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Cumulonimbus 6

Cumulonimbus 6

6-color palette · Cool · Mixed · Complementary harmony

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Cumulonimbus 6

6-color palette · Cool temperature · Mixed tone · Complementary harmony

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Muted 6 colors Cool Mixed Complementary dark yellow grey cloudy
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Colors 6

CSS variables

:root {
  --c-muted-1: #F4BC1B;
  --c-muted-2: #9BA2A1;
  --c-muted-3: #657C8E;
  --c-muted-4: #4C5176;
  --c-muted-5: #411973;
  --c-muted-6: #190926;
}

About this palette

This 6-color muted palette runs from Golden Lock (#F4BC1B) as its lightest tone to Meški Black (#190926) as its darkest. It blends Golden Lock, Grey River Rock, Pier 17 Steel, Provocative, Explorer of the Galaxies and Meški Black into a single set you can drop straight into a UI. Of its 15 color pairings, 4 meet the WCAG AA contrast threshold (4.5:1) for body text — the strongest is #F4BC1B on #190926 at 10.88:1.

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

Color breakdown

Golden Lock #F4BC1B
RGB
rgb(244, 188, 27)
HSL
hsl(45, 91%, 53%)
Luminance
0.553
Grey River Rock #9BA2A1
RGB
rgb(155, 162, 161)
HSL
hsl(171, 4%, 62%)
Luminance
0.354
Pier 17 Steel #657C8E
RGB
rgb(101, 124, 142)
HSL
hsl(206, 17%, 48%)
Luminance
0.191
Provocative #4C5176
RGB
rgb(76, 81, 118)
HSL
hsl(233, 22%, 38%)
Luminance
0.087
Explorer of the Galaxies #411973
RGB
rgb(65, 25, 115)
HSL
hsl(267, 64%, 27%)
Luminance
0.031
Meški Black #190926
RGB
rgb(25, 9, 38)
HSL
hsl(273, 62%, 9%)
Luminance
0.005

Contrast & accessibility

4 of 15 color pairings meet the WCAG AA contrast threshold (4.5:1) for body text.

Aa #F4BC1B on #190926 10.88:1 AAA
Aa #F4BC1B on #411973 7.48:1 AAA
Aa #9BA2A1 on #190926 7.29:1 AAA
Aa #9BA2A1 on #411973 5.01:1 AA
Aa #F4BC1B on #4C5176 4.39:1 AA Large
Aa #657C8E on #190926 4.35:1 AA Large
Aa #657C8E on #411973 3.00:1 AA Large
Aa #9BA2A1 on #4C5176 2.94:1 Fail
Aa #F4BC1B on #657C8E 2.50:1 Fail
Aa #4C5176 on #190926 2.48:1 Fail
Aa #657C8E on #4C5176 1.76:1 Fail
Aa #4C5176 on #411973 1.70:1 Fail
Aa #9BA2A1 on #657C8E 1.67:1 Fail
Aa #F4BC1B on #9BA2A1 1.49:1 Fail
Aa #411973 on #190926 1.45:1 Fail

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