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Optimized Grayscale 4

Optimized Grayscale 4

4-color palette · Neutral · Mixed · Monochromatic harmony

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Optimized Grayscale 4

4-color palette · Neutral temperature · Mixed tone · Monochromatic harmony

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Muted 4 colors Neutral Mixed Monochromatic gray monoramp monochrome 4
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Colors 4

CSS variables

:root {
  --c-muted-1: #DFDFDF;
  --c-muted-2: #9F9F9F;
  --c-muted-3: #606060;
  --c-muted-4: #202020;
}

About this palette

This 4-color muted palette runs from Friendly Ghost (#DFDFDF) as its lightest tone to Lead (#202020) as its darkest. It blends Friendly Ghost, Cold Grey, Kettleman and Lead 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 #DFDFDF on #202020 at 12.23:1.

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

Color breakdown

Friendly Ghost #DFDFDF
RGB
rgb(223, 223, 223)
HSL
hsl(0, 0%, 87%)
Luminance
0.738
Cold Grey #9F9F9F
RGB
rgb(159, 159, 159)
HSL
hsl(0, 0%, 62%)
Luminance
0.347
Kettleman #606060
RGB
rgb(96, 96, 96)
HSL
hsl(0, 0%, 38%)
Luminance
0.117
Lead #202020
RGB
rgb(32, 32, 32)
HSL
hsl(0, 0%, 13%)
Luminance
0.014

Contrast & accessibility

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

Aa #DFDFDF on #202020 12.23:1 AAA
Aa #9F9F9F on #202020 6.16:1 AA
Aa #DFDFDF on #606060 4.72:1 AA
Aa #606060 on #202020 2.59:1 Fail
Aa #9F9F9F on #606060 2.38:1 Fail
Aa #DFDFDF on #9F9F9F 1.99:1 Fail

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