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Synthetic 80s

Synthetic 80s

7-color palette · Warm · Dark · Complementary harmony

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Synthetic 80s

7-color palette · Warm temperature · Dark tone · Complementary harmony

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Vibrant 7 colors Warm Dark Complementary
Likes 18
Colors 7

CSS variables

:root {
  --c-vibrant-1: #E46018;
  --c-vibrant-2: #FCB800;
  --c-vibrant-3: #008894;
  --c-vibrant-4: #004058;
  --c-vibrant-5: #290D28;
  --c-vibrant-6: #9D2496;
  --c-vibrant-7: #DB24D4;
}

About this palette

This 7-color vibrant palette runs from King Nacho (#FCB800) as its lightest tone to Dark Prom Queen (#290D28) as its darkest. It blends Blazon Skies, King Nacho, Curaçao Blue, Maniac Mansion, Dark Prom Queen, Acai Juice and Demonic Purple into a single set you can drop straight into a UI. Of its 21 color pairings, 3 meet the WCAG AA contrast threshold (4.5:1) for body text — the strongest is #FCB800 on #290D28 at 10.14:1.

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

Color breakdown

Blazon Skies #E46018
RGB
rgb(228, 96, 24)
HSL
hsl(21, 81%, 49%)
Luminance
0.249
King Nacho #FCB800
RGB
rgb(252, 184, 0)
HSL
hsl(44, 100%, 49%)
Luminance
0.550
Curaçao Blue #008894
RGB
rgb(0, 136, 148)
HSL
hsl(185, 100%, 29%)
Luminance
0.198
Maniac Mansion #004058
RGB
rgb(0, 64, 88)
HSL
hsl(196, 100%, 17%)
Luminance
0.044
Dark Prom Queen #290D28
RGB
rgb(41, 13, 40)
HSL
hsl(302, 52%, 11%)
Luminance
0.009
Acai Juice #9D2496
RGB
rgb(157, 36, 150)
HSL
hsl(303, 63%, 38%)
Luminance
0.106
Demonic Purple #DB24D4
RGB
rgb(219, 36, 212)
HSL
hsl(302, 72%, 50%)
Luminance
0.211

Contrast & accessibility

3 of 21 color pairings meet the WCAG AA contrast threshold (4.5:1) for body text.

Aa #FCB800 on #290D28 10.14:1 AAA
Aa #FCB800 on #004058 6.40:1 AA
Aa #E46018 on #290D28 5.06:1 AA
Aa #290D28 on #DB24D4 4.41:1 AA Large
Aa #008894 on #290D28 4.19:1 AA Large
Aa #FCB800 on #9D2496 3.84:1 AA Large
Aa #E46018 on #004058 3.19:1 AA Large
Aa #004058 on #DB24D4 2.78:1 Fail
Aa #008894 on #004058 2.64:1 Fail
Aa #290D28 on #9D2496 2.64:1 Fail
Aa #FCB800 on #008894 2.42:1 Fail
Aa #FCB800 on #DB24D4 2.30:1 Fail
Aa #E46018 on #FCB800 2.00:1 Fail
Aa #E46018 on #9D2496 1.91:1 Fail
Aa #004058 on #9D2496 1.67:1 Fail
Aa #9D2496 on #DB24D4 1.67:1 Fail
Aa #004058 on #290D28 1.59:1 Fail
Aa #008894 on #9D2496 1.58:1 Fail
Aa #E46018 on #008894 1.21:1 Fail
Aa #E46018 on #DB24D4 1.15:1 Fail
Aa #008894 on #DB24D4 1.05:1 Fail

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