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12 Bit Rainbow

12 Bit Rainbow

12-color palette · Warm · Mixed · Complementary harmony

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12 Bit Rainbow

12-color palette · Warm temperature · Mixed tone · Complementary harmony

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Vibrant 12 colors Warm Mixed Complementary 12bit dataviz huechromaluminance
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Colors 12

CSS variables

:root {
  --c-vibrant-1: #881177;
  --c-vibrant-2: #AA3355;
  --c-vibrant-3: #CC6666;
  --c-vibrant-4: #EE9944;
  --c-vibrant-5: #EEDD00;
  --c-vibrant-6: #99DD55;
  --c-vibrant-7: #44DD88;
  --c-vibrant-8: #22CCBB;
  --c-vibrant-9: #00BBCC;
  --c-vibrant-10: #0099CC;
  --c-vibrant-11: #3366BB;
  --c-vibrant-12: #663399;
}

About this palette

This 12-color vibrant palette runs from Banana Clan (#EEDD00) as its lightest tone to Royal Purpleness (#881177) as its darkest. It blends Royal Purpleness, Cranberry Sauce, Fuzzy Wuzzy, Mandarin Essence, Banana Clan, Lilliputian Lime, Drunken Dragonfly, Swimmers Pool, Turquoise Surf, Tomb Blue, Dover Straits and Rebecca Purple into a single set you can drop straight into a UI. Of its 66 color pairings, 7 meet the WCAG AA contrast threshold (4.5:1) for body text — the strongest is #881177 on #EEDD00 at 6.26:1.

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

Color breakdown

Royal Purpleness #881177
RGB
rgb(136, 17, 119)
HSL
hsl(309, 78%, 30%)
Luminance
0.070
Cranberry Sauce #AA3355
RGB
rgb(170, 51, 85)
HSL
hsl(343, 54%, 43%)
Luminance
0.116
Fuzzy Wuzzy #CC6666
RGB
rgb(204, 102, 102)
HSL
hsl(0, 50%, 60%)
Luminance
0.233
Mandarin Essence #EE9944
RGB
rgb(238, 153, 68)
HSL
hsl(30, 83%, 60%)
Luminance
0.414
Banana Clan #EEDD00
RGB
rgb(238, 221, 0)
HSL
hsl(56, 100%, 47%)
Luminance
0.699
Lilliputian Lime #99DD55
RGB
rgb(153, 221, 85)
HSL
hsl(90, 67%, 60%)
Luminance
0.591
Drunken Dragonfly #44DD88
RGB
rgb(68, 221, 136)
HSL
hsl(147, 69%, 57%)
Luminance
0.547
Swimmers Pool #22CCBB
RGB
rgb(34, 204, 187)
HSL
hsl(174, 71%, 47%)
Luminance
0.471
Turquoise Surf #00BBCC
RGB
rgb(0, 187, 204)
HSL
hsl(185, 100%, 40%)
Luminance
0.399
Tomb Blue #0099CC
RGB
rgb(0, 153, 204)
HSL
hsl(195, 100%, 40%)
Luminance
0.271
Dover Straits #3366BB
RGB
rgb(51, 102, 187)
HSL
hsl(218, 57%, 47%)
Luminance
0.138
Rebecca Purple #663399
RGB
rgb(102, 51, 153)
HSL
hsl(270, 50%, 40%)
Luminance
0.075

Contrast & accessibility

7 of 66 color pairings meet the WCAG AA contrast threshold (4.5:1) for body text.

Aa #881177 on #EEDD00 6.26:1 AA
Aa #EEDD00 on #663399 5.99:1 AA
Aa #881177 on #99DD55 5.36:1 AA
Aa #99DD55 on #663399 5.13:1 AA
Aa #881177 on #44DD88 4.99:1 AA
Aa #44DD88 on #663399 4.78:1 AA
Aa #AA3355 on #EEDD00 4.52:1 AA
Aa #881177 on #22CCBB 4.35:1 AA Large
Aa #22CCBB on #663399 4.17:1 AA Large
Aa #EEDD00 on #3366BB 3.98:1 AA Large
Aa #881177 on #EE9944 3.88:1 AA Large
Aa #AA3355 on #99DD55 3.87:1 AA Large
Aa #881177 on #00BBCC 3.75:1 AA Large
Aa #EE9944 on #663399 3.71:1 AA Large
Aa #AA3355 on #44DD88 3.60:1 AA Large
Aa #00BBCC on #663399 3.59:1 AA Large
Aa #99DD55 on #3366BB 3.41:1 AA Large
Aa #44DD88 on #3366BB 3.18:1 AA Large
Aa #AA3355 on #22CCBB 3.15:1 AA Large
Aa #AA3355 on #EE9944 2.80:1 Fail
Aa #22CCBB on #3366BB 2.77:1 Fail
Aa #AA3355 on #00BBCC 2.71:1 Fail
Aa #881177 on #0099CC 2.69:1 Fail
Aa #CC6666 on #EEDD00 2.65:1 Fail
Aa #0099CC on #663399 2.57:1 Fail
Aa #EE9944 on #3366BB 2.47:1 Fail
Aa #00BBCC on #3366BB 2.39:1 Fail
Aa #881177 on #CC6666 2.36:1 Fail
Aa #EEDD00 on #0099CC 2.33:1 Fail
Aa #CC6666 on #99DD55 2.27:1 Fail
Aa #CC6666 on #663399 2.27:1 Fail
Aa #CC6666 on #44DD88 2.11:1 Fail
Aa #99DD55 on #0099CC 2.00:1 Fail
Aa #AA3355 on #0099CC 1.94:1 Fail
Aa #44DD88 on #0099CC 1.86:1 Fail
Aa #CC6666 on #22CCBB 1.84:1 Fail
Aa #AA3355 on #CC6666 1.71:1 Fail
Aa #0099CC on #3366BB 1.71:1 Fail
Aa #EEDD00 on #00BBCC 1.67:1 Fail
Aa #CC6666 on #EE9944 1.64:1 Fail
Aa #22CCBB on #0099CC 1.62:1 Fail
Aa #EE9944 on #EEDD00 1.61:1 Fail
Aa #CC6666 on #00BBCC 1.59:1 Fail
Aa #881177 on #3366BB 1.57:1 Fail
Aa #CC6666 on #3366BB 1.51:1 Fail
Aa #3366BB on #663399 1.50:1 Fail
Aa #EE9944 on #0099CC 1.44:1 Fail
Aa #EEDD00 on #22CCBB 1.44:1 Fail
Aa #99DD55 on #00BBCC 1.43:1 Fail
Aa #00BBCC on #0099CC 1.40:1 Fail
Aa #881177 on #AA3355 1.38:1 Fail
Aa #EE9944 on #99DD55 1.38:1 Fail
Aa #AA3355 on #663399 1.33:1 Fail
Aa #44DD88 on #00BBCC 1.33:1 Fail
Aa #EE9944 on #44DD88 1.29:1 Fail
Aa #EEDD00 on #44DD88 1.25:1 Fail
Aa #99DD55 on #22CCBB 1.23:1 Fail
Aa #EEDD00 on #99DD55 1.17:1 Fail
Aa #22CCBB on #00BBCC 1.16:1 Fail
Aa #44DD88 on #22CCBB 1.15:1 Fail
Aa #CC6666 on #0099CC 1.14:1 Fail
Aa #AA3355 on #3366BB 1.13:1 Fail
Aa #EE9944 on #22CCBB 1.12:1 Fail
Aa #99DD55 on #44DD88 1.07:1 Fail
Aa #881177 on #663399 1.04:1 Fail
Aa #EE9944 on #00BBCC 1.03:1 Fail

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