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Alpha 10

Alpha 10

10-color palette · Cool · Mixed · Complementary harmony

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Alpha 10

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

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Muted 10 colors Cool Mixed Complementary simple colors colorful aesthetic
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Colors 10

CSS variables

:root {
  --c-muted-1: #221D2E;
  --c-muted-2: #708085;
  --c-muted-3: #ADC1C7;
  --c-muted-4: #F0F0E4;
  --c-muted-5: #385C42;
  --c-muted-6: #94A664;
  --c-muted-7: #4D6285;
  --c-muted-8: #79A7B5;
  --c-muted-9: #874D6E;
  --c-muted-10: #BFA07A;
}

About this palette

This 10-color muted palette runs from Fog White (#F0F0E4) as its lightest tone to Black Howl (#221D2E) as its darkest. It blends Black Howl, Courtyard Blue, Feathery Blue, Fog White, Horsetail, Banana Palm, Indigo Navy Blue, Inner Sanctum, Twilight Lavender and Season Finale into a single set you can drop straight into a UI. Of its 45 color pairings, 8 meet the WCAG AA contrast threshold (4.5:1) for body text — the strongest is #221D2E on #F0F0E4 at 14.25:1.

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

Color breakdown

Black Howl #221D2E
RGB
rgb(34, 29, 46)
HSL
hsl(258, 23%, 15%)
Luminance
0.014
Courtyard Blue #708085
RGB
rgb(112, 128, 133)
HSL
hsl(194, 9%, 48%)
Luminance
0.206
Feathery Blue #ADC1C7
RGB
rgb(173, 193, 199)
HSL
hsl(194, 19%, 73%)
Luminance
0.512
Fog White #F0F0E4
RGB
rgb(240, 240, 228)
HSL
hsl(60, 29%, 92%)
Luminance
0.865
Horsetail #385C42
RGB
rgb(56, 92, 66)
HSL
hsl(137, 24%, 29%)
Luminance
0.089
Banana Palm #94A664
RGB
rgb(148, 166, 100)
HSL
hsl(76, 27%, 52%)
Luminance
0.345
Indigo Navy Blue #4D6285
RGB
rgb(77, 98, 133)
HSL
hsl(218, 27%, 41%)
Luminance
0.120
Inner Sanctum #79A7B5
RGB
rgb(121, 167, 181)
HSL
hsl(194, 29%, 59%)
Luminance
0.350
Twilight Lavender #874D6E
RGB
rgb(135, 77, 110)
HSL
hsl(326, 27%, 42%)
Luminance
0.116
Season Finale #BFA07A
RGB
rgb(191, 160, 122)
HSL
hsl(33, 35%, 61%)
Luminance
0.376

Contrast & accessibility

8 of 45 color pairings meet the WCAG AA contrast threshold (4.5:1) for body text.

Aa #221D2E on #F0F0E4 14.25:1 AAA
Aa #221D2E on #ADC1C7 8.75:1 AAA
Aa #221D2E on #BFA07A 6.64:1 AA
Aa #F0F0E4 on #385C42 6.58:1 AA
Aa #221D2E on #79A7B5 6.24:1 AA
Aa #221D2E on #94A664 6.15:1 AA
Aa #F0F0E4 on #874D6E 5.51:1 AA
Aa #F0F0E4 on #4D6285 5.38:1 AA
Aa #ADC1C7 on #385C42 4.04:1 AA Large
Aa #221D2E on #708085 3.99:1 AA Large
Aa #708085 on #F0F0E4 3.58:1 AA Large
Aa #ADC1C7 on #874D6E 3.39:1 AA Large
Aa #ADC1C7 on #4D6285 3.30:1 AA Large
Aa #385C42 on #BFA07A 3.07:1 AA Large
Aa #385C42 on #79A7B5 2.88:1 Fail
Aa #385C42 on #94A664 2.84:1 Fail
Aa #221D2E on #4D6285 2.65:1 Fail
Aa #221D2E on #874D6E 2.58:1 Fail
Aa #874D6E on #BFA07A 2.57:1 Fail
Aa #4D6285 on #BFA07A 2.51:1 Fail
Aa #79A7B5 on #874D6E 2.41:1 Fail
Aa #94A664 on #874D6E 2.38:1 Fail
Aa #4D6285 on #79A7B5 2.35:1 Fail
Aa #F0F0E4 on #94A664 2.32:1 Fail
Aa #94A664 on #4D6285 2.32:1 Fail
Aa #F0F0E4 on #79A7B5 2.28:1 Fail
Aa #708085 on #ADC1C7 2.20:1 Fail
Aa #221D2E on #385C42 2.16:1 Fail
Aa #F0F0E4 on #BFA07A 2.15:1 Fail
Aa #708085 on #385C42 1.84:1 Fail
Aa #708085 on #BFA07A 1.67:1 Fail
Aa #ADC1C7 on #F0F0E4 1.63:1 Fail
Aa #708085 on #79A7B5 1.57:1 Fail
Aa #708085 on #94A664 1.54:1 Fail
Aa #708085 on #874D6E 1.54:1 Fail
Aa #708085 on #4D6285 1.50:1 Fail
Aa #ADC1C7 on #94A664 1.42:1 Fail
Aa #ADC1C7 on #79A7B5 1.40:1 Fail
Aa #ADC1C7 on #BFA07A 1.32:1 Fail
Aa #385C42 on #4D6285 1.22:1 Fail
Aa #385C42 on #874D6E 1.19:1 Fail
Aa #94A664 on #BFA07A 1.08:1 Fail
Aa #79A7B5 on #BFA07A 1.06:1 Fail
Aa #4D6285 on #874D6E 1.03:1 Fail
Aa #94A664 on #79A7B5 1.01:1 Fail

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