Sign Up Sign Up
SAD!

SAD!

7-color palette · Neutral · Mixed · Complementary harmony

Back to Library

SAD!

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

Modify
Muted 7 colors Neutral Mixed Complementary desaturated sad lonely
Likes 48
Colors 7

CSS variables

:root {
  --c-muted-1: #1A1618;
  --c-muted-2: #40342F;
  --c-muted-3: #5D4561;
  --c-muted-4: #73728F;
  --c-muted-5: #769EA6;
  --c-muted-6: #A3CCAB;
  --c-muted-7: #E6E6E6;
}

About this palette

This 7-color muted palette runs from Extraordinary Abundance of Tinge (#E6E6E6) as its lightest tone to Cynical Black (#1A1618) as its darkest. It blends Cynical Black, Blackest Brown, Brunneous, Stormy Mauve, Rusty Tap, Fescue and Extraordinary Abundance of Tinge into a single set you can drop straight into a UI. Of its 21 color pairings, 7 meet the WCAG AA contrast threshold (4.5:1) for body text — the strongest is #1A1618 on #E6E6E6 at 14.36:1.

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

Color breakdown

Cynical Black #1A1618
RGB
rgb(26, 22, 24)
HSL
hsl(330, 8%, 9%)
Luminance
0.009
Blackest Brown #40342F
RGB
rgb(64, 52, 47)
HSL
hsl(18, 15%, 22%)
Luminance
0.038
Brunneous #5D4561
RGB
rgb(93, 69, 97)
HSL
hsl(291, 17%, 33%)
Luminance
0.075
Stormy Mauve #73728F
RGB
rgb(115, 114, 143)
HSL
hsl(242, 11%, 50%)
Luminance
0.177
Rusty Tap #769EA6
RGB
rgb(118, 158, 166)
HSL
hsl(190, 21%, 56%)
Luminance
0.311
Fescue #A3CCAB
RGB
rgb(163, 204, 171)
HSL
hsl(132, 29%, 72%)
Luminance
0.539
Extraordinary Abundance of Tinge #E6E6E6
RGB
rgb(230, 230, 230)
HSL
hsl(0, 0%, 90%)
Luminance
0.791

Contrast & accessibility

7 of 21 color pairings meet the WCAG AA contrast threshold (4.5:1) for body text.

Aa #1A1618 on #E6E6E6 14.36:1 AAA
Aa #1A1618 on #A3CCAB 10.05:1 AAA
Aa #40342F on #E6E6E6 9.61:1 AAA
Aa #5D4561 on #E6E6E6 6.76:1 AA
Aa #40342F on #A3CCAB 6.73:1 AA
Aa #1A1618 on #769EA6 6.15:1 AA
Aa #5D4561 on #A3CCAB 4.73:1 AA
Aa #40342F on #769EA6 4.12:1 AA Large
Aa #1A1618 on #73728F 3.87:1 AA Large
Aa #73728F on #E6E6E6 3.71:1 AA Large
Aa #5D4561 on #769EA6 2.90:1 Fail
Aa #73728F on #A3CCAB 2.60:1 Fail
Aa #40342F on #73728F 2.59:1 Fail
Aa #769EA6 on #E6E6E6 2.33:1 Fail
Aa #1A1618 on #5D4561 2.12:1 Fail
Aa #5D4561 on #73728F 1.82:1 Fail
Aa #769EA6 on #A3CCAB 1.63:1 Fail
Aa #73728F on #769EA6 1.59:1 Fail
Aa #1A1618 on #40342F 1.49:1 Fail
Aa #A3CCAB on #E6E6E6 1.43:1 Fail
Aa #40342F on #5D4561 1.42:1 Fail

Similar palettes

#EDF1D6 #9DC08B #609966 #40513B
4 colors
#F5F7F8 #F4CE14 #495E57 #45474B
4 colors
#222831 #393E46 #FFD369 #EEEEEE
4 colors
#000000 #52057B #892CDC #BC6FF1
4 colors
#213555 #3E5879 #D8C4B6 #F5EFE7
4 colors
#F5EFE7 #D8C4B6 #4F709C #213555
4 colors
#191A19 #1E5128 #4E9F3D #D8E9A8
4 colors
#352F44 #5C5470 #B9B4C7 #FAF0E6
4 colors