Packet Console color palette

Packet Console is a 5-color palette drawing on teals and cyans, blues and purples. In OKLCH its lightness runs from 26% (#002938, dark) to 93% (#D7EBFF, very light), and its most saturated color, #7873CA, is moderately saturated. 4 of its 5 chromatic colors sit on the cool side of the hue wheel. 3 of its 10 color pairs reach the WCAG AA ratio of 4.5:1 for body text. It is tagged tech, purple, blue, cold and colorblind-friendly.

TechPurpleBlueColdColorblind-friendly

Color codes

ColorHEXRGBHSLOKLCH
Oxford Blue #002938 rgb(0, 41, 56) hsl(196, 100%, 11%) oklch(26.2% 0.051 228.1)
Steel Blue #364E8C rgb(54, 78, 140) hsl(223, 44%, 38%) oklch(43.7% 0.106 266.2)
Lavender Gray #7873CA rgb(120, 115, 202) hsl(243, 45%, 62%) oklch(59.9% 0.13 284.4)
French Gray #C2A1F2 rgb(194, 161, 242) hsl(264, 76%, 79%) oklch(76.8% 0.118 302.4)
Gainsboro #D7EBFF rgb(215, 235, 255) hsl(210, 100%, 92%) oklch(93.1% 0.035 248.2)

Accessibility

The best text and background pairs in Packet Console, by WCAG 2 contrast ratio, with the APCA lightness contrast (Lc) of the text on its background.

PairWCAG 2LevelAPCA Lc
#D7EBFF on #002938 12.53:1 AAA Lc -90.0
#002938 on #C2A1F2 7.04:1 AAA Lc 57.2
#D7EBFF on #364E8C 6.56:1 AA Lc -77.6

Color vision

No pair of colors comes within ΔE 0.06 of another under protanopia, deuteranopia, tritanopia or achromatopsia. It is tagged colorblind-friendly: every pair stays at least ΔE 0.14 apart.

  • 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/002938-364e8c-7873ca-c2a1f2-d7ebff.json.

Make it your own

Edit the colors, build a full light and dark color system from them, or see them on real UI.

Gradients from these colors