Space Shuttle Thermal Protection System

  • HRSI Black Tiles
    #1c1c1c
  • LRSI White Tiles
    #f5f5f5
  • AFRSI Flexible Blankets
    #eaeaea
  • RCC Nose Cap (Reinforced Carbon)
    #4a4a4a
  • Felt Reusable Surface
    #d3d3d3
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Space Shuttle Thermal Protection System has 5 colors, mostly neutral. The lightest color is LRSI White Tiles (#F5F5F5), the darkest HRSI Black Tiles (#1C1C1C). Its strongest contrast pair is #1C1C1C on #F5F5F5 (15.6:1, WCAG AAA).

Created at 11/14/2026 19:07
The palette consists of Dark, Light, Semi dark colors. Accent colors LRSI White Tiles #f5f5f5 and AFRSI Flexible Blankets #eaeaea. Palette has Neutral colors temperature.

By lightness, this palette runs from #1C1C1C (darkest) to #F5F5F5 (lightest). The lightness range is wide.

Overall saturation feels mostly muted (lower chroma) — 100% of colors are muted.

Most swatches are near-neutral or very low-chroma, so hue relationships are subtle.

Most swatches read as neutral in color temperature (5 of 5).

HEX codes (sorted): #1C1C1C, #4A4A4A, #D3D3D3, #EAEAEA, #F5F5F5

Palette Space Shuttle Thermal Protection System combines 5 color codes:
HEX: #1c1c1c, RGB: (28, 28, 28); HEX: #f5f5f5, RGB: (245, 245, 245); HEX: #eaeaea, RGB: (234, 234, 234)
HEX: #4a4a4a, RGB: (74, 74, 74); HEX: #d3d3d3, RGB: (211, 211, 211)
Simplified version of palette colors
Tint of Black, White Smoke, Shade of White Smoke, Shade of Dim Gray, Light Gray
Color scheme was created by colorslib

Color codes in palette

Space Shuttle Thermal Protection System color codes HEX, RGB information in table

ColorHEXRGBNameAlternative name
#1c1c1c#1c1c1cRGB(28, 28, 28)HRSI Black TilesGray11
#f5f5f5#f5f5f5RGB(245, 245, 245)LRSI White TilesWhitesmoke
#eaeaea#eaeaeaRGB(234, 234, 234)AFRSI Flexible BlanketsPlaster
#4a4a4a#4a4a4aRGB(74, 74, 74)RCC Nose Cap (Reinforced Carbon)Gray29
#d3d3d3#d3d3d3RGB(211, 211, 211)Felt Reusable SurfaceLightgray

Color Palette Contrast

4 color pairs have low contrast and need improvement which may impact readability.
Text ColorBackground ColorContrast Ratio
#1c1c1c
#4a4a4a
1.92
#f5f5f5
#eaeaea
1.1
#f5f5f5
#d3d3d3
1.37
#eaeaea
#d3d3d3
1.24

Image palette Space Shuttle Thermal Protection System png