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Apple 1

Apple 1

5-color palette · Cool · Mixed · Monochromatic harmony

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Apple 1

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

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Muted 5 colors Cool Mixed Monochromatic retro computer 70s apple
Likes 9
Colors 5

CSS variables

:root {
  --c-muted-1: #000000;
  --c-muted-2: #666666;
  --c-muted-3: #979797;
  --c-muted-4: #EEEEEE;
  --c-muted-5: #0088CC;
}

About this palette

This 5-color muted palette runs from Super Silver (#EEEEEE) as its lightest tone to Black (#000000) as its darkest. It blends Black, Cursed Grey, Spanish Grey, Super Silver and Calgar Blue into a single set you can drop straight into a UI. Of its 10 color pairings, 4 meet the WCAG AA contrast threshold (4.5:1) for body text — the strongest is #000000 on #EEEEEE at 18.1:1.

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

Color breakdown

Black #000000
RGB
rgb(0, 0, 0)
HSL
hsl(0, 0%, 0%)
Luminance
0.000
Cursed Grey #666666
RGB
rgb(102, 102, 102)
HSL
hsl(0, 0%, 40%)
Luminance
0.133
Spanish Grey #979797
RGB
rgb(151, 151, 151)
HSL
hsl(0, 0%, 59%)
Luminance
0.310
Super Silver #EEEEEE
RGB
rgb(238, 238, 238)
HSL
hsl(0, 0%, 93%)
Luminance
0.855
Calgar Blue #0088CC
RGB
rgb(0, 136, 204)
HSL
hsl(200, 100%, 40%)
Luminance
0.220

Contrast & accessibility

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

Aa #000000 on #EEEEEE 18.10:1 AAA
Aa #000000 on #979797 7.19:1 AAA
Aa #000000 on #0088CC 5.39:1 AA
Aa #666666 on #EEEEEE 4.95:1 AA
Aa #000000 on #666666 3.66:1 AA Large
Aa #EEEEEE on #0088CC 3.36:1 AA Large
Aa #979797 on #EEEEEE 2.52:1 Fail
Aa #666666 on #979797 1.97:1 Fail
Aa #666666 on #0088CC 1.47:1 Fail
Aa #979797 on #0088CC 1.33:1 Fail

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