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4-Color Outer Rim Palette

4-color palette · Cool · Mixed · Complementary harmony

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4-Color Outer Rim Palette

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

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Muted 4 colors Cool Mixed Complementary

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Colors 4

CSS variables

:root {
  --c-muted-1: #22177A;
  --c-muted-2: #605EA1;
  --c-muted-3: #8EA3A6;
  --c-muted-4: #E6E9AF;
}

About this palette

This 4-color muted palette runs from Tender Yellow (#E6E9AF) as its lightest tone to Outer Rim (#22177A) as its darkest. It blends Outer Rim, Giant Onion, Cape Cod Blue and Tender Yellow into a single set you can drop straight into a UI. Of its 6 color pairings, 3 meet the WCAG AA contrast threshold (4.5:1) for body text — the strongest is #22177A on #E6E9AF at 11.31:1.

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

Color breakdown

Outer Rim #22177A

RGB: rgb(34, 23, 122)
HSL: hsl(247, 68%, 28%)
Luminance: 0.024

Giant Onion #605EA1

RGB: rgb(96, 94, 161)
HSL: hsl(242, 26%, 50%)
Luminance: 0.131

Cape Cod Blue #8EA3A6

RGB: rgb(142, 163, 166)
HSL: hsl(188, 12%, 60%)
Luminance: 0.347

Tender Yellow #E6E9AF

RGB: rgb(230, 233, 175)
HSL: hsl(63, 57%, 80%)
Luminance: 0.782

Contrast & accessibility

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

Aa #22177A on #E6E9AF 11.31:1 AAA

Aa #22177A on #8EA3A6 5.40:1 AA

Aa #605EA1 on #E6E9AF 4.61:1 AA

Aa #22177A on #605EA1 2.46:1 Fail

Aa #605EA1 on #8EA3A6 2.20:1 Fail

Aa #8EA3A6 on #E6E9AF 2.10:1 Fail

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