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Ink And Cream

Ink And Cream

4-color palette · Cool · Dark · Complementary harmony

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Ink And Cream

4-color palette · Cool temperature · Dark tone · Complementary harmony

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Muted 4 colors Cool Dark Complementary
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Colors 4

CSS variables

:root {
  --c-muted-1: #021A21;
  --c-muted-2: #132C36;
  --c-muted-3: #2E3A40;
  --c-muted-4: #E8DCD7;
}

About this palette

This 4-color muted palette runs from Studio White (#E8DCD7) as its lightest tone to Creeping Death (#021A21) as its darkest. It blends Creeping Death, Oceanic Noir, Tempest in a Teapot and Studio White into a single set you can drop straight into a UI. Of its 6 color pairings, 3 meet the WCAG AA contrast threshold (4.5:1) for body text — the strongest is #021A21 on #E8DCD7 at 13.35:1.

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

Color breakdown

Creeping Death #021A21
RGB
rgb(2, 26, 33)
HSL
hsl(194, 89%, 7%)
Luminance
0.009
Oceanic Noir #132C36
RGB
rgb(19, 44, 54)
HSL
hsl(197, 48%, 14%)
Luminance
0.022
Tempest in a Teapot #2E3A40
RGB
rgb(46, 58, 64)
HSL
hsl(200, 16%, 22%)
Luminance
0.040
Studio White #E8DCD7
RGB
rgb(232, 220, 215)
HSL
hsl(18, 27%, 88%)
Luminance
0.733

Contrast & accessibility

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

Aa #021A21 on #E8DCD7 13.35:1 AAA
Aa #132C36 on #E8DCD7 10.86:1 AAA
Aa #2E3A40 on #E8DCD7 8.72:1 AAA
Aa #021A21 on #2E3A40 1.53:1 Fail
Aa #132C36 on #2E3A40 1.25:1 Fail
Aa #021A21 on #132C36 1.23:1 Fail

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