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5-color palette · Cool · Mixed · Monochromatic harmony

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5-color palette · Cool temperature · Mixed tone · Monochromatic harmony

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Muted 5 colors Cool Mixed Monochromatic monochrome gameboy 5
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Colors 5

CSS variables

:root {
  --c-muted-1: #0E0C1F;
  --c-muted-2: #2F323E;
  --c-muted-3: #4D5964;
  --c-muted-4: #748380;
  --c-muted-5: #B8C7BF;
}

About this palette

This 5-color muted palette runs from Blustery Wind (#B8C7BF) as its lightest tone to Tristesse (#0E0C1F) as its darkest. It blends Tristesse, Salute, Dark and Stormy Night, Armour and Blustery Wind into a single set you can drop straight into a UI. Of its 10 color pairings, 3 meet the WCAG AA contrast threshold (4.5:1) for body text — the strongest is #0E0C1F on #B8C7BF at 10.96:1.

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

Color breakdown

Tristesse #0E0C1F
RGB
rgb(14, 12, 31)
HSL
hsl(246, 44%, 8%)
Luminance
0.005
Salute #2F323E
RGB
rgb(47, 50, 62)
HSL
hsl(228, 14%, 21%)
Luminance
0.032
Dark and Stormy Night #4D5964
RGB
rgb(77, 89, 100)
HSL
hsl(209, 13%, 35%)
Luminance
0.096
Armour #748380
RGB
rgb(116, 131, 128)
HSL
hsl(168, 6%, 48%)
Luminance
0.215
Blustery Wind #B8C7BF
RGB
rgb(184, 199, 191)
HSL
hsl(148, 12%, 75%)
Luminance
0.548

Contrast & accessibility

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

Aa #0E0C1F on #B8C7BF 10.96:1 AAA
Aa #2F323E on #B8C7BF 7.26:1 AAA
Aa #0E0C1F on #748380 4.86:1 AA
Aa #4D5964 on #B8C7BF 4.08:1 AA Large
Aa #2F323E on #748380 3.22:1 AA Large
Aa #0E0C1F on #4D5964 2.68:1 Fail
Aa #748380 on #B8C7BF 2.26:1 Fail
Aa #4D5964 on #748380 1.81:1 Fail
Aa #2F323E on #4D5964 1.78:1 Fail
Aa #0E0C1F on #2F323E 1.51:1 Fail

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