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Palette generator

Lock a color, change the rules, and roll again. Start with ink and paper; add a few accents if you need them.

Drag to reorder. With this handle focused, use the arrow keys to move the color, or Home and End to move it to either end.
Ink
Paper

The rules

These shape the next roll. Your edits and locks stay in your hands.

Contrast rules apply to ink and paper. Check the table before using accents for text.

In practice

  • Ink #14213D
  • Paper #F5EFE0

A little color goes a long way.

A palette is easy to like in a row of swatches. The real test is what happens when you put something on the page.

The quieter text still needs to be read.

Automating color theory
Same colors. Different weight.

A quieter caption, with ink and paper reversed.

13.92:1Ink / paper contrast
AA text · 4.5:1
Pass
AAA text · 7:1
Pass
Large text · 3:1
Pass

Muted ink: 5.97:1 at 72% opacity. Muted paper: 7.81:1 at 72%.

Contrast is one part of accessibility. These checks use WCAG text contrast thresholds; they do not test color vision, meaning conveyed by color, or an entire design.

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