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The Dark

The Dark

5-color palette · Cool · Mixed · Analogous harmony

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The Dark

5-color palette · Cool temperature · Mixed tone · Analogous harmony

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Muted 5 colors Cool Mixed Analogous dark five 5 monotone
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Colors 5

CSS variables

:root {
  --c-muted-1: #ECFFFB;
  --c-muted-2: #858F97;
  --c-muted-3: #576373;
  --c-muted-4: #323859;
  --c-muted-5: #0C0421;
}

About this palette

This 5-color muted palette runs from Cold White (#ECFFFB) as its lightest tone to Election Night (#0C0421) as its darkest. It blends Cold White, Common Feldspar, Midnight Shadow, Very Blue and Election Night 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 #ECFFFB on #0C0421 at 19.21:1.

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

Color breakdown

Cold White #ECFFFB
RGB
rgb(236, 255, 251)
HSL
hsl(167, 100%, 96%)
Luminance
0.963
Common Feldspar #858F97
RGB
rgb(133, 143, 151)
HSL
hsl(207, 8%, 56%)
Luminance
0.269
Midnight Shadow #576373
RGB
rgb(87, 99, 115)
HSL
hsl(214, 14%, 40%)
Luminance
0.122
Very Blue #323859
RGB
rgb(50, 56, 89)
HSL
hsl(231, 28%, 27%)
Luminance
0.042
Election Night #0C0421
RGB
rgb(12, 4, 33)
HSL
hsl(257, 78%, 7%)
Luminance
0.003

Contrast & accessibility

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

Aa #ECFFFB on #0C0421 19.21:1 AAA
Aa #ECFFFB on #323859 10.98:1 AAA
Aa #858F97 on #0C0421 6.04:1 AA
Aa #ECFFFB on #576373 5.89:1 AA
Aa #858F97 on #323859 3.45:1 AA Large
Aa #576373 on #0C0421 3.26:1 AA Large
Aa #ECFFFB on #858F97 3.18:1 AA Large
Aa #576373 on #323859 1.86:1 Fail
Aa #858F97 on #576373 1.85:1 Fail
Aa #323859 on #0C0421 1.75:1 Fail

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