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2 Bit Grayscale

2 Bit Grayscale

4-color palette · Neutral · Mixed · Monochromatic harmony

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2 Bit Grayscale

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

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Muted 4 colors Neutral Mixed Monochromatic gameboy hardware calculated
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Colors 4

CSS variables

:root {
  --c-muted-1: #000000;
  --c-muted-2: #676767;
  --c-muted-3: #B6B6B6;
  --c-muted-4: #FFFFFF;
}

About this palette

This 4-color muted palette runs from White (#FFFFFF) as its lightest tone to Black (#000000) as its darkest. It blends Black, Shadow Gargoyle, Wolfram and White into a single set you can drop straight into a UI. Of its 6 color pairings, 3 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
Shadow Gargoyle #676767
RGB
rgb(103, 103, 103)
HSL
hsl(0, 0%, 40%)
Luminance
0.136
Wolfram #B6B6B6
RGB
rgb(182, 182, 182)
HSL
hsl(0, 0%, 71%)
Luminance
0.468
White #FFFFFF
RGB
rgb(255, 255, 255)
HSL
hsl(0, 0%, 100%)
Luminance
1.000

Contrast & accessibility

3 of 6 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 #B6B6B6 10.36:1 AAA
Aa #676767 on #FFFFFF 5.66:1 AA
Aa #000000 on #676767 3.71:1 AA Large
Aa #676767 on #B6B6B6 2.79:1 Fail
Aa #B6B6B6 on #FFFFFF 2.03:1 Fail

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