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Arcadian

Arcadian

8-color palette · Warm · Mixed · Complementary harmony

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Arcadian

8-color palette · Warm temperature · Mixed tone · Complementary harmony

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Vibrant 8 colors Warm Mixed Complementary arcade nostalgia jamestdg
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Colors 8

CSS variables

:root {
  --c-vibrant-1: #00000D;
  --c-vibrant-2: #FFFAFA;
  --c-vibrant-3: #FDDA61;
  --c-vibrant-4: #0CB625;
  --c-vibrant-5: #3418D5;
  --c-vibrant-6: #6F3892;
  --c-vibrant-7: #E62B00;
  --c-vibrant-8: #FF2EC1;
}

About this palette

This 8-color vibrant palette runs from Snow (#FFFAFA) as its lightest tone to Benthic Black (#00000D) as its darkest. It blends Benthic Black, Snow, Naples Yellow, Spring Forth, Interdimensional Blue, Perkin Mauve, Tomato Red and Razzle Dazzle Rose into a single set you can drop straight into a UI. Of its 28 color pairings, 9 meet the WCAG AA contrast threshold (4.5:1) for body text — the strongest is #00000D on #FFFAFA at 20.19:1.

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

Color breakdown

Benthic Black #00000D
RGB
rgb(0, 0, 13)
HSL
hsl(240, 100%, 3%)
Luminance
0.000
Snow #FFFAFA
RGB
rgb(255, 250, 250)
HSL
hsl(0, 100%, 99%)
Luminance
0.965
Naples Yellow #FDDA61
RGB
rgb(253, 218, 97)
HSL
hsl(47, 98%, 69%)
Luminance
0.719
Spring Forth #0CB625
RGB
rgb(12, 182, 37)
HSL
hsl(129, 88%, 38%)
Luminance
0.337
Interdimensional Blue #3418D5
RGB
rgb(52, 24, 213)
HSL
hsl(249, 80%, 46%)
Luminance
0.062
Perkin Mauve #6F3892
RGB
rgb(111, 56, 146)
HSL
hsl(277, 45%, 40%)
Luminance
0.083
Tomato Red #E62B00
RGB
rgb(230, 43, 0)
HSL
hsl(11, 100%, 45%)
Luminance
0.186
Razzle Dazzle Rose #FF2EC1
RGB
rgb(255, 46, 193)
HSL
hsl(318, 100%, 59%)
Luminance
0.271

Contrast & accessibility

9 of 28 color pairings meet the WCAG AA contrast threshold (4.5:1) for body text.

Aa #00000D on #FFFAFA 20.19:1 AAA
Aa #00000D on #FDDA61 15.29:1 AAA
Aa #FFFAFA on #3418D5 9.08:1 AAA
Aa #00000D on #0CB625 7.69:1 AAA
Aa #FFFAFA on #6F3892 7.64:1 AAA
Aa #FDDA61 on #3418D5 6.87:1 AA
Aa #00000D on #FF2EC1 6.38:1 AA
Aa #FDDA61 on #6F3892 5.79:1 AA
Aa #00000D on #E62B00 4.68:1 AA
Aa #FFFAFA on #E62B00 4.31:1 AA Large
Aa #0CB625 on #3418D5 3.46:1 AA Large
Aa #FDDA61 on #E62B00 3.26:1 AA Large
Aa #FFFAFA on #FF2EC1 3.17:1 AA Large
Aa #0CB625 on #6F3892 2.91:1 Fail
Aa #3418D5 on #FF2EC1 2.87:1 Fail
Aa #00000D on #6F3892 2.64:1 Fail
Aa #FFFAFA on #0CB625 2.63:1 Fail
Aa #6F3892 on #FF2EC1 2.41:1 Fail
Aa #FDDA61 on #FF2EC1 2.40:1 Fail
Aa #00000D on #3418D5 2.22:1 Fail
Aa #3418D5 on #E62B00 2.11:1 Fail
Aa #FDDA61 on #0CB625 1.99:1 Fail
Aa #6F3892 on #E62B00 1.77:1 Fail
Aa #0CB625 on #E62B00 1.64:1 Fail
Aa #E62B00 on #FF2EC1 1.36:1 Fail
Aa #FFFAFA on #FDDA61 1.32:1 Fail
Aa #0CB625 on #FF2EC1 1.21:1 Fail
Aa #3418D5 on #6F3892 1.19:1 Fail

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