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Super Ink

12-color palette · Cool · Mixed · Complementary harmony

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Super Ink

12-color palette · Cool temperature · Mixed tone · Complementary harmony

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Muted 12 colors Cool Mixed Complementary ink septemberstudypalettecontest inking
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Colors 12

CSS variables

:root {
  --c-muted-1: #F3F2F0;
  --c-muted-2: #A9B1B6;
  --c-muted-3: #46464A;
  --c-muted-4: #08080A;
  --c-muted-5: #6F7DB2;
  --c-muted-6: #577D77;
  --c-muted-7: #8CC759;
  --c-muted-8: #EAB543;
  --c-muted-9: #E3C7B0;
  --c-muted-10: #F4938C;
  --c-muted-11: #C8775C;
  --c-muted-12: #A4465A;
}

About this palette

This 12-color muted palette runs from Bleached Silk (#F3F2F0) as its lightest tone to Reversed Grey (#08080A) as its darkest. It blends Bleached Silk, Cistern, Midnight Magic, Reversed Grey, Marvellous, Green Hour, Vivid Spring, Honey Glow, Cockleshell, Bierwurst, Gold Pheasant and Rose Laffy Taffy into a single set you can drop straight into a UI. Of its 66 color pairings, 13 meet the WCAG AA contrast threshold (4.5:1) for body text — the strongest is #F3F2F0 on #08080A at 17.89:1.

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

Color breakdown

Bleached Silk #F3F2F0
RGB
rgb(243, 242, 240)
HSL
hsl(40, 11%, 95%)
Luminance
0.889
Cistern #A9B1B6
RGB
rgb(169, 177, 182)
HSL
hsl(203, 8%, 69%)
Luminance
0.433
Midnight Magic #46464A
RGB
rgb(70, 70, 74)
HSL
hsl(240, 3%, 28%)
Luminance
0.062
Reversed Grey #08080A
RGB
rgb(8, 8, 10)
HSL
hsl(240, 11%, 4%)
Luminance
0.003
Marvellous #6F7DB2
RGB
rgb(111, 125, 178)
HSL
hsl(227, 30%, 57%)
Luminance
0.213
Green Hour #577D77
RGB
rgb(87, 125, 119)
HSL
hsl(171, 18%, 42%)
Luminance
0.180
Vivid Spring #8CC759
RGB
rgb(140, 199, 89)
HSL
hsl(92, 50%, 56%)
Luminance
0.471
Honey Glow #EAB543
RGB
rgb(234, 181, 67)
HSL
hsl(41, 80%, 59%)
Luminance
0.510
Cockleshell #E3C7B0
RGB
rgb(227, 199, 176)
HSL
hsl(27, 48%, 79%)
Luminance
0.603
Bierwurst #F4938C
RGB
rgb(244, 147, 140)
HSL
hsl(4, 83%, 75%)
Luminance
0.420
Gold Pheasant #C8775C
RGB
rgb(200, 119, 92)
HSL
hsl(15, 50%, 57%)
Luminance
0.263
Rose Laffy Taffy #A4465A
RGB
rgb(164, 70, 90)
HSL
hsl(347, 40%, 46%)
Luminance
0.130

Contrast & accessibility

13 of 66 color pairings meet the WCAG AA contrast threshold (4.5:1) for body text.

Aa #F3F2F0 on #08080A 17.89:1 AAA
Aa #08080A on #E3C7B0 12.45:1 AAA
Aa #08080A on #EAB543 10.66:1 AAA
Aa #08080A on #8CC759 9.94:1 AAA
Aa #A9B1B6 on #08080A 9.20:1 AAA
Aa #08080A on #F4938C 8.96:1 AAA
Aa #F3F2F0 on #46464A 8.40:1 AAA
Aa #08080A on #C8775C 5.95:1 AA
Aa #46464A on #E3C7B0 5.84:1 AA
Aa #F3F2F0 on #A4465A 5.21:1 AA
Aa #46464A on #EAB543 5.01:1 AA
Aa #08080A on #6F7DB2 5.00:1 AA
Aa #46464A on #8CC759 4.67:1 AA
Aa #08080A on #577D77 4.39:1 AA Large
Aa #A9B1B6 on #46464A 4.32:1 AA Large
Aa #46464A on #F4938C 4.20:1 AA Large
Aa #F3F2F0 on #577D77 4.08:1 AA Large
Aa #E3C7B0 on #A4465A 3.63:1 AA Large
Aa #F3F2F0 on #6F7DB2 3.57:1 AA Large
Aa #08080A on #A4465A 3.43:1 AA Large
Aa #EAB543 on #A4465A 3.11:1 AA Large
Aa #F3F2F0 on #C8775C 3.00:1 AA Large
Aa #8CC759 on #A4465A 2.90:1 Fail
Aa #577D77 on #E3C7B0 2.84:1 Fail
Aa #46464A on #C8775C 2.80:1 Fail
Aa #A9B1B6 on #A4465A 2.68:1 Fail
Aa #F4938C on #A4465A 2.61:1 Fail
Aa #6F7DB2 on #E3C7B0 2.49:1 Fail
Aa #577D77 on #EAB543 2.43:1 Fail
Aa #46464A on #6F7DB2 2.35:1 Fail
Aa #577D77 on #8CC759 2.26:1 Fail
Aa #46464A on #08080A 2.13:1 Fail
Aa #6F7DB2 on #EAB543 2.13:1 Fail
Aa #A9B1B6 on #577D77 2.10:1 Fail
Aa #E3C7B0 on #C8775C 2.09:1 Fail
Aa #46464A on #577D77 2.06:1 Fail
Aa #577D77 on #F4938C 2.04:1 Fail
Aa #F3F2F0 on #F4938C 2.00:1 Fail
Aa #6F7DB2 on #8CC759 1.99:1 Fail
Aa #F3F2F0 on #A9B1B6 1.94:1 Fail
Aa #A9B1B6 on #6F7DB2 1.84:1 Fail
Aa #F3F2F0 on #8CC759 1.80:1 Fail
Aa #6F7DB2 on #F4938C 1.79:1 Fail
Aa #EAB543 on #C8775C 1.79:1 Fail
Aa #C8775C on #A4465A 1.73:1 Fail
Aa #F3F2F0 on #EAB543 1.68:1 Fail
Aa #8CC759 on #C8775C 1.67:1 Fail
Aa #46464A on #A4465A 1.61:1 Fail
Aa #A9B1B6 on #C8775C 1.54:1 Fail
Aa #F4938C on #C8775C 1.50:1 Fail
Aa #6F7DB2 on #A4465A 1.46:1 Fail
Aa #F3F2F0 on #E3C7B0 1.44:1 Fail
Aa #E3C7B0 on #F4938C 1.39:1 Fail
Aa #577D77 on #C8775C 1.36:1 Fail
Aa #A9B1B6 on #E3C7B0 1.35:1 Fail
Aa #577D77 on #A4465A 1.28:1 Fail
Aa #8CC759 on #E3C7B0 1.25:1 Fail
Aa #6F7DB2 on #C8775C 1.19:1 Fail
Aa #EAB543 on #F4938C 1.19:1 Fail
Aa #EAB543 on #E3C7B0 1.17:1 Fail
Aa #A9B1B6 on #EAB543 1.16:1 Fail
Aa #6F7DB2 on #577D77 1.14:1 Fail
Aa #8CC759 on #F4938C 1.11:1 Fail
Aa #A9B1B6 on #8CC759 1.08:1 Fail
Aa #8CC759 on #EAB543 1.07:1 Fail
Aa #A9B1B6 on #F4938C 1.03:1 Fail

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