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Pete's Palette

Pete's Palette

8-color palette · Neutral · Mixed · Triadic harmony

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Pete's Palette

8-color palette · Neutral temperature · Mixed tone · Triadic harmony

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Muted 8 colors Neutral Mixed Triadic retro challenge computed
Likes 9
Colors 8

CSS variables

:root {
  --c-muted-1: #000000;
  --c-muted-2: #333333;
  --c-muted-3: #666666;
  --c-muted-4: #999999;
  --c-muted-5: #CCCCCC;
  --c-muted-6: #FFFFFF;
  --c-muted-7: #FF0000;
  --c-muted-8: #0000FF;
}

About this palette

This 8-color muted palette runs from White (#FFFFFF) as its lightest tone to Black (#000000) as its darkest. It blends Black, Carbon, Cursed Grey, Million Grey, Cerebral Grey, White, Red and Blue into a single set you can drop straight into a UI. Of its 28 color pairings, 9 meet the WCAG AA contrast threshold (4.5:1) for body text — the strongest is #000000 on #FFFFFF at 21:1.

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
Carbon #333333
RGB
rgb(51, 51, 51)
HSL
hsl(0, 0%, 20%)
Luminance
0.033
Cursed Grey #666666
RGB
rgb(102, 102, 102)
HSL
hsl(0, 0%, 40%)
Luminance
0.133
Million Grey #999999
RGB
rgb(153, 153, 153)
HSL
hsl(0, 0%, 60%)
Luminance
0.319
Cerebral Grey #CCCCCC
RGB
rgb(204, 204, 204)
HSL
hsl(0, 0%, 80%)
Luminance
0.604
White #FFFFFF
RGB
rgb(255, 255, 255)
HSL
hsl(0, 0%, 100%)
Luminance
1.000
Red #FF0000
RGB
rgb(255, 0, 0)
HSL
hsl(0, 100%, 50%)
Luminance
0.213
Blue #0000FF
RGB
rgb(0, 0, 255)
HSL
hsl(240, 100%, 50%)
Luminance
0.072

Contrast & accessibility

9 of 28 color pairings meet the WCAG AA contrast threshold (4.5:1) for body text.

Aa #000000 on #FFFFFF 21.00:1 AAA
Aa #000000 on #CCCCCC 13.08:1 AAA
Aa #333333 on #FFFFFF 12.63:1 AAA
Aa #FFFFFF on #0000FF 8.59:1 AAA
Aa #333333 on #CCCCCC 7.87:1 AAA
Aa #000000 on #999999 7.37:1 AAA
Aa #666666 on #FFFFFF 5.74:1 AA
Aa #CCCCCC on #0000FF 5.35:1 AA
Aa #000000 on #FF0000 5.25:1 AA
Aa #333333 on #999999 4.43:1 AA Large
Aa #FFFFFF on #FF0000 4.00:1 AA Large
Aa #000000 on #666666 3.66:1 AA Large
Aa #666666 on #CCCCCC 3.58:1 AA Large
Aa #333333 on #FF0000 3.16:1 AA Large
Aa #999999 on #0000FF 3.02:1 AA Large
Aa #999999 on #FFFFFF 2.85:1 Fail
Aa #CCCCCC on #FF0000 2.49:1 Fail
Aa #000000 on #0000FF 2.44:1 Fail
Aa #333333 on #666666 2.20:1 Fail
Aa #FF0000 on #0000FF 2.15:1 Fail
Aa #666666 on #999999 2.02:1 Fail
Aa #999999 on #CCCCCC 1.77:1 Fail
Aa #000000 on #333333 1.66:1 Fail
Aa #CCCCCC on #FFFFFF 1.61:1 Fail
Aa #666666 on #0000FF 1.50:1 Fail
Aa #333333 on #0000FF 1.47:1 Fail
Aa #666666 on #FF0000 1.44:1 Fail
Aa #999999 on #FF0000 1.40:1 Fail

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