Heavy Metal Contamination

  • Clean Soil
    #668e65
  • Trace
    #83975c
  • Elevated Copper
    #a38e4c
  • Lead Risk
    #796a58
  • Mercury Risk
    #66536d
  • Severe Contamination
    #6a3037
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Created at 10/23/2026 18:24
byhex
The palette consists of Light, Semi dark colors. Accent colors Clean Soil #668e65 and Severe Contamination #6a3037. Palette has Cool, Warm colors temperature.

By lightness, this palette runs from #6A3037 (darkest) to #A38E4C (lightest). The lightness range is moderate.

Overall saturation feels mostly muted (lower chroma) — 67% of colors are muted.

Some colors sit roughly opposite each other on the color wheel, giving the palette complementary contrast.

Warm and cool swatches are fairly balanced (3 warm, 3 cool).

HEX codes (sorted): #66536D, #668E65, #6A3037, #796A58, #83975C, #A38E4C

Palette Heavy Metal Contamination combines 6 color codes:
HEX: #668e65, RGB: (102, 142, 101); HEX: #83975c, RGB: (131, 151, 92); HEX: #a38e4c, RGB: (163, 142, 76)
HEX: #796a58, RGB: (121, 106, 88); HEX: #66536d, RGB: (102, 83, 109); HEX: #6a3037, RGB: (106, 48, 55)
Simplified version of palette colors
Tint of Sea Green, Tint of Olive Drab, Tint of Dark Goldenrod, Tint of Dim Gray, Tint of Dark Slate Blue, Shade of Brown
Color scheme was created by hex

Color codes in palette

Heavy Metal Contamination color codes HEX, RGB information in table

ColorHEXRGBNameAlternative name
#668e65#668e65RGB(102, 142, 101)Clean Soil—
#83975c#83975cRGB(131, 151, 92)Trace—
#a38e4c#a38e4cRGB(163, 142, 76)Elevated Copper—
#796a58#796a58RGB(121, 106, 88)Lead Risk—
#66536d#66536dRGB(102, 83, 109)Mercury Risk—
#6a3037#6a3037RGB(106, 48, 55)Severe Contamination—

Color Palette Contrast

10 color pairs have low contrast and need improvement which may impact readability.
Text ColorBackground ColorContrast Ratio
#668e65
#83975c
1.16
#668e65
#a38e4c
1.16
#668e65
#796a58
1.4
#668e65
#66536d
1.85
#83975c
#a38e4c
1
#83975c
#796a58
1.63

Image palette Heavy Metal Contamination png