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8lueens

8lueens

8-color palette · Cool · Dark · Analogous harmony

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8lueens

8-color palette · Cool temperature · Dark tone · Analogous harmony

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Muted 8 colors Cool Dark Analogous 8 sk3ll blues greens
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Colors 8

CSS variables

:root {
  --c-muted-1: #9FB9CC;
  --c-muted-2: #679E9C;
  --c-muted-3: #2E868C;
  --c-muted-4: #006E42;
  --c-muted-5: #173957;
  --c-muted-6: #072927;
  --c-muted-7: #08102E;
  --c-muted-8: #060F0D;
}

About this palette

This 8-color muted palette runs from Morris Blue (#9FB9CC) as its lightest tone to Dark Side of the Moon (#060F0D) as its darkest. It blends Morris Blue, Folk Song, Thai Teal, Rainforest Retreat, Gibraltar Sea, Teal Spill, Squid’s Ink and Dark Side of the Moon into a single set you can drop straight into a UI. Of its 28 color pairings, 8 meet the WCAG AA contrast threshold (4.5:1) for body text — the strongest is #9FB9CC on #060F0D at 9.51:1.

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

Color breakdown

Morris Blue #9FB9CC
RGB
rgb(159, 185, 204)
HSL
hsl(205, 31%, 71%)
Luminance
0.464
Folk Song #679E9C
RGB
rgb(103, 158, 156)
HSL
hsl(178, 22%, 51%)
Luminance
0.297
Thai Teal #2E868C
RGB
rgb(46, 134, 140)
HSL
hsl(184, 51%, 36%)
Luminance
0.195
Rainforest Retreat #006E42
RGB
rgb(0, 110, 66)
HSL
hsl(156, 100%, 22%)
Luminance
0.116
Gibraltar Sea #173957
RGB
rgb(23, 57, 87)
HSL
hsl(208, 58%, 22%)
Luminance
0.038
Teal Spill #072927
RGB
rgb(7, 41, 39)
HSL
hsl(176, 71%, 9%)
Luminance
0.018
Squid’s Ink #08102E
RGB
rgb(8, 16, 46)
HSL
hsl(227, 70%, 11%)
Luminance
0.006
Dark Side of the Moon #060F0D
RGB
rgb(6, 15, 13)
HSL
hsl(167, 43%, 4%)
Luminance
0.004

Contrast & accessibility

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

Aa #9FB9CC on #060F0D 9.51:1 AAA
Aa #9FB9CC on #08102E 9.15:1 AAA
Aa #9FB9CC on #072927 7.59:1 AAA
Aa #679E9C on #060F0D 6.42:1 AA
Aa #679E9C on #08102E 6.18:1 AA
Aa #9FB9CC on #173957 5.85:1 AA
Aa #679E9C on #072927 5.13:1 AA
Aa #2E868C on #060F0D 4.53:1 AA
Aa #2E868C on #08102E 4.36:1 AA Large
Aa #679E9C on #173957 3.95:1 AA Large
Aa #2E868C on #072927 3.62:1 AA Large
Aa #9FB9CC on #006E42 3.11:1 AA Large
Aa #006E42 on #060F0D 3.06:1 AA Large
Aa #006E42 on #08102E 2.94:1 Fail
Aa #2E868C on #173957 2.79:1 Fail
Aa #006E42 on #072927 2.44:1 Fail
Aa #9FB9CC on #2E868C 2.10:1 Fail
Aa #679E9C on #006E42 2.10:1 Fail
Aa #006E42 on #173957 1.88:1 Fail
Aa #173957 on #060F0D 1.63:1 Fail
Aa #173957 on #08102E 1.57:1 Fail
Aa #9FB9CC on #679E9C 1.48:1 Fail
Aa #2E868C on #006E42 1.48:1 Fail
Aa #679E9C on #2E868C 1.42:1 Fail
Aa #173957 on #072927 1.30:1 Fail
Aa #072927 on #060F0D 1.25:1 Fail
Aa #072927 on #08102E 1.21:1 Fail
Aa #08102E on #060F0D 1.04:1 Fail

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