Boardwalk and Lighthouse color palette
Boardwalk and Lighthouse is a 4-color palette drawing on blues, teals and cyans, reds and oranges. In OKLCH its lightness runs from 33% (#1B3A4B, dark) to 89% (#E4D8C3, light), and its most saturated color, #B5543A, is moderately saturated. Its chromatic colors split evenly between the warm and cool sides of the hue wheel. 1 of its 6 color pairs reach the WCAG AA ratio of 4.5:1 for body text. It is tagged ocean, summer, red and blue.
- Midnight Green #1B3A4B
- YInMn Blue #3D6B7D
- Sinopia #B5543A
- Pale Oak #E4D8C3
Color codes
| Color | HEX | RGB | HSL | OKLCH |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Midnight Green | #1B3A4B | rgb(27, 58, 75) | hsl(201, 47%, 20%) | oklch(33.3% 0.048 234.7) |
| YInMn Blue | #3D6B7D | rgb(61, 107, 125) | hsl(197, 34%, 36%) | oklch(50.2% 0.058 225.3) |
| Sinopia | #B5543A | rgb(181, 84, 58) | hsl(13, 51%, 47%) | oklch(56.2% 0.133 36) |
| Pale Oak | #E4D8C3 | rgb(228, 216, 195) | hsl(38, 38%, 83%) | oklch(88.6% 0.031 81.7) |
Accessibility
The best text and background pairs in Boardwalk and Lighthouse, by WCAG 2 contrast ratio, with the APCA lightness contrast (Lc) of the text on its background.
| Pair | WCAG 2 | Level | APCA Lc |
|---|---|---|---|
| #E4D8C3 on #1B3A4B | 8.50:1 | AAA | Lc -76.7 |
| #E4D8C3 on #3D6B7D | 4.14:1 | AA large | Lc -60.1 |
| #E4D8C3 on #B5543A | 3.47:1 | AA large | Lc -54.6 |
Color vision
1 pair of colors come within ΔE 0.06 of each other under at least one simulation.
Protanopia
Deuteranopia
Tritanopia
Achromatopsia
Use it in code
Install these colors as Tailwind CSS v4 theme colors with shadcn: npx shadcn@latest add https://getcolors.so/r/palette/1b3a4b-3d6b7d-b5543a-e4d8c3.json.
Make it your own
Edit the colors, build a full light and dark color system from them, or see them on real UI.