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CGA Palette 0 (Low)

CGA Palette 0 (Low)

4-color palette · Warm · Dark · Triadic harmony

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CGA Palette 0 (Low)

4-color palette · Warm temperature · Dark tone · Triadic harmony

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Muted 4 colors Warm Dark Triadic hardware computer cga
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Colors 4

CSS variables

:root {
  --c-muted-1: #000000;
  --c-muted-2: #00AA00;
  --c-muted-3: #AA0000;
  --c-muted-4: #AA5500;
}

About this palette

This 4-color muted palette runs from Phosphor Green (#00AA00) as its lightest tone to Black (#000000) as its darkest. It blends Black, Phosphor Green, Heartbeat and Tijolo into a single set you can drop straight into a UI. Of its 6 color pairings, 1 meet the WCAG AA contrast threshold (4.5:1) for body text — the strongest is #000000 on #00AA00 at 6.75:1.

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
Phosphor Green #00AA00
RGB
rgb(0, 170, 0)
HSL
hsl(120, 100%, 33%)
Luminance
0.288
Heartbeat #AA0000
RGB
rgb(170, 0, 0)
HSL
hsl(0, 100%, 33%)
Luminance
0.086
Tijolo #AA5500
RGB
rgb(170, 85, 0)
HSL
hsl(30, 100%, 33%)
Luminance
0.150

Contrast & accessibility

1 of 6 color pairings meet the WCAG AA contrast threshold (4.5:1) for body text.

Aa #000000 on #00AA00 6.75:1 AA
Aa #000000 on #AA5500 4.01:1 AA Large
Aa #000000 on #AA0000 2.71:1 Fail
Aa #00AA00 on #AA0000 2.49:1 Fail
Aa #00AA00 on #AA5500 1.68:1 Fail
Aa #AA0000 on #AA5500 1.48:1 Fail

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