Created at 11/27/2018 09:21
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Primer CSS framework Color system

  • Gray
    #6a737d
  • Blue
    #0366d6
  • Green
    #28a745
  • Purple
    #6f42c1
  • Yellow
    #ffd33d
  • Orange
    #f66a0a
  • Red
    #d73a49
  • White
    #ffffff
The palette consists of Light, Semi dark colors. Accent colors Blue #0366d6 and Yellow #ffd33d. Palette has Cool, Warm, Neutral colors temperature.

By lightness, this palette runs from #28A745 (darkest) to #FFFFFF (lightest). The lightness range is wide.

Overall saturation feels vivid (higher chroma).

Some hue pairs sit near complementary positions — you may read this as complementary contrast (loose heuristic).

Overall temperature among swatches leans cool.

HEX codes (sorted): #0366D6, #28A745, #6A737D, #6F42C1, #D73A49, #F66A0A, #FFD33D, #FFFFFF

Palette Primer CSS framework Color system has combination of 8 codes colors:
HEX: #6a737d, RGB: (106, 115, 125); HEX: #0366d6, RGB: (3, 102, 214); HEX: #28a745, RGB: (40, 167, 69)
HEX: #6f42c1, RGB: (111, 66, 193); HEX: #ffd33d, RGB: (255, 211, 61); HEX: #f66a0a, RGB: (246, 106, 10)
HEX: #d73a49, RGB: (215, 58, 73); HEX: #ffffff, RGB: (255, 255, 255)
Simplified version of palette colors
Tint of slategrey, Tint of royalblue, Tint of mediumseagreen, Shade of blueviolet, Shade of gold, Shade of chocolate, Shade of crimson, White
Color scheme was created by colorswall

Colors codes in palette

Primer CSS framework Color system color codes HEX, RGB information in table

Color HEX RGB Name Alternative name
#6a737d #6a737d RGB(106, 115, 125)Gray
#0366d6 #0366d6 RGB(3, 102, 214)Blue
#28a745 #28a745 RGB(40, 167, 69)Green
#6f42c1 #6f42c1 RGB(111, 66, 193)Purple
#ffd33d #ffd33d RGB(255, 211, 61)Yellow
#f66a0a #f66a0a RGB(246, 106, 10)Orange
#d73a49 #d73a49 RGB(215, 58, 73)Red
#ffffff #ffffff RGB(255, 255, 255)White

Color Palette Contrast

14 color pairs have low contrast and need improvement which may impact readability.
Text Color Background Color Contrast Ratio
#6a737d
#0366d6
1.12
#6a737d
#28a745
1.53
#6a737d
#6f42c1
1.35
#6a737d
#f66a0a
1.6
#6a737d
#d73a49
1.05
#0366d6
#28a745
1.72

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