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CN INTRO 2013

CN INTRO 2013

5-color palette · Neutral · Mixed · Triadic harmony

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CN INTRO 2013

5-color palette · Neutral temperature · Mixed tone · Triadic harmony

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Muted 5 colors Neutral Mixed Triadic cartoon JWPH cartoonnetwork
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Colors 5

CSS variables

:root {
  --c-muted-1: #0B0B0B;
  --c-muted-2: #DE27B0;
  --c-muted-3: #4D99F4;
  --c-muted-4: #E1ED39;
  --c-muted-5: #E9E9E2;
}

About this palette

This 5-color muted palette runs from Destroying Angels (#E9E9E2) as its lightest tone to Raven (#0B0B0B) as its darkest. It blends Raven, Melodramatic Magenta, Polar Glow, Yellow Duranta and Destroying Angels into a single set you can drop straight into a UI. Of its 10 color pairings, 4 meet the WCAG AA contrast threshold (4.5:1) for body text — the strongest is #0B0B0B on #E9E9E2 at 16.14:1.

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

Color breakdown

Raven #0B0B0B
RGB
rgb(11, 11, 11)
HSL
hsl(0, 0%, 4%)
Luminance
0.003
Melodramatic Magenta #DE27B0
RGB
rgb(222, 39, 176)
HSL
hsl(315, 73%, 51%)
Luminance
0.201
Polar Glow #4D99F4
RGB
rgb(77, 153, 244)
HSL
hsl(213, 88%, 63%)
Luminance
0.309
Yellow Duranta #E1ED39
RGB
rgb(225, 237, 57)
HSL
hsl(64, 83%, 58%)
Luminance
0.769
Destroying Angels #E9E9E2
RGB
rgb(233, 233, 226)
HSL
hsl(60, 14%, 90%)
Luminance
0.811

Contrast & accessibility

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

Aa #0B0B0B on #E9E9E2 16.14:1 AAA
Aa #0B0B0B on #E1ED39 15.35:1 AAA
Aa #0B0B0B on #4D99F4 6.73:1 AA
Aa #0B0B0B on #DE27B0 4.71:1 AA
Aa #DE27B0 on #E9E9E2 3.43:1 AA Large
Aa #DE27B0 on #E1ED39 3.26:1 AA Large
Aa #4D99F4 on #E9E9E2 2.40:1 Fail
Aa #4D99F4 on #E1ED39 2.28:1 Fail
Aa #DE27B0 on #4D99F4 1.43:1 Fail
Aa #E1ED39 on #E9E9E2 1.05:1 Fail

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