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Pigment 🎨

Pigment 🎨

8-color palette Β· Warm Β· Mixed Β· Complementary harmony

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Pigment 🎨

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

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Earthy 8 colors Warm Mixed Complementary color polyphrog
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Colors 8

CSS variables

:root {
  --c-earthy-1: #553E5B;
  --c-earthy-2: #928F8E;
  --c-earthy-3: #F8F8D1;
  --c-earthy-4: #6D8C4A;
  --c-earthy-5: #4A443C;
  --c-earthy-6: #342121;
  --c-earthy-7: #7B4136;
  --c-earthy-8: #C59846;
}

About this palette

This 8-color earthy palette runs from Utepils (#F8F8D1) as its lightest tone to Hornblende (#342121) as its darkest. It blends English Violet, Plum Smoke, Utepils, Athonian Camoshade, Earth Black, Hornblende, Aged Teak and Nattō into a single set you can drop straight into a UI. Of its 28 color pairings, 6 meet the WCAG AA contrast threshold (4.5:1) for body text β€” the strongest is #F8F8D1 on #342121 at 13.96:1.

Grounded, natural tones β€” suits sustainability/organic brands, coffee shops, outdoor gear, and warm editorial typography.

Color breakdown

English Violet #553E5B
RGB
rgb(85, 62, 91)
HSL
hsl(288, 19%, 30%)
Luminance
0.061
Plum Smoke #928F8E
RGB
rgb(146, 143, 142)
HSL
hsl(15, 2%, 56%)
Luminance
0.277
Utepils #F8F8D1
RGB
rgb(248, 248, 209)
HSL
hsl(60, 74%, 90%)
Luminance
0.917
Athonian Camoshade #6D8C4A
RGB
rgb(109, 140, 74)
HSL
hsl(88, 31%, 42%)
Luminance
0.225
Earth Black #4A443C
RGB
rgb(74, 68, 60)
HSL
hsl(34, 10%, 26%)
Luminance
0.059
Hornblende #342121
RGB
rgb(52, 33, 33)
HSL
hsl(0, 22%, 17%)
Luminance
0.019
Aged Teak #7B4136
RGB
rgb(123, 65, 54)
HSL
hsl(10, 39%, 35%)
Luminance
0.083
Nattō #C59846
RGB
rgb(197, 152, 70)
HSL
hsl(39, 52%, 52%)
Luminance
0.348

Contrast & accessibility

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

Aa #F8F8D1 on #342121 13.96:1 AAA
Aa #F8F8D1 on #4A443C 8.86:1 AAA
Aa #553E5B on #F8F8D1 8.69:1 AAA
Aa #F8F8D1 on #7B4136 7.29:1 AAA
Aa #342121 on #C59846 5.74:1 AA
Aa #928F8E on #342121 4.72:1 AA
Aa #6D8C4A on #342121 3.97:1 AA Large
Aa #4A443C on #C59846 3.64:1 AA Large
Aa #553E5B on #C59846 3.57:1 AA Large
Aa #F8F8D1 on #6D8C4A 3.52:1 AA Large
Aa #928F8E on #4A443C 3.00:1 AA Large
Aa #7B4136 on #C59846 3.00:1 AA Large
Aa #928F8E on #F8F8D1 2.96:1 Fail
Aa #553E5B on #928F8E 2.94:1 Fail
Aa #6D8C4A on #4A443C 2.52:1 Fail
Aa #553E5B on #6D8C4A 2.47:1 Fail
Aa #928F8E on #7B4136 2.47:1 Fail
Aa #F8F8D1 on #C59846 2.43:1 Fail
Aa #6D8C4A on #7B4136 2.07:1 Fail
Aa #342121 on #7B4136 1.91:1 Fail
Aa #553E5B on #342121 1.61:1 Fail
Aa #4A443C on #342121 1.58:1 Fail
Aa #6D8C4A on #C59846 1.45:1 Fail
Aa #928F8E on #C59846 1.22:1 Fail
Aa #4A443C on #7B4136 1.21:1 Fail
Aa #553E5B on #7B4136 1.19:1 Fail
Aa #928F8E on #6D8C4A 1.19:1 Fail
Aa #553E5B on #4A443C 1.02:1 Fail

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