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DeuteroSpill

DeuteroSpill

9-color palette · Cool · Mixed · Complementary harmony

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DeuteroSpill

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

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Muted 9 colors Cool Mixed Complementary blue yellow water royalnaym
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Colors 9

CSS variables

:root {
  --c-muted-1: #153457;
  --c-muted-2: #183C5C;
  --c-muted-3: #1D4961;
  --c-muted-4: #45585D;
  --c-muted-5: #6D6E46;
  --c-muted-6: #7F8068;
  --c-muted-7: #96998E;
  --c-muted-8: #ACB2B1;
  --c-muted-9: #CBD5FC;
}

About this palette

This 9-color muted palette runs from Pale Phthalo Blue (#CBD5FC) as its lightest tone to Incremental Blue (#153457) as its darkest. It blends Incremental Blue, Poseidon, Dark Slate Blue, Asher Benjamin, Jungle Trail, Ivy Garden, Hunter’s Hollow, Tin Foil and Pale Phthalo Blue into a single set you can drop straight into a UI. Of its 36 color pairings, 6 meet the WCAG AA contrast threshold (4.5:1) for body text — the strongest is #153457 on #CBD5FC at 8.71:1.

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

Color breakdown

Incremental Blue #153457
RGB
rgb(21, 52, 87)
HSL
hsl(212, 61%, 21%)
Luminance
0.033
Poseidon #183C5C
RGB
rgb(24, 60, 92)
HSL
hsl(208, 59%, 23%)
Luminance
0.042
Dark Slate Blue #1D4961
RGB
rgb(29, 73, 97)
HSL
hsl(201, 54%, 25%)
Luminance
0.059
Asher Benjamin #45585D
RGB
rgb(69, 88, 93)
HSL
hsl(193, 15%, 32%)
Luminance
0.090
Jungle Trail #6D6E46
RGB
rgb(109, 110, 70)
HSL
hsl(62, 22%, 35%)
Luminance
0.149
Ivy Garden #7F8068
RGB
rgb(127, 128, 104)
HSL
hsl(63, 10%, 45%)
Luminance
0.210
Hunter’s Hollow #96998E
RGB
rgb(150, 153, 142)
HSL
hsl(76, 5%, 58%)
Luminance
0.312
Tin Foil #ACB2B1
RGB
rgb(172, 178, 177)
HSL
hsl(170, 4%, 69%)
Luminance
0.438
Pale Phthalo Blue #CBD5FC
RGB
rgb(203, 213, 252)
HSL
hsl(228, 89%, 89%)
Luminance
0.673

Contrast & accessibility

6 of 36 color pairings meet the WCAG AA contrast threshold (4.5:1) for body text.

Aa #153457 on #CBD5FC 8.71:1 AAA
Aa #183C5C on #CBD5FC 7.86:1 AAA
Aa #1D4961 on #CBD5FC 6.64:1 AA
Aa #153457 on #ACB2B1 5.88:1 AA
Aa #183C5C on #ACB2B1 5.30:1 AA
Aa #45585D on #CBD5FC 5.15:1 AA
Aa #1D4961 on #ACB2B1 4.48:1 AA Large
Aa #153457 on #96998E 4.36:1 AA Large
Aa #183C5C on #96998E 3.94:1 AA Large
Aa #6D6E46 on #CBD5FC 3.64:1 AA Large
Aa #45585D on #ACB2B1 3.48:1 AA Large
Aa #1D4961 on #96998E 3.33:1 AA Large
Aa #153457 on #7F8068 3.13:1 AA Large
Aa #183C5C on #7F8068 2.82:1 Fail
Aa #7F8068 on #CBD5FC 2.79:1 Fail
Aa #45585D on #96998E 2.58:1 Fail
Aa #6D6E46 on #ACB2B1 2.46:1 Fail
Aa #153457 on #6D6E46 2.39:1 Fail
Aa #1D4961 on #7F8068 2.38:1 Fail
Aa #183C5C on #6D6E46 2.16:1 Fail
Aa #96998E on #CBD5FC 2.00:1 Fail
Aa #7F8068 on #ACB2B1 1.88:1 Fail
Aa #45585D on #7F8068 1.85:1 Fail
Aa #6D6E46 on #96998E 1.83:1 Fail
Aa #1D4961 on #6D6E46 1.82:1 Fail
Aa #153457 on #45585D 1.69:1 Fail
Aa #183C5C on #45585D 1.53:1 Fail
Aa #ACB2B1 on #CBD5FC 1.48:1 Fail
Aa #45585D on #6D6E46 1.41:1 Fail
Aa #7F8068 on #96998E 1.40:1 Fail
Aa #96998E on #ACB2B1 1.35:1 Fail
Aa #153457 on #1D4961 1.31:1 Fail
Aa #6D6E46 on #7F8068 1.31:1 Fail
Aa #1D4961 on #45585D 1.29:1 Fail
Aa #183C5C on #1D4961 1.18:1 Fail
Aa #153457 on #183C5C 1.11:1 Fail

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