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Grotesquely Cute

Grotesquely Cute

8-color palette · Cool · Mixed · Triadic harmony

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Grotesquely Cute

8-color palette · Cool temperature · Mixed tone · Triadic harmony

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Muted 8 colors Cool Mixed Triadic pixelart purple cute violet
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Colors 8

CSS variables

:root {
  --c-muted-1: #0D0D0F;
  --c-muted-2: #1C2141;
  --c-muted-3: #413F78;
  --c-muted-4: #64639E;
  --c-muted-5: #9D90C8;
  --c-muted-6: #CCAFD5;
  --c-muted-7: #C0DBD4;
  --c-muted-8: #DDD9FE;
}

About this palette

This 8-color muted palette runs from Transparent Blue (#DDD9FE) as its lightest tone to Black Sheep (#0D0D0F) as its darkest. It blends Black Sheep, Konkikyō Blue, Hot Sauna, Dark Horizon, Violet Tulip, Cherish the Moment, Pinnacle and Transparent Blue into a single set you can drop straight into a UI. Of its 28 color pairings, 11 meet the WCAG AA contrast threshold (4.5:1) for body text — the strongest is #0D0D0F on #DDD9FE at 14.27:1.

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

Color breakdown

Black Sheep #0D0D0F
RGB
rgb(13, 13, 15)
HSL
hsl(240, 7%, 5%)
Luminance
0.004
Konkikyō Blue #1C2141
RGB
rgb(28, 33, 65)
HSL
hsl(232, 40%, 18%)
Luminance
0.017
Hot Sauna #413F78
RGB
rgb(65, 63, 120)
HSL
hsl(242, 31%, 36%)
Luminance
0.060
Dark Horizon #64639E
RGB
rgb(100, 99, 158)
HSL
hsl(241, 23%, 50%)
Luminance
0.141
Violet Tulip #9D90C8
RGB
rgb(157, 144, 200)
HSL
hsl(254, 34%, 67%)
Luminance
0.313
Cherish the Moment #CCAFD5
RGB
rgb(204, 175, 213)
HSL
hsl(286, 31%, 76%)
Luminance
0.483
Pinnacle #C0DBD4
RGB
rgb(192, 219, 212)
HSL
hsl(164, 27%, 81%)
Luminance
0.666
Transparent Blue #DDD9FE
RGB
rgb(221, 217, 254)
HSL
hsl(246, 95%, 92%)
Luminance
0.722

Contrast & accessibility

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

Aa #0D0D0F on #DDD9FE 14.27:1 AAA
Aa #0D0D0F on #C0DBD4 13.24:1 AAA
Aa #1C2141 on #DDD9FE 11.49:1 AAA
Aa #1C2141 on #C0DBD4 10.66:1 AAA
Aa #0D0D0F on #CCAFD5 9.86:1 AAA
Aa #1C2141 on #CCAFD5 7.94:1 AAA
Aa #413F78 on #DDD9FE 6.99:1 AA
Aa #0D0D0F on #9D90C8 6.71:1 AA
Aa #413F78 on #C0DBD4 6.49:1 AA
Aa #1C2141 on #9D90C8 5.40:1 AA
Aa #413F78 on #CCAFD5 4.83:1 AA
Aa #64639E on #DDD9FE 4.04:1 AA Large
Aa #64639E on #C0DBD4 3.75:1 AA Large
Aa #0D0D0F on #64639E 3.53:1 AA Large
Aa #413F78 on #9D90C8 3.29:1 AA Large
Aa #1C2141 on #64639E 2.84:1 Fail
Aa #64639E on #CCAFD5 2.79:1 Fail
Aa #9D90C8 on #DDD9FE 2.13:1 Fail
Aa #0D0D0F on #413F78 2.04:1 Fail
Aa #9D90C8 on #C0DBD4 1.97:1 Fail
Aa #64639E on #9D90C8 1.90:1 Fail
Aa #413F78 on #64639E 1.73:1 Fail
Aa #1C2141 on #413F78 1.64:1 Fail
Aa #9D90C8 on #CCAFD5 1.47:1 Fail
Aa #CCAFD5 on #DDD9FE 1.45:1 Fail
Aa #CCAFD5 on #C0DBD4 1.34:1 Fail
Aa #0D0D0F on #1C2141 1.24:1 Fail
Aa #C0DBD4 on #DDD9FE 1.08:1 Fail

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