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Cold War 8

Cold War 8

8-color palette · Warm · Mixed · Complementary harmony

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Cold War 8

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

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Vibrant 8 colors Warm Mixed Complementary cold 8 groxguy war
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Colors 8

CSS variables

:root {
  --c-vibrant-1: #332422;
  --c-vibrant-2: #C95B40;
  --c-vibrant-3: #FF9B5E;
  --c-vibrant-4: #FCDF76;
  --c-vibrant-5: #4C2F7F;
  --c-vibrant-6: #3A66AD;
  --c-vibrant-7: #39CEC2;
  --c-vibrant-8: #FAFFF9;
}

About this palette

This 8-color vibrant palette runs from Ceramic (#FAFFF9) as its lightest tone to Hornblende (#332422) as its darkest. It blends Hornblende, Cold Brew Tonic, Papaya, Ravioli al Limone, Regalia, Kakitsubata Blue, Bianchi Green and Ceramic into a single set you can drop straight into a UI. Of its 28 color pairings, 9 meet the WCAG AA contrast threshold (4.5:1) for body text — the strongest is #332422 on #FAFFF9 at 14.64:1.

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

Color breakdown

Hornblende #332422
RGB
rgb(51, 36, 34)
HSL
hsl(7, 20%, 17%)
Luminance
0.021
Cold Brew Tonic #C95B40
RGB
rgb(201, 91, 64)
HSL
hsl(12, 56%, 52%)
Luminance
0.203
Papaya #FF9B5E
RGB
rgb(255, 155, 94)
HSL
hsl(23, 100%, 68%)
Luminance
0.455
Ravioli al Limone #FCDF76
RGB
rgb(252, 223, 118)
HSL
hsl(47, 96%, 73%)
Luminance
0.748
Regalia #4C2F7F
RGB
rgb(76, 47, 127)
HSL
hsl(262, 46%, 34%)
Luminance
0.051
Kakitsubata Blue #3A66AD
RGB
rgb(58, 102, 173)
HSL
hsl(217, 50%, 45%)
Luminance
0.134
Bianchi Green #39CEC2
RGB
rgb(57, 206, 194)
HSL
hsl(175, 60%, 52%)
Luminance
0.489
Ceramic #FAFFF9
RGB
rgb(250, 255, 249)
HSL
hsl(110, 100%, 99%)
Luminance
0.987

Contrast & accessibility

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

Aa #332422 on #FAFFF9 14.64:1 AAA
Aa #332422 on #FCDF76 11.27:1 AAA
Aa #4C2F7F on #FAFFF9 10.26:1 AAA
Aa #FCDF76 on #4C2F7F 7.90:1 AAA
Aa #332422 on #39CEC2 7.61:1 AAA
Aa #332422 on #FF9B5E 7.13:1 AAA
Aa #3A66AD on #FAFFF9 5.63:1 AA
Aa #4C2F7F on #39CEC2 5.34:1 AA
Aa #FF9B5E on #4C2F7F 5.00:1 AA
Aa #FCDF76 on #3A66AD 4.33:1 AA Large
Aa #C95B40 on #FAFFF9 4.10:1 AA Large
Aa #332422 on #C95B40 3.57:1 AA Large
Aa #C95B40 on #FCDF76 3.16:1 AA Large
Aa #3A66AD on #39CEC2 2.93:1 Fail
Aa #FF9B5E on #3A66AD 2.74:1 Fail
Aa #332422 on #3A66AD 2.60:1 Fail
Aa #C95B40 on #4C2F7F 2.50:1 Fail
Aa #C95B40 on #39CEC2 2.13:1 Fail
Aa #FF9B5E on #FAFFF9 2.05:1 Fail
Aa #C95B40 on #FF9B5E 2.00:1 Fail
Aa #39CEC2 on #FAFFF9 1.92:1 Fail
Aa #4C2F7F on #3A66AD 1.82:1 Fail
Aa #FF9B5E on #FCDF76 1.58:1 Fail
Aa #FCDF76 on #39CEC2 1.48:1 Fail
Aa #332422 on #4C2F7F 1.43:1 Fail
Aa #C95B40 on #3A66AD 1.37:1 Fail
Aa #FCDF76 on #FAFFF9 1.30:1 Fail
Aa #FF9B5E on #39CEC2 1.07:1 Fail

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