Created at 02/19/2020 11:25
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Metro UI colors

  • Dark Red
    #b91d47
  • Red
    #ee1111
  • Dark Orange
    #da532c
  • Orange
    #e3a21a
  • Yellow
    #ffc40d
  • Dark Blue
    #2b5797
  • Blue
    #2d89ef
  • Light Blue
    #eff4ff
  • Teal
    #00aba9
  • Darken
    #1d1d1d
  • Dark Purple
    #603cba
  • Purple
    #7e3878
  • Light Purple
    #9f00a7
  • Magenta
    #ff0097
  • Dark Green
    #1e7145
  • Green
    #00a300
  • Light Green
    #99b433
The palette consists of Light, Semi dark, Dark colors. Accent colors Yellow #ffc40d and Light Blue #eff4ff. Palette has Warm, Cool, Neutral colors temperature.

By lightness, this palette runs from #1D1D1D (darkest) to #EFF4FF (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).

Warm and cool swatches are fairly balanced.

HEX codes (sorted): #00A300, #00ABA9, #1D1D1D, #1E7145, #2B5797, #2D89EF, #603CBA, #7E3878, #99B433, #9F00A7, #B91D47, #DA532C, #E3A21A, #EE1111, #EFF4FF, #FF0097, #FFC40D

Palette Metro UI colors has combination of 17 codes colors:
HEX: #b91d47, RGB: (185, 29, 71); HEX: #ee1111, RGB: (238, 17, 17); HEX: #da532c, RGB: (218, 83, 44)
HEX: #e3a21a, RGB: (227, 162, 26); HEX: #ffc40d, RGB: (255, 196, 13); HEX: #2b5797, RGB: (43, 87, 151)
HEX: #2d89ef, RGB: (45, 137, 239); HEX: #eff4ff, RGB: (239, 244, 255); HEX: #00aba9, RGB: (0, 171, 169)
HEX: #1d1d1d, RGB: (29, 29, 29); HEX: #603cba, RGB: (96, 60, 186); HEX: #7e3878, RGB: (126, 56, 120)
HEX: #9f00a7, RGB: (159, 0, 167); HEX: #ff0097, RGB: (255, 0, 151); HEX: #1e7145, RGB: (30, 113, 69)
HEX: #00a300, RGB: (0, 163, 0); HEX: #99b433, RGB: (153, 180, 51)
Simplified version of palette colors
Tint of crimson, Shade of Red, Shade of orangered, Shade of goldenrod, Tint of gold, Tint of royalblue, Tint of dodgerblue, Tint of aliceblue, Tint of lightseagreen, Shade of Black, Shade of darkslateblue, Shade of Purple, Shade of darkmagenta, Tint of deeppink, Tint of seashell, Shade of forestgreen, Tint of Yellowgreen
Color scheme was created by colorswall

Colors codes in palette

Metro UI colors color codes HEX, RGB information in table

Color HEX RGB Name Alternative name
#b91d47 #b91d47 RGB(185, 29, 71)Dark Red
#ee1111 #ee1111 RGB(238, 17, 17)RedRoman Empire Red
#da532c #da532c RGB(218, 83, 44)Dark Orange
#e3a21a #e3a21a RGB(227, 162, 26)Orange
#ffc40d #ffc40d RGB(255, 196, 13)Yellow
#2b5797 #2b5797 RGB(43, 87, 151)Dark Blue
#2d89ef #2d89ef RGB(45, 137, 239)Blue
#eff4ff #eff4ff RGB(239, 244, 255)Light Blue
#00aba9 #00aba9 RGB(0, 171, 169)Teal
#1d1d1d #1d1d1d RGB(29, 29, 29)Darken
#603cba #603cba RGB(96, 60, 186)Dark Purple
#7e3878 #7e3878 RGB(126, 56, 120)Purple
#9f00a7 #9f00a7 RGB(159, 0, 167)Light Purple
#ff0097 #ff0097 RGB(255, 0, 151)Magenta
#1e7145 #1e7145 RGB(30, 113, 69)Dark Green
#00a300 #00a300 RGB(0, 163, 0)Green
#99b433 #99b433 RGB(153, 180, 51)Light Green

Color Palette Contrast

68 color pairs have low contrast and need improvement which may impact readability.
Text Color Background Color Contrast Ratio
#b91d47
#ee1111
1.41
#b91d47
#da532c
1.57
#b91d47
#2b5797
1.14
#b91d47
#2d89ef
1.78
#b91d47
#603cba
1.16
#b91d47
#7e3878
1.22

Image palette Metro UI colors png