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Blue Newspaper

Blue Newspaper

6-color palette · Cool · Mixed · Analogous harmony

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Blue Newspaper

6-color palette · Cool temperature · Mixed tone · Analogous harmony

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Muted 6 colors Cool Mixed Analogous monochrome blue newspaper
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Colors 6

CSS variables

:root {
  --c-muted-1: #79A5AF;
  --c-muted-2: #557F8E;
  --c-muted-3: #435C6A;
  --c-muted-4: #3B4C5F;
  --c-muted-5: #2F3D55;
  --c-muted-6: #252A45;
}

About this palette

This 6-color muted palette runs from Seascape (#79A5AF) as its lightest tone to Royal Curtsy (#252A45) as its darkest. It blends Seascape, Technical Blue, Hypothalamus Grey, Man Friday, Winter Sea and Royal Curtsy into a single set you can drop straight into a UI. Of its 15 color pairings, 1 meet the WCAG AA contrast threshold (4.5:1) for body text — the strongest is #79A5AF on #252A45 at 5.22:1.

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

Color breakdown

Seascape #79A5AF
RGB
rgb(121, 165, 175)
HSL
hsl(191, 25%, 58%)
Luminance
0.341
Technical Blue #557F8E
RGB
rgb(85, 127, 142)
HSL
hsl(196, 25%, 45%)
Luminance
0.191
Hypothalamus Grey #435C6A
RGB
rgb(67, 92, 106)
HSL
hsl(202, 23%, 34%)
Luminance
0.099
Man Friday #3B4C5F
RGB
rgb(59, 76, 95)
HSL
hsl(212, 23%, 30%)
Luminance
0.069
Winter Sea #2F3D55
RGB
rgb(47, 61, 85)
HSL
hsl(218, 29%, 26%)
Luminance
0.046
Royal Curtsy #252A45
RGB
rgb(37, 42, 69)
HSL
hsl(231, 30%, 21%)
Luminance
0.025

Contrast & accessibility

1 of 15 color pairings meet the WCAG AA contrast threshold (4.5:1) for body text.

Aa #79A5AF on #252A45 5.22:1 AA
Aa #79A5AF on #2F3D55 4.07:1 AA Large
Aa #79A5AF on #3B4C5F 3.28:1 AA Large
Aa #557F8E on #252A45 3.22:1 AA Large
Aa #79A5AF on #435C6A 2.62:1 Fail
Aa #557F8E on #2F3D55 2.51:1 Fail
Aa #557F8E on #3B4C5F 2.02:1 Fail
Aa #435C6A on #252A45 1.99:1 Fail
Aa #79A5AF on #557F8E 1.62:1 Fail
Aa #557F8E on #435C6A 1.62:1 Fail
Aa #3B4C5F on #252A45 1.59:1 Fail
Aa #435C6A on #2F3D55 1.55:1 Fail
Aa #2F3D55 on #252A45 1.28:1 Fail
Aa #435C6A on #3B4C5F 1.25:1 Fail
Aa #3B4C5F on #2F3D55 1.24:1 Fail

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