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CGA Palette 2 (High)

CGA Palette 2 (High)

4-color palette · Neutral · Mixed · Complementary harmony

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CGA Palette 2 (High)

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

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Muted 4 colors Neutral Mixed Complementary hardware computer cga
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Colors 4

CSS variables

:root {
  --c-muted-1: #000000;
  --c-muted-2: #FF5555;
  --c-muted-3: #55FFFF;
  --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, Fluorescent Red, Electric Sheep 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
Fluorescent Red #FF5555
RGB
rgb(255, 85, 85)
HSL
hsl(0, 100%, 67%)
Luminance
0.284
Electric Sheep #55FFFF
RGB
rgb(85, 255, 255)
HSL
hsl(180, 100%, 67%)
Luminance
0.807
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 #55FFFF 17.13:1 AAA
Aa #000000 on #FF5555 6.68:1 AA
Aa #FF5555 on #FFFFFF 3.14:1 AA Large
Aa #FF5555 on #55FFFF 2.56:1 Fail
Aa #55FFFF on #FFFFFF 1.23:1 Fail

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