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Awkward 8

Awkward 8

8-color palette · Neutral · Mixed · Complementary harmony

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Awkward 8

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

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Vibrant 8 colors Neutral Mixed Complementary vibrant limited colorful bright
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Colors 8

CSS variables

:root {
  --c-vibrant-1: #5CA8C2;
  --c-vibrant-2: #055D31;
  --c-vibrant-3: #86D86A;
  --c-vibrant-4: #FDFDF0;
  --c-vibrant-5: #FAA3CE;
  --c-vibrant-6: #A4573D;
  --c-vibrant-7: #02020F;
  --c-vibrant-8: #7A2796;
}

About this palette

This 8-color vibrant palette runs from Granulated Sugar (#FDFDF0) as its lightest tone to Benthic Black (#02020F) as its darkest. It blends Blue Mist, Ficus Elastica, Green Lacewing, Granulated Sugar, Taffy Pink, Pennywise, Benthic Black and Orb of Discord 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 #FDFDF0 on #02020F at 20.12:1.

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

Color breakdown

Blue Mist #5CA8C2
RGB
rgb(92, 168, 194)
HSL
hsl(195, 46%, 56%)
Luminance
0.342
Ficus Elastica #055D31
RGB
rgb(5, 93, 49)
HSL
hsl(150, 90%, 19%)
Luminance
0.081
Green Lacewing #86D86A
RGB
rgb(134, 216, 106)
HSL
hsl(105, 59%, 63%)
Luminance
0.552
Granulated Sugar #FDFDF0
RGB
rgb(253, 253, 240)
HSL
hsl(60, 76%, 97%)
Luminance
0.974
Taffy Pink #FAA3CE
RGB
rgb(250, 163, 206)
HSL
hsl(330, 90%, 81%)
Luminance
0.510
Pennywise #A4573D
RGB
rgb(164, 87, 61)
HSL
hsl(15, 46%, 44%)
Luminance
0.151
Benthic Black #02020F
RGB
rgb(2, 2, 15)
HSL
hsl(240, 76%, 3%)
Luminance
0.001
Orb of Discord #7A2796
RGB
rgb(122, 39, 150)
HSL
hsl(285, 59%, 37%)
Luminance
0.078

Contrast & accessibility

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

Aa #FDFDF0 on #02020F 20.12:1 AAA
Aa #86D86A on #02020F 11.83:1 AAA
Aa #FAA3CE on #02020F 11.00:1 AAA
Aa #FDFDF0 on #7A2796 8.01:1 AAA
Aa #055D31 on #FDFDF0 7.83:1 AAA
Aa #5CA8C2 on #02020F 7.70:1 AAA
Aa #FDFDF0 on #A4573D 5.11:1 AA
Aa #86D86A on #7A2796 4.71:1 AA
Aa #055D31 on #86D86A 4.60:1 AA
Aa #FAA3CE on #7A2796 4.38:1 AA Large
Aa #055D31 on #FAA3CE 4.28:1 AA Large
Aa #A4573D on #02020F 3.94:1 AA Large
Aa #5CA8C2 on #7A2796 3.06:1 AA Large
Aa #86D86A on #A4573D 3.00:1 AA Large
Aa #5CA8C2 on #055D31 2.99:1 Fail
Aa #FAA3CE on #A4573D 2.79:1 Fail
Aa #5CA8C2 on #FDFDF0 2.61:1 Fail
Aa #055D31 on #02020F 2.57:1 Fail
Aa #02020F on #7A2796 2.51:1 Fail
Aa #5CA8C2 on #A4573D 1.95:1 Fail
Aa #FDFDF0 on #FAA3CE 1.83:1 Fail
Aa #86D86A on #FDFDF0 1.70:1 Fail
Aa #A4573D on #7A2796 1.57:1 Fail
Aa #5CA8C2 on #86D86A 1.54:1 Fail
Aa #055D31 on #A4573D 1.53:1 Fail
Aa #5CA8C2 on #FAA3CE 1.43:1 Fail
Aa #86D86A on #FAA3CE 1.08:1 Fail
Aa #055D31 on #7A2796 1.02:1 Fail

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