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Birdbath

Birdbath

5-color palette · Cool · Mixed · Monochromatic harmony

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Birdbath

5-color palette · Cool temperature · Mixed tone · Monochromatic harmony

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Muted 5 colors Cool Mixed Monochromatic
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Colors 5

CSS variables

:root {
  --c-muted-1: #BDDEEF;
  --c-muted-2: #8DACC8;
  --c-muted-3: #787D87;
  --c-muted-4: #4B515D;
  --c-muted-5: #1B2546;
}

About this palette

This 5-color muted palette runs from Tropical Pool (#BDDEEF) as its lightest tone to Fainting Light (#1B2546) as its darkest. It blends Tropical Pool, Bachelor Blue, Nocturnal, Senate and Fainting Light into a single set you can drop straight into a UI. Of its 10 color pairings, 3 meet the WCAG AA contrast threshold (4.5:1) for body text — the strongest is #BDDEEF on #1B2546 at 10.62:1.

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

Color breakdown

Tropical Pool #BDDEEF
RGB
rgb(189, 222, 239)
HSL
hsl(200, 61%, 84%)
Luminance
0.693
Bachelor Blue #8DACC8
RGB
rgb(141, 172, 200)
HSL
hsl(208, 35%, 67%)
Luminance
0.393
Nocturnal #787D87
RGB
rgb(120, 125, 135)
HSL
hsl(220, 6%, 50%)
Luminance
0.204
Senate #4B515D
RGB
rgb(75, 81, 93)
HSL
hsl(220, 11%, 33%)
Luminance
0.082
Fainting Light #1B2546
RGB
rgb(27, 37, 70)
HSL
hsl(226, 44%, 19%)
Luminance
0.020

Contrast & accessibility

3 of 10 color pairings meet the WCAG AA contrast threshold (4.5:1) for body text.

Aa #BDDEEF on #1B2546 10.62:1 AAA
Aa #8DACC8 on #1B2546 6.34:1 AA
Aa #BDDEEF on #4B515D 5.64:1 AA
Aa #787D87 on #1B2546 3.63:1 AA Large
Aa #8DACC8 on #4B515D 3.37:1 AA Large
Aa #BDDEEF on #787D87 2.92:1 Fail
Aa #787D87 on #4B515D 1.93:1 Fail
Aa #4B515D on #1B2546 1.88:1 Fail
Aa #8DACC8 on #787D87 1.74:1 Fail
Aa #BDDEEF on #8DACC8 1.68:1 Fail

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