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Gloom 8

Gloom 8

8-color palette · Neutral · Mixed · Monochromatic harmony

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Gloom 8

8-color palette · Neutral temperature · Mixed tone · Monochromatic harmony

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Muted 8 colors Neutral Mixed Monochromatic blue purple gloomy
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Colors 8

CSS variables

:root {
  --c-muted-1: #201F23;
  --c-muted-2: #3A3741;
  --c-muted-3: #514E5D;
  --c-muted-4: #62606D;
  --c-muted-5: #79737A;
  --c-muted-6: #8B8485;
  --c-muted-7: #A5A09A;
  --c-muted-8: #B5B2A6;
}

About this palette

This 8-color muted palette runs from Rushmore Grey (#B5B2A6) as its lightest tone to Wet Charcoal (#201F23) as its darkest. It blends Wet Charcoal, Black Marlin, Salvation, Prince Royal, Cement Feet, Purpura, Mauve Melody and Rushmore Grey into a single set you can drop straight into a UI. Of its 28 color pairings, 3 meet the WCAG AA contrast threshold (4.5:1) for body text — the strongest is #201F23 on #B5B2A6 at 7.71:1.

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

Color breakdown

Wet Charcoal #201F23
RGB
rgb(32, 31, 35)
HSL
hsl(255, 6%, 13%)
Luminance
0.014
Black Marlin #3A3741
RGB
rgb(58, 55, 65)
HSL
hsl(258, 8%, 24%)
Luminance
0.040
Salvation #514E5D
RGB
rgb(81, 78, 93)
HSL
hsl(252, 9%, 34%)
Luminance
0.080
Prince Royal #62606D
RGB
rgb(98, 96, 109)
HSL
hsl(249, 6%, 40%)
Luminance
0.121
Cement Feet #79737A
RGB
rgb(121, 115, 122)
HSL
hsl(291, 3%, 46%)
Luminance
0.177
Purpura #8B8485
RGB
rgb(139, 132, 133)
HSL
hsl(351, 3%, 53%)
Luminance
0.237
Mauve Melody #A5A09A
RGB
rgb(165, 160, 154)
HSL
hsl(33, 6%, 63%)
Luminance
0.355
Rushmore Grey #B5B2A6
RGB
rgb(181, 178, 166)
HSL
hsl(48, 9%, 68%)
Luminance
0.444

Contrast & accessibility

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

Aa #201F23 on #B5B2A6 7.71:1 AAA
Aa #201F23 on #A5A09A 6.32:1 AA
Aa #3A3741 on #B5B2A6 5.48:1 AA
Aa #3A3741 on #A5A09A 4.49:1 AA Large
Aa #201F23 on #8B8485 4.48:1 AA Large
Aa #514E5D on #B5B2A6 3.80:1 AA Large
Aa #201F23 on #79737A 3.55:1 AA Large
Aa #3A3741 on #8B8485 3.18:1 AA Large
Aa #514E5D on #A5A09A 3.12:1 AA Large
Aa #62606D on #B5B2A6 2.90:1 Fail
Aa #201F23 on #62606D 2.66:1 Fail
Aa #3A3741 on #79737A 2.52:1 Fail
Aa #62606D on #A5A09A 2.37:1 Fail
Aa #514E5D on #8B8485 2.21:1 Fail
Aa #79737A on #B5B2A6 2.17:1 Fail
Aa #201F23 on #514E5D 2.03:1 Fail
Aa #3A3741 on #62606D 1.89:1 Fail
Aa #79737A on #A5A09A 1.78:1 Fail
Aa #514E5D on #79737A 1.75:1 Fail
Aa #8B8485 on #B5B2A6 1.72:1 Fail
Aa #62606D on #8B8485 1.68:1 Fail
Aa #3A3741 on #514E5D 1.44:1 Fail
Aa #201F23 on #3A3741 1.41:1 Fail
Aa #8B8485 on #A5A09A 1.41:1 Fail
Aa #62606D on #79737A 1.33:1 Fail
Aa #514E5D on #62606D 1.31:1 Fail
Aa #79737A on #8B8485 1.26:1 Fail
Aa #A5A09A on #B5B2A6 1.22:1 Fail

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