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Alien Microbes

Alien Microbes

8-color palette · Cool · Mixed · Complementary harmony

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Alien Microbes

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

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Muted 8 colors Cool Mixed Complementary gray green black white
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Colors 8

CSS variables

:root {
  --c-muted-1: #56BF70;
  --c-muted-2: #8CFF96;
  --c-muted-3: #FFF3F2;
  --c-muted-4: #ACAAB2;
  --c-muted-5: #8F7FB0;
  --c-muted-6: #745380;
  --c-muted-7: #3B3366;
  --c-muted-8: #1A181A;
}

About this palette

This 8-color muted palette runs from Pink Diminishing (#FFF3F2) as its lightest tone to Thamar Black (#1A181A) as its darkest. It blends Emerald Cory, Baby Green, Pink Diminishing, Velvet Grey, Captivated, Patrician Purple, Minsk and Thamar Black into a single set you can drop straight into a UI. Of its 28 color pairings, 11 meet the WCAG AA contrast threshold (4.5:1) for body text — the strongest is #FFF3F2 on #1A181A at 16.27:1.

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

Color breakdown

Emerald Cory #56BF70
RGB
rgb(86, 191, 112)
HSL
hsl(135, 45%, 54%)
Luminance
0.404
Baby Green #8CFF96
RGB
rgb(140, 255, 150)
HSL
hsl(125, 100%, 77%)
Luminance
0.793
Pink Diminishing #FFF3F2
RGB
rgb(255, 243, 242)
HSL
hsl(5, 100%, 97%)
Luminance
0.918
Velvet Grey #ACAAB2
RGB
rgb(172, 170, 178)
HSL
hsl(255, 5%, 68%)
Luminance
0.407
Captivated #8F7FB0
RGB
rgb(143, 127, 176)
HSL
hsl(260, 24%, 59%)
Luminance
0.242
Patrician Purple #745380
RGB
rgb(116, 83, 128)
HSL
hsl(284, 21%, 41%)
Luminance
0.115
Minsk #3B3366
RGB
rgb(59, 51, 102)
HSL
hsl(249, 33%, 30%)
Luminance
0.043
Thamar Black #1A181A
RGB
rgb(26, 24, 26)
HSL
hsl(300, 4%, 10%)
Luminance
0.010

Contrast & accessibility

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

Aa #FFF3F2 on #1A181A 16.27:1 AAA
Aa #8CFF96 on #1A181A 14.17:1 AAA
Aa #FFF3F2 on #3B3366 10.45:1 AAA
Aa #8CFF96 on #3B3366 9.11:1 AAA
Aa #ACAAB2 on #1A181A 7.69:1 AAA
Aa #56BF70 on #1A181A 7.64:1 AAA
Aa #FFF3F2 on #745380 5.88:1 AA
Aa #8CFF96 on #745380 5.12:1 AA
Aa #ACAAB2 on #3B3366 4.94:1 AA
Aa #56BF70 on #3B3366 4.91:1 AA
Aa #8F7FB0 on #1A181A 4.90:1 AA
Aa #FFF3F2 on #8F7FB0 3.32:1 AA Large
Aa #8F7FB0 on #3B3366 3.15:1 AA Large
Aa #8CFF96 on #8F7FB0 2.89:1 Fail
Aa #ACAAB2 on #745380 2.78:1 Fail
Aa #745380 on #1A181A 2.77:1 Fail
Aa #56BF70 on #745380 2.76:1 Fail
Aa #56BF70 on #FFF3F2 2.13:1 Fail
Aa #FFF3F2 on #ACAAB2 2.12:1 Fail
Aa #56BF70 on #8CFF96 1.86:1 Fail
Aa #8CFF96 on #ACAAB2 1.84:1 Fail
Aa #745380 on #3B3366 1.78:1 Fail
Aa #8F7FB0 on #745380 1.77:1 Fail
Aa #ACAAB2 on #8F7FB0 1.57:1 Fail
Aa #56BF70 on #8F7FB0 1.56:1 Fail
Aa #3B3366 on #1A181A 1.56:1 Fail
Aa #8CFF96 on #FFF3F2 1.15:1 Fail
Aa #56BF70 on #ACAAB2 1.01:1 Fail

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