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4-Color Muted Palette

4-color palette · Neutral · Mixed · Complementary harmony

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4-Color Muted Palette

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

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Muted 4 colors Neutral Mixed Complementary

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Colors 4

CSS variables

:root {
  --c-muted-1: #F5F7F8;
  --c-muted-2: #F4CE14;
  --c-muted-3: #495E57;
  --c-muted-4: #45474B;
}

About this palette

This 4-color muted palette runs from pale cyan (#F5F7F8) as its lightest tone to dark gray (#45474B) as its darkest. It blends pale cyan, vivid yellow, muted teal and dark gray into a single set you can drop straight into a UI. Of its 6 color pairings, 4 meet the WCAG AA contrast threshold (4.5:1) for body text — the strongest is #F5F7F8 on #45474B at 8.66:1.

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

Color breakdown

Pale cyan #F5F7F8

RGB: rgb(245, 247, 248)
HSL: hsl(200, 18%, 97%)
Luminance: 0.927

Vivid yellow #F4CE14

RGB: rgb(244, 206, 20)
HSL: hsl(50, 91%, 52%)
Luminance: 0.634

Muted teal #495E57

RGB: rgb(73, 94, 87)
HSL: hsl(160, 13%, 33%)
Luminance: 0.101

Dark gray #45474B

RGB: rgb(69, 71, 75)
HSL: hsl(220, 4%, 28%)
Luminance: 0.063

Contrast & accessibility

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

Aa #F5F7F8 on #45474B 8.66:1 AAA

Aa #F5F7F8 on #495E57 6.47:1 AA

Aa #F4CE14 on #45474B 6.07:1 AA

Aa #F4CE14 on #495E57 4.53:1 AA

Aa #F5F7F8 on #F4CE14 1.43:1 Fail

Aa #495E57 on #45474B 1.34:1 Fail

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