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4-color palette · Neutral · Mixed · Monochromatic harmony

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

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Muted 4 colors Neutral Mixed Monochromatic 2bit software gamboy darkmode
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Colors 4

CSS variables

:root {
  --c-muted-1: #212121;
  --c-muted-2: #454545;
  --c-muted-3: #787878;
  --c-muted-4: #A8A5A5;
}

About this palette

This 4-color muted palette runs from Smokey Wings (#A8A5A5) as its lightest tone to Lead (#212121) as its darkest. It blends Lead, Machine Gun Metal, Westchester Grey and Smokey Wings into a single set you can drop straight into a UI. Of its 6 color pairings, 1 meet the WCAG AA contrast threshold (4.5:1) for body text — the strongest is #212121 on #A8A5A5 at 6.59:1.

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

Color breakdown

Lead #212121
RGB
rgb(33, 33, 33)
HSL
hsl(0, 0%, 13%)
Luminance
0.015
Machine Gun Metal #454545
RGB
rgb(69, 69, 69)
HSL
hsl(0, 0%, 27%)
Luminance
0.060
Westchester Grey #787878
RGB
rgb(120, 120, 120)
HSL
hsl(0, 0%, 47%)
Luminance
0.188
Smokey Wings #A8A5A5
RGB
rgb(168, 165, 165)
HSL
hsl(0, 2%, 65%)
Luminance
0.380

Contrast & accessibility

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

Aa #212121 on #A8A5A5 6.59:1 AA
Aa #454545 on #A8A5A5 3.92:1 AA Large
Aa #212121 on #787878 3.65:1 AA Large
Aa #454545 on #787878 2.17:1 Fail
Aa #787878 on #A8A5A5 1.81:1 Fail
Aa #212121 on #454545 1.68:1 Fail

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