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4-Color Golden Wash Palette

4-color palette · Cool · Mixed · Complementary harmony

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4-Color Golden Wash Palette

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

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Muted 4 colors Cool Mixed Complementary

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Colors 4

CSS variables

:root {
  --c-muted-1: #FAFFC5;
  --c-muted-2: #A9BFA8;
  --c-muted-3: #5E686D;
  --c-muted-4: #3A3960;
}

About this palette

This 4-color muted palette runs from Golden Wash (#FAFFC5) as its lightest tone to Patriot Blue (#3A3960) as its darkest. It blends Golden Wash, Bryophyte, Lava Grey and Patriot Blue into a single set you can drop straight into a UI. Of its 6 color pairings, 3 meet the WCAG AA contrast threshold (4.5:1) for body text — the strongest is #FAFFC5 on #3A3960 at 10.43:1.

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

Color breakdown

Golden Wash #FAFFC5

RGB: rgb(250, 255, 197)
HSL: hsl(65, 100%, 89%)
Luminance: 0.959

Bryophyte #A9BFA8

RGB: rgb(169, 191, 168)
HSL: hsl(117, 15%, 70%)
Luminance: 0.485

Lava Grey #5E686D

RGB: rgb(94, 104, 109)
HSL: hsl(200, 7%, 40%)
Luminance: 0.134

Patriot Blue #3A3960

RGB: rgb(58, 57, 96)
HSL: hsl(242, 25%, 30%)
Luminance: 0.047

Contrast & accessibility

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

Aa #FAFFC5 on #3A3960 10.43:1 AAA

Aa #A9BFA8 on #3A3960 5.53:1 AA

Aa #FAFFC5 on #5E686D 5.49:1 AA

Aa #A9BFA8 on #5E686D 2.91:1 Fail

Aa #5E686D on #3A3960 1.90:1 Fail

Aa #FAFFC5 on #A9BFA8 1.88:1 Fail

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