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Blues

Blues

5-color palette · Cool · Mixed · Analogous harmony

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Blues

5-color palette · Cool temperature · Mixed tone · Analogous harmony

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Muted 5 colors Cool Mixed Analogous bluediamond
Likes 12
Colors 5

CSS variables

:root {
  --c-muted-1: #2F4C6C;
  --c-muted-2: #3D80A3;
  --c-muted-3: #63C4CC;
  --c-muted-4: #9AE5D5;
  --c-muted-5: #E5EFEF;
}

About this palette

This 5-color muted palette runs from Sheikh Zayed White (#E5EFEF) as its lightest tone to Celestial Blue (#2F4C6C) as its darkest. It blends Celestial Blue, Cendre Blue, Arctic Ocean, Neverland and Sheikh Zayed White 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 #2F4C6C on #E5EFEF at 7.56:1.

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

Color breakdown

Celestial Blue #2F4C6C
RGB
rgb(47, 76, 108)
HSL
hsl(211, 39%, 30%)
Luminance
0.069
Cendre Blue #3D80A3
RGB
rgb(61, 128, 163)
HSL
hsl(201, 46%, 44%)
Luminance
0.191
Arctic Ocean #63C4CC
RGB
rgb(99, 196, 204)
HSL
hsl(185, 51%, 59%)
Luminance
0.465
Neverland #9AE5D5
RGB
rgb(154, 229, 213)
HSL
hsl(167, 59%, 75%)
Luminance
0.677
Sheikh Zayed White #E5EFEF
RGB
rgb(229, 239, 239)
HSL
hsl(180, 24%, 92%)
Luminance
0.846

Contrast & accessibility

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

Aa #2F4C6C on #E5EFEF 7.56:1 AAA
Aa #2F4C6C on #9AE5D5 6.13:1 AA
Aa #2F4C6C on #63C4CC 4.34:1 AA Large
Aa #3D80A3 on #E5EFEF 3.72:1 AA Large
Aa #3D80A3 on #9AE5D5 3.02:1 AA Large
Aa #3D80A3 on #63C4CC 2.14:1 Fail
Aa #2F4C6C on #3D80A3 2.03:1 Fail
Aa #63C4CC on #E5EFEF 1.74:1 Fail
Aa #63C4CC on #9AE5D5 1.41:1 Fail
Aa #9AE5D5 on #E5EFEF 1.23:1 Fail

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