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A Darkish Sky

A Darkish Sky

5-color palette · Neutral · Mixed · Monochromatic harmony

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A Darkish Sky

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

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Muted 5 colors Neutral Mixed Monochromatic night dark umbl
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Colors 5

CSS variables

:root {
  --c-muted-1: #373B48;
  --c-muted-2: #686F84;
  --c-muted-3: #784ECC;
  --c-muted-4: #9966FF;
  --c-muted-5: #EBEBEB;
}

About this palette

This 5-color muted palette runs from Mercury (#EBEBEB) as its lightest tone to Mountain Fig (#373B48) as its darkest. It blends Mountain Fig, Great Grape, Aconite Purple, Purple Anemone and Mercury into a single set you can drop straight into a UI. Of its 10 color pairings, 2 meet the WCAG AA contrast threshold (4.5:1) for body text — the strongest is #373B48 on #EBEBEB at 9.36:1.

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

Color breakdown

Mountain Fig #373B48
RGB
rgb(55, 59, 72)
HSL
hsl(226, 13%, 25%)
Luminance
0.044
Great Grape #686F84
RGB
rgb(104, 111, 132)
HSL
hsl(225, 12%, 46%)
Luminance
0.160
Aconite Purple #784ECC
RGB
rgb(120, 78, 204)
HSL
hsl(260, 55%, 55%)
Luminance
0.138
Purple Anemone #9966FF
RGB
rgb(153, 102, 255)
HSL
hsl(260, 100%, 70%)
Luminance
0.235
Mercury #EBEBEB
RGB
rgb(235, 235, 235)
HSL
hsl(0, 0%, 92%)
Luminance
0.831

Contrast & accessibility

2 of 10 color pairings meet the WCAG AA contrast threshold (4.5:1) for body text.

Aa #373B48 on #EBEBEB 9.36:1 AAA
Aa #784ECC on #EBEBEB 4.68:1 AA
Aa #686F84 on #EBEBEB 4.20:1 AA Large
Aa #9966FF on #EBEBEB 3.09:1 AA Large
Aa #373B48 on #9966FF 3.03:1 AA Large
Aa #373B48 on #686F84 2.23:1 Fail
Aa #373B48 on #784ECC 2.00:1 Fail
Aa #784ECC on #9966FF 1.52:1 Fail
Aa #686F84 on #9966FF 1.36:1 Fail
Aa #686F84 on #784ECC 1.12:1 Fail

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