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Virtual Boy

4-color palette · Warm · Dark · Monochromatic harmony

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Virtual Boy

4-color palette · Warm temperature · Dark tone · Monochromatic harmony

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Muted 4 colors Warm Dark Monochromatic gameboy hardware virtualboy nintendo
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Colors 4

CSS variables

:root {
  --c-muted-1: #EF0000;
  --c-muted-2: #A40000;
  --c-muted-3: #550000;
  --c-muted-4: #000000;
}

About this palette

This 4-color muted palette runs from Helvetia Red (#EF0000) as its lightest tone to Black (#000000) as its darkest. It blends Helvetia Red, Stanger Red, Soooo Bloody and Black into a single set you can drop straight into a UI. Of its 6 color pairings, 1 meet the WCAG AA contrast threshold (4.5:1) for body text — the strongest is #EF0000 on #000000 at 4.67:1.

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

Color breakdown

Helvetia Red #EF0000
RGB
rgb(239, 0, 0)
HSL
hsl(0, 100%, 47%)
Luminance
0.184
Stanger Red #A40000
RGB
rgb(164, 0, 0)
HSL
hsl(0, 100%, 32%)
Luminance
0.079
Soooo Bloody #550000
RGB
rgb(85, 0, 0)
HSL
hsl(0, 100%, 17%)
Luminance
0.019
Black #000000
RGB
rgb(0, 0, 0)
HSL
hsl(0, 0%, 0%)
Luminance
0.000

Contrast & accessibility

1 of 6 color pairings meet the WCAG AA contrast threshold (4.5:1) for body text.

Aa #EF0000 on #000000 4.67:1 AA
Aa #EF0000 on #550000 3.37:1 AA Large
Aa #A40000 on #000000 2.58:1 Fail
Aa #A40000 on #550000 1.86:1 Fail
Aa #EF0000 on #A40000 1.81:1 Fail
Aa #550000 on #000000 1.39:1 Fail

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