Quiet Brown Quartz
Quiet Brown Quartz: a muted triadic palette of #C0C7FA, #D19980, #70A286, #767190, #7B4A28. Relaxed, mature and easy to live with; best contrast 4.48:1.
A balanced palette of 5 colors drawing on purple, orange, green, with a moderate lightness range. Its lightest and darkest colors reach a contrast of 4.48:1, better for large type and decoration. Open any color for its conversions, shades, harmonies and contrast.
Colors
- ≈ Innocent Snowdrop#C0C7FA
A light, muted purple (Innocent Snowdrop) that brings a creative, premium air. Dark text reads well on it.
- ≈ Shrimp#D19980
A light, muted pink (Shrimp) that brings gentle playfulness. Dark text reads well on it.
- ≈ Vineyard#70A286
A medium, muted green (Vineyard) that brings balance and health. Dark text reads well on it.
- ≈ Bureaucracy#767190
A medium, muted purple (Bureaucracy) that brings imagination and polish. White text sits comfortably on it.
- ≈ Chocolate Bells#7B4A28
A medium, moderately saturated brown (Chocolate Bells) that brings craft and reliability. White text sits comfortably on it.
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Accessibility
- On white7.36:1Very good 4/5
- On black12.79:1Excellent 5/5
- Color blind friendly96% similarExcellent 5/5
Contrast is the best any color in the palette reaches on a plain white or black background. Color blind friendly shows how much of the difference between the colors is kept under the common kinds of color blindness.
| Color | Role | HEX | Lightness |
|---|---|---|---|
| ≈ Mauve | Background | #C0C7FA | 84% |
| ≈ Taupe | Primary | #D19980 | 73% |
| ≈ Sage | Accent | #70A286 | 67% |
| ≈ Slate | Surface | #767190 | 56% |
| ≈ Brown | Text | #7B4A28 | 46% |
No palette color is readable as text on the background, so use #291507 for text.
:root {
--color-background: #c0c7fa;
--color-surface: #767190;
--color-primary: #d19980;
--color-accent: #70a286;
--color-text: #291507;
}
@theme {
--color-background: #c0c7fa;
--color-surface: #767190;
--color-primary: #d19980;
--color-accent: #70a286;
--color-ink: #291507;
}
About this palette
Quiet Brown Quartz is palette number 14,991,850 of Tintly's fifteen million generated palettes. It is a muted palette built on a triadic scheme, and it is anchored by Brown (#7B4A28), the most saturated of its five colors.
The palette reads as relaxed, mature and easy to live with. Its colors run from Mauve (#C0C7FA) at the light end to Brown (#7B4A28) at the dark end, covering 46% to 84% perceptual lightness, so it has real range rather than five similar tones.
The five colors
1. ≈ Mauve #C0C7FA: suggested role background. It is a violet color with 84% lightness and a chroma of 0.072.
2. ≈ Taupe #D19980: suggested role primary. It is a orange color with 73% lightness and a chroma of 0.076.
3. ≈ Sage #70A286: suggested role accent. It is a green color with 67% lightness and a chroma of 0.068.
4. ≈ Slate #767190: suggested role surface. It is a violet color with 56% lightness and a chroma of 0.048.
5. ≈ Brown #7B4A28: suggested role text. It is a orange color with 46% lightness and a chroma of 0.082.
Harmony and structure
Three hues are spaced about a third of the wheel apart. Triadic palettes feel balanced and playful, because no single hue family dominates.
In this palette the hues fall in the violet, orange and green families, spread across 247 degrees of the OKLCH hue circle. Muted palettes keep chroma between 0.035 and 0.09, and lightness between 48% and 84%, which is why the set feels consistent.
Temperature and mood
Overall the palette is temperature-balanced: 2 of its 5 chromatic colors lean warm and 1 lean cool. Its average chroma of 0.069 makes the saturation balanced.
That combination suits editorial websites, lifestyle and home brands and portfolios, and it is a good fit when you want a design to feel relaxed, mature and easy to live with.
Accessibility and contrast
The strongest pairing is Mauve (#C0C7FA) with Brown (#7B4A28) at a contrast ratio of 4.48:1, which is WCAG AA large. Across all 10 possible pairs, 0 reach the 4.5:1 AA level for normal text and 2 more reach 3:1 for large text.
No other palette color reaches 4.5:1 on the background (#C0C7FA), so this page suggests #291507 for text, a darkened Brown that reaches 10.61:1. Check any pair you use in the contrast checker.
Under protanopia (reduced red sensitivity), #D19980 and #70A286 may look alike, so avoid using that difference alone to carry meaning.
How to use it
Suggested roles: #C0C7FA as the background, #767190 for cards and surfaces, #D19980 as the primary brand color, #70A286 as the accent, and #291507 for text (a computed darker shade of Brown, because no palette color is readable on that background). A reliable starting split is 60% background and surface, 30% primary and 10% accent.
Choose one hue to dominate, one to support and one for small accents, so the palette stays lively without becoming chaotic.
Typical uses for a muted palette include editorial websites, lifestyle and home brands, portfolios and calm dashboards. Open it in the generator to lock the colors you love and reroll the rest, or in the visualizer to see it on real layouts.
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Frequently asked questions
Is Quiet Brown Quartz accessible?
Its best pair reaches 4.48:1 (#C0C7FA on #7B4A28). 0 of 10 pairs reach WCAG AA for normal text. Always check the exact text and background you use.
Which color should be the main brand color?
Taupe (#D19980) is the most saturated color that is neither the lightest nor the darkest, which makes it the natural primary.
What is this palette good for?
It suits editorial websites, lifestyle and home brands, portfolios and calm dashboards, where a relaxed, mature and easy to live with feel works well.