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Kaleidoscope 12

Kaleidoscope 12

12-color palette · Cool · Mixed · Complementary harmony

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Kaleidoscope 12

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

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Muted 12 colors Cool Mixed Complementary pixelart green blue purple
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Colors 12

CSS variables

:root {
  --c-muted-1: #163323;
  --c-muted-2: #32573A;
  --c-muted-3: #516B88;
  --c-muted-4: #946D82;
  --c-muted-5: #5F82B0;
  --c-muted-6: #7094B0;
  --c-muted-7: #B496D4;
  --c-muted-8: #8FB6DB;
  --c-muted-9: #B5C46D;
  --c-muted-10: #EDCBAF;
  --c-muted-11: #CAE3FF;
  --c-muted-12: #FFF6E3;
}

About this palette

This 12-color muted palette runs from Silky Tofu (#FFF6E3) as its lightest tone to Pumpkin Green Black (#163323) as its darkest. It blends Pumpkin Green Black, Goblin, Aurora Borealis, Strikemaster, Shrinking Violet, Cranberry Blue, Biloba Flower, Blue Beyond, Avocado Cream, Desert Sand, Arc Light and Silky Tofu into a single set you can drop straight into a UI. Of its 66 color pairings, 10 meet the WCAG AA contrast threshold (4.5:1) for body text — the strongest is #163323 on #FFF6E3 at 12.76:1.

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

Color breakdown

Pumpkin Green Black #163323
RGB
rgb(22, 51, 35)
HSL
hsl(147, 40%, 14%)
Luminance
0.027
Goblin #32573A
RGB
rgb(50, 87, 58)
HSL
hsl(133, 27%, 27%)
Luminance
0.078
Aurora Borealis #516B88
RGB
rgb(81, 107, 136)
HSL
hsl(212, 25%, 43%)
Luminance
0.140
Strikemaster #946D82
RGB
rgb(148, 109, 130)
HSL
hsl(328, 15%, 50%)
Luminance
0.188
Shrinking Violet #5F82B0
RGB
rgb(95, 130, 176)
HSL
hsl(214, 34%, 53%)
Luminance
0.215
Cranberry Blue #7094B0
RGB
rgb(112, 148, 176)
HSL
hsl(206, 29%, 56%)
Luminance
0.278
Biloba Flower #B496D4
RGB
rgb(180, 150, 212)
HSL
hsl(269, 42%, 71%)
Luminance
0.363
Blue Beyond #8FB6DB
RGB
rgb(143, 182, 219)
HSL
hsl(209, 51%, 71%)
Luminance
0.444
Avocado Cream #B5C46D
RGB
rgb(181, 196, 109)
HSL
hsl(70, 42%, 60%)
Luminance
0.504
Desert Sand #EDCBAF
RGB
rgb(237, 203, 175)
HSL
hsl(27, 63%, 81%)
Luminance
0.638
Arc Light #CAE3FF
RGB
rgb(202, 227, 255)
HSL
hsl(212, 100%, 90%)
Luminance
0.747
Silky Tofu #FFF6E3
RGB
rgb(255, 246, 227)
HSL
hsl(41, 100%, 95%)
Luminance
0.927

Contrast & accessibility

10 of 66 color pairings meet the WCAG AA contrast threshold (4.5:1) for body text.

Aa #163323 on #FFF6E3 12.76:1 AAA
Aa #163323 on #CAE3FF 10.41:1 AAA
Aa #163323 on #EDCBAF 8.98:1 AAA
Aa #32573A on #FFF6E3 7.63:1 AAA
Aa #163323 on #B5C46D 7.23:1 AAA
Aa #163323 on #8FB6DB 6.45:1 AA
Aa #32573A on #CAE3FF 6.23:1 AA
Aa #163323 on #B496D4 5.39:1 AA
Aa #32573A on #EDCBAF 5.38:1 AA
Aa #516B88 on #FFF6E3 5.13:1 AA
Aa #32573A on #B5C46D 4.33:1 AA Large
Aa #163323 on #7094B0 4.28:1 AA Large
Aa #516B88 on #CAE3FF 4.19:1 AA Large
Aa #946D82 on #FFF6E3 4.10:1 AA Large
Aa #32573A on #8FB6DB 3.86:1 AA Large
Aa #5F82B0 on #FFF6E3 3.68:1 AA Large
Aa #516B88 on #EDCBAF 3.61:1 AA Large
Aa #163323 on #5F82B0 3.46:1 AA Large
Aa #946D82 on #CAE3FF 3.34:1 AA Large
Aa #32573A on #B496D4 3.22:1 AA Large
Aa #163323 on #946D82 3.11:1 AA Large
Aa #5F82B0 on #CAE3FF 3.00:1 AA Large
Aa #7094B0 on #FFF6E3 2.98:1 Fail
Aa #516B88 on #B5C46D 2.91:1 Fail
Aa #946D82 on #EDCBAF 2.89:1 Fail
Aa #516B88 on #8FB6DB 2.59:1 Fail
Aa #5F82B0 on #EDCBAF 2.59:1 Fail
Aa #32573A on #7094B0 2.56:1 Fail
Aa #163323 on #516B88 2.49:1 Fail
Aa #7094B0 on #CAE3FF 2.43:1 Fail
Aa #B496D4 on #FFF6E3 2.37:1 Fail
Aa #946D82 on #B5C46D 2.32:1 Fail
Aa #516B88 on #B496D4 2.17:1 Fail
Aa #7094B0 on #EDCBAF 2.10:1 Fail
Aa #5F82B0 on #B5C46D 2.09:1 Fail
Aa #32573A on #5F82B0 2.07:1 Fail
Aa #946D82 on #8FB6DB 2.07:1 Fail
Aa #8FB6DB on #FFF6E3 1.98:1 Fail
Aa #B496D4 on #CAE3FF 1.93:1 Fail
Aa #32573A on #946D82 1.86:1 Fail
Aa #5F82B0 on #8FB6DB 1.86:1 Fail
Aa #B5C46D on #FFF6E3 1.76:1 Fail
Aa #946D82 on #B496D4 1.73:1 Fail
Aa #516B88 on #7094B0 1.72:1 Fail
Aa #7094B0 on #B5C46D 1.69:1 Fail
Aa #163323 on #32573A 1.67:1 Fail
Aa #B496D4 on #EDCBAF 1.67:1 Fail
Aa #8FB6DB on #CAE3FF 1.61:1 Fail
Aa #5F82B0 on #B496D4 1.56:1 Fail
Aa #7094B0 on #8FB6DB 1.51:1 Fail
Aa #32573A on #516B88 1.49:1 Fail
Aa #B5C46D on #CAE3FF 1.44:1 Fail
Aa #EDCBAF on #FFF6E3 1.42:1 Fail
Aa #516B88 on #5F82B0 1.39:1 Fail
Aa #8FB6DB on #EDCBAF 1.39:1 Fail
Aa #946D82 on #7094B0 1.37:1 Fail
Aa #B496D4 on #B5C46D 1.34:1 Fail
Aa #7094B0 on #B496D4 1.26:1 Fail
Aa #516B88 on #946D82 1.25:1 Fail
Aa #B5C46D on #EDCBAF 1.24:1 Fail
Aa #5F82B0 on #7094B0 1.23:1 Fail
Aa #CAE3FF on #FFF6E3 1.23:1 Fail
Aa #B496D4 on #8FB6DB 1.20:1 Fail
Aa #EDCBAF on #CAE3FF 1.16:1 Fail
Aa #8FB6DB on #B5C46D 1.12:1 Fail
Aa #946D82 on #5F82B0 1.11:1 Fail

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