1.85:1 Fail
Aa #A0938E on #7D7071 1.59:1 Fail
Aa #5A5353 on #7D7071 1.58:1 Fail
Aa #BDB5A8 on #A0938E 1.46:1 Fail

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