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GB BLUE STEEL

GB BLUE STEEL

4-color palette · Cool · Mixed · Split complementary harmony

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GB BLUE STEEL

4-color palette · Cool temperature · Mixed tone · Split Complementary harmony

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Muted 4 colors Cool Mixed Split Complementary gameboy cool metallic blues
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Colors 4

CSS variables

:root {
  --c-muted-1: #E6CEB7;
  --c-muted-2: #8F8FB3;
  --c-muted-3: #474765;
  --c-muted-4: #171727;
}

About this palette

This 4-color muted palette runs from Tanglewood Park (#E6CEB7) as its lightest tone to Sambucus (#171727) as its darkest. It blends Tanglewood Park, Fresh Lavender, Darkshore and Sambucus 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 #E6CEB7 on #171727 at 11.68:1.

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

Color breakdown

Tanglewood Park #E6CEB7
RGB
rgb(230, 206, 183)
HSL
hsl(29, 48%, 81%)
Luminance
0.644
Fresh Lavender #8F8FB3
RGB
rgb(143, 143, 179)
HSL
hsl(240, 19%, 63%)
Luminance
0.287
Darkshore #474765
RGB
rgb(71, 71, 101)
HSL
hsl(240, 17%, 34%)
Luminance
0.068
Sambucus #171727
RGB
rgb(23, 23, 39)
HSL
hsl(240, 26%, 12%)
Luminance
0.009

Contrast & accessibility

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

Aa #E6CEB7 on #171727 11.68:1 AAA
Aa #E6CEB7 on #474765 5.89:1 AA
Aa #8F8FB3 on #171727 5.68:1 AA
Aa #8F8FB3 on #474765 2.86:1 Fail
Aa #E6CEB7 on #8F8FB3 2.06:1 Fail
Aa #474765 on #171727 1.98:1 Fail

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