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Dead Crab Exoskeleton

Dead Crab Exoskeleton

5-color palette · Warm · Mixed · Complementary harmony

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Dead Crab Exoskeleton

5-color palette · Warm temperature · Mixed tone · Complementary harmony

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Vibrant 5 colors Warm Mixed Complementary artist red blue yellow
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Colors 5

CSS variables

:root {
  --c-vibrant-1: #F6F4E4;
  --c-vibrant-2: #E5CF2B;
  --c-vibrant-3: #C72515;
  --c-vibrant-4: #2E3282;
  --c-vibrant-5: #02031F;
}

About this palette

This 5-color vibrant palette runs from Precious Dewdrop (#F6F4E4) as its lightest tone to Hadopelagic Water (#02031F) as its darkest. It blends Precious Dewdrop, Polliwog, Minestrone, Migol Blue and Hadopelagic Water into a single set you can drop straight into a UI. Of its 10 color pairings, 5 meet the WCAG AA contrast threshold (4.5:1) for body text — the strongest is #F6F4E4 on #02031F at 18.33:1.

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

Color breakdown

Precious Dewdrop #F6F4E4
RGB
rgb(246, 244, 228)
HSL
hsl(53, 50%, 93%)
Luminance
0.899
Polliwog #E5CF2B
RGB
rgb(229, 207, 43)
HSL
hsl(53, 78%, 53%)
Luminance
0.615
Minestrone #C72515
RGB
rgb(199, 37, 21)
HSL
hsl(5, 81%, 43%)
Luminance
0.135
Migol Blue #2E3282
RGB
rgb(46, 50, 130)
HSL
hsl(237, 48%, 35%)
Luminance
0.045
Hadopelagic Water #02031F
RGB
rgb(2, 3, 31)
HSL
hsl(238, 88%, 6%)
Luminance
0.002

Contrast & accessibility

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

Aa #F6F4E4 on #02031F 18.33:1 AAA
Aa #E5CF2B on #02031F 12.84:1 AAA
Aa #F6F4E4 on #2E3282 10.02:1 AAA
Aa #E5CF2B on #2E3282 7.01:1 AAA
Aa #F6F4E4 on #C72515 5.12:1 AA
Aa #E5CF2B on #C72515 3.59:1 AA Large
Aa #C72515 on #02031F 3.58:1 AA Large
Aa #C72515 on #2E3282 1.95:1 Fail
Aa #2E3282 on #02031F 1.83:1 Fail
Aa #F6F4E4 on #E5CF2B 1.43:1 Fail

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