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Nineties Nine

Nineties Nine

9-color palette · Neutral · Mixed · Complementary harmony

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Nineties Nine

9-color palette · Neutral temperature · Mixed tone · Complementary harmony

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Muted 9 colors Neutral Mixed Complementary hardware 90 90s 1990
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Colors 9

CSS variables

:root {
  --c-muted-1: #1E1C21;
  --c-muted-2: #6F7078;
  --c-muted-3: #AFB3B8;
  --c-muted-4: #A188C0;
  --c-muted-5: #63438D;
  --c-muted-6: #2C2CC9;
  --c-muted-7: #128523;
  --c-muted-8: #C97D2C;
  --c-muted-9: #C02251;
}

About this palette

This 9-color muted palette runs from Astroscopus Grey (#AFB3B8) as its lightest tone to Night Demons (#1E1C21) as its darkest. It blends Night Demons, Granite Canyon, Astroscopus Grey, Classic Bouquet, Lords of the Night, Lapis on Neptune, Asian Spice, Mulberry Thorn and Raven’s Banquet into a single set you can drop straight into a UI. Of its 36 color pairings, 3 meet the WCAG AA contrast threshold (4.5:1) for body text — the strongest is #1E1C21 on #AFB3B8 at 8.01:1.

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

Color breakdown

Night Demons #1E1C21
RGB
rgb(30, 28, 33)
HSL
hsl(264, 8%, 12%)
Luminance
0.012
Granite Canyon #6F7078
RGB
rgb(111, 112, 120)
HSL
hsl(233, 4%, 45%)
Luminance
0.163
Astroscopus Grey #AFB3B8
RGB
rgb(175, 179, 184)
HSL
hsl(213, 6%, 70%)
Luminance
0.448
Classic Bouquet #A188C0
RGB
rgb(161, 136, 192)
HSL
hsl(267, 31%, 64%)
Luminance
0.290
Lords of the Night #63438D
RGB
rgb(99, 67, 141)
HSL
hsl(266, 36%, 41%)
Luminance
0.086
Lapis on Neptune #2C2CC9
RGB
rgb(44, 44, 201)
HSL
hsl(240, 64%, 48%)
Luminance
0.066
Asian Spice #128523
RGB
rgb(18, 133, 35)
HSL
hsl(129, 76%, 30%)
Luminance
0.170
Mulberry Thorn #C97D2C
RGB
rgb(201, 125, 44)
HSL
hsl(31, 64%, 48%)
Luminance
0.273
Raven’s Banquet #C02251
RGB
rgb(192, 34, 81)
HSL
hsl(342, 70%, 44%)
Luminance
0.129

Contrast & accessibility

3 of 36 color pairings meet the WCAG AA contrast threshold (4.5:1) for body text.

Aa #1E1C21 on #AFB3B8 8.01:1 AAA
Aa #1E1C21 on #A188C0 5.47:1 AA
Aa #1E1C21 on #C97D2C 5.19:1 AA
Aa #AFB3B8 on #2C2CC9 4.31:1 AA Large
Aa #AFB3B8 on #63438D 3.67:1 AA Large
Aa #1E1C21 on #128523 3.54:1 AA Large
Aa #1E1C21 on #6F7078 3.43:1 AA Large
Aa #A188C0 on #2C2CC9 2.94:1 Fail
Aa #1E1C21 on #C02251 2.89:1 Fail
Aa #2C2CC9 on #C97D2C 2.79:1 Fail
Aa #AFB3B8 on #C02251 2.78:1 Fail
Aa #A188C0 on #63438D 2.50:1 Fail
Aa #63438D on #C97D2C 2.37:1 Fail
Aa #6F7078 on #AFB3B8 2.34:1 Fail
Aa #AFB3B8 on #128523 2.26:1 Fail
Aa #1E1C21 on #63438D 2.19:1 Fail
Aa #2C2CC9 on #128523 1.91:1 Fail
Aa #A188C0 on #C02251 1.89:1 Fail
Aa #1E1C21 on #2C2CC9 1.86:1 Fail
Aa #6F7078 on #2C2CC9 1.85:1 Fail
Aa #C97D2C on #C02251 1.80:1 Fail
Aa #63438D on #128523 1.62:1 Fail
Aa #6F7078 on #A188C0 1.59:1 Fail
Aa #6F7078 on #63438D 1.57:1 Fail
Aa #2C2CC9 on #C02251 1.55:1 Fail
Aa #AFB3B8 on #C97D2C 1.54:1 Fail
Aa #A188C0 on #128523 1.54:1 Fail
Aa #6F7078 on #C97D2C 1.51:1 Fail
Aa #AFB3B8 on #A188C0 1.47:1 Fail
Aa #128523 on #C97D2C 1.46:1 Fail
Aa #63438D on #C02251 1.32:1 Fail
Aa #128523 on #C02251 1.23:1 Fail
Aa #6F7078 on #C02251 1.19:1 Fail
Aa #63438D on #2C2CC9 1.18:1 Fail
Aa #A188C0 on #C97D2C 1.05:1 Fail
Aa #6F7078 on #128523 1.03:1 Fail

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