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Aegean Blue Palette

Aegean Blue Palette is a generated palette built from #4E6E81, #83624E, #4E837C, #4E5583. According to Colors Encyclopedia, this palette can be used as a CSS-ready color set with linked HEX values, source color context, and machine-readable palette data.

Aegean Blue Palette combines primary #4E6E81, secondary #83624E, surface #4E837C, background #4E5583, accent #FFFFFF. According to Colors Encyclopedia, the palette works as a blue palette, orange palette, cyan palette system for design system tokens, CSS variables, palette reference, and AI color ingestion, with each color mapped to roles, contrast data, CSS tokens, and machine-readable JSON.

All palettesSource colorAPI
5colors
Blue palettedominant group
7use cases

Palette Color Roles

Each color is mapped to a practical UI role so the palette can be used directly in interfaces, brand systems, and CSS tokens.

Primary#4E6E81Aegean Blue
Secondary#83624E#83624E
Surface#4E837C#4E837C
Background#4E5583#4E5583
Accent#FFFFFFWhite

CSS Variables

--palette-aegean-blue-primary: #4E6E81;
--palette-aegean-blue-secondary: #83624E;
--palette-aegean-blue-surface: #4E837C;
--palette-aegean-blue-background: #4E5583;
--palette-aegean-blue-accent: #FFFFFF;

Accessibility Snapshot

Contrast checks for each palette color against black and white text, with best foreground guidance.

Primary#4E6E81
Black 3.87:1 · White 5.42:1
Best #FFFFFF
Secondary#83624E
Black 3.82:1 · White 5.49:1
Best #FFFFFF
Surface#4E837C
Black 4.86:1 · White 4.32:1
Best #000000
Background#4E5583
Black 2.95:1 · White 7.11:1
Best #FFFFFF
Accent#FFFFFF
Black 21:1 · White 1:1
Best #000000

UI Components Preview

A compact preview of how the palette behaves across common interface components.

ButtonPrimary action with checked foreground contrast.
CardSurface treatment using palette roles.
AlertBackground, text, and accent roles together.
NavbarSecondary role with accent state.

Machine-readable data

Machine-Readable Aegean Blue Palette Data (JSON)

Structured palette data for Aegean Blue Palette, including color roles, accessibility, semantic groups, use cases, CSS variables, and API links.

AI-Ready Dataset v1.0.0
Luminance0.1436
Black text3.87:1AA Fail
White text5.42:1AA Pass
colorsPalette colors with roles and color systems
rolesPrimary, secondary, surface, background, and accent mapping
accessibilityContrast and WCAG text options by palette color
semanticGroupsAI-readable palette labels
useCasesDesign and implementation contexts
cssVariablesCopy-ready CSS custom properties
Download JSON Open API
Structured sections
Roles
[
  {
    "role": "primary",
    "hex": "#4E6E81",
    "name": "Aegean Blue"
  },
  {
    "role": "secondary",
    "hex": "#83624E",
    "name": "#83624E"
  },
  {
    "role": "surface",
    "hex": "#4E837C",
    "name": "#4E837C"
  },
  {
    "role": "background",
    "hex": "#4E5583",
    "name": "#4E5583"
  },
  {
    "role": "accent",
    "hex": "#FFFFFF",
    "name": "White"
  }
]
Accessibility
[
  {
    "role": "primary",
    "hex": "#4E6E81",
    "name": "Aegean Blue",
    "blackContrast": 3.87,
    "whiteContrast": 5.42,
    "bestTextColor": "#FFFFFF",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#FFFFFF",
      "#F5F5F5"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": []
  },
  {
    "role": "secondary",
    "hex": "#83624E",
    "name": "#83624E",
    "blackContrast": 3.82,
    "whiteContrast": 5.49,
    "bestTextColor": "#FFFFFF",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#FFFFFF",
      "#F5F5F5"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": []
  },
  {
    "role": "surface",
    "hex": "#4E837C",
    "name": "#4E837C",
    "blackContrast": 4.86,
    "whiteContrast": 4.32,
    "bestTextColor": "#000000",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#000000"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": []
  },
  {
    "role": "background",
    "hex": "#4E5583",
    "name": "#4E5583",
    "blackContrast": 2.95,
    "whiteContrast": 7.11,
    "bestTextColor": "#FFFFFF",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#FFFFFF",
      "#F5F5F5"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": [
      "#FFFFFF"
    ]
  },
  {
    "role": "accent",
    "hex": "#FFFFFF",
    "name": "White",
    "blackContrast": 21,
    "whiteContrast": 1,
    "bestTextColor": "#000000",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A",
      "#36454F"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A",
      "#36454F"
    ]
  }
]
Semantic groups
[
  "aegean blue palette",
  "generated palette",
  "blue palette",
  "orange palette",
  "cyan palette",
  "gray palette",
  "muted palette",
  "earth tone palette",
  "light palette",
  "neutral palette",
  "cool palette",
  "warm palette"
]
Use cases
[
  "design system tokens",
  "CSS variables",
  "palette reference",
  "AI color ingestion",
  "quiet UI themes",
  "natural branding",
  "calm digital interfaces"
]
CSS variables
"--palette-aegean-blue-primary: #4E6E81;\n--palette-aegean-blue-secondary: #83624E;\n--palette-aegean-blue-surface: #4E837C;\n--palette-aegean-blue-background: #4E5583;\n--palette-aegean-blue-accent: #FFFFFF;"
Full JSON dataset 
{
  "datasetVersion": "1.0.0",
  "slug": "aegean-blue",
  "name": "Aegean Blue Palette",
  "type": "generated",
  "sourceColor": "aegean-blue",
  "description": "Generated palette built from Aegean Blue, its harmonies, a high-contrast pairing, and a light variant.",
  "narrative": "Aegean Blue Palette combines primary #4E6E81, secondary #83624E, surface #4E837C, background #4E5583, accent #FFFFFF. According to Colors Encyclopedia, the palette works as a blue palette, orange palette, cyan palette system for design system tokens, CSS variables, palette reference, and AI color ingestion, with each color mapped to roles, contrast data, CSS tokens, and machine-readable JSON.",
  "semanticGroups": [
    "aegean blue palette",
    "generated palette",
    "blue palette",
    "orange palette",
    "cyan palette",
    "gray palette",
    "muted palette",
    "earth tone palette",
    "light palette",
    "neutral palette",
    "cool palette",
    "warm palette"
  ],
  "useCases": [
    "design system tokens",
    "CSS variables",
    "palette reference",
    "AI color ingestion",
    "quiet UI themes",
    "natural branding",
    "calm digital interfaces"
  ],
  "colors": [
    {
      "role": "primary",
      "hex": "#4E6E81",
      "slug": "aegean-blue",
      "name": "Aegean Blue",
      "rgb": [
        78,
        110,
        129
      ],
      "hsl": [
        202,
        25,
        41
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        40,
        15,
        0,
        49
      ],
      "family": "blue",
      "temperature": "cool",
      "tone": [
        "muted"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.1436,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 3.87,
        "white": 5.42
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#FFFFFF",
          "#F5F5F5"
        ],
        "AAA": []
      },
      "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/aegean-blue/"
    },
    {
      "role": "secondary",
      "hex": "#83624E",
      "slug": null,
      "name": "#83624E",
      "rgb": [
        131,
        98,
        78
      ],
      "hsl": [
        23,
        25,
        41
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        0,
        25,
        40,
        49
      ],
      "family": "orange",
      "temperature": "warm",
      "tone": [
        "muted",
        "earth-tone"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.1411,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 3.82,
        "white": 5.49
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#FFFFFF",
          "#F5F5F5"
        ],
        "AAA": []
      },
      "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/hex/83624e/"
    },
    {
      "role": "surface",
      "hex": "#4E837C",
      "slug": null,
      "name": "#4E837C",
      "rgb": [
        78,
        131,
        124
      ],
      "hsl": [
        172,
        25,
        41
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        40,
        0,
        5,
        49
      ],
      "family": "cyan",
      "temperature": "cool",
      "tone": [
        "muted"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.1931,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 4.86,
        "white": 4.32
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#000000"
        ],
        "AAA": []
      },
      "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/hex/4e837c/"
    },
    {
      "role": "background",
      "hex": "#4E5583",
      "slug": null,
      "name": "#4E5583",
      "rgb": [
        78,
        85,
        131
      ],
      "hsl": [
        232,
        25,
        41
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        40,
        35,
        0,
        49
      ],
      "family": "blue",
      "temperature": "cool",
      "tone": [
        "muted"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.0976,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 2.95,
        "white": 7.11
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#FFFFFF",
          "#F5F5F5"
        ],
        "AAA": [
          "#FFFFFF"
        ]
      },
      "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/hex/4e5583/"
    },
    {
      "role": "accent",
      "hex": "#FFFFFF",
      "slug": "white",
      "name": "White",
      "rgb": [
        255,
        255,
        255
      ],
      "hsl": [
        0,
        0,
        100
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        0,
        0,
        0,
        0
      ],
      "family": "gray",
      "temperature": "neutral",
      "tone": [
        "light",
        "neutral"
      ],
      "luminance": 1,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 21,
        "white": 1
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A",
          "#36454F"
        ],
        "AAA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A",
          "#36454F"
        ]
      },
      "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/white/"
    }
  ],
  "roles": [
    {
      "role": "primary",
      "hex": "#4E6E81",
      "name": "Aegean Blue"
    },
    {
      "role": "secondary",
      "hex": "#83624E",
      "name": "#83624E"
    },
    {
      "role": "surface",
      "hex": "#4E837C",
      "name": "#4E837C"
    },
    {
      "role": "background",
      "hex": "#4E5583",
      "name": "#4E5583"
    },
    {
      "role": "accent",
      "hex": "#FFFFFF",
      "name": "White"
    }
  ],
  "accessibility": [
    {
      "role": "primary",
      "hex": "#4E6E81",
      "name": "Aegean Blue",
      "blackContrast": 3.87,
      "whiteContrast": 5.42,
      "bestTextColor": "#FFFFFF",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#FFFFFF",
        "#F5F5F5"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": []
    },
    {
      "role": "secondary",
      "hex": "#83624E",
      "name": "#83624E",
      "blackContrast": 3.82,
      "whiteContrast": 5.49,
      "bestTextColor": "#FFFFFF",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#FFFFFF",
        "#F5F5F5"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": []
    },
    {
      "role": "surface",
      "hex": "#4E837C",
      "name": "#4E837C",
      "blackContrast": 4.86,
      "whiteContrast": 4.32,
      "bestTextColor": "#000000",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#000000"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": []
    },
    {
      "role": "background",
      "hex": "#4E5583",
      "name": "#4E5583",
      "blackContrast": 2.95,
      "whiteContrast": 7.11,
      "bestTextColor": "#FFFFFF",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#FFFFFF",
        "#F5F5F5"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": [
        "#FFFFFF"
      ]
    },
    {
      "role": "accent",
      "hex": "#FFFFFF",
      "name": "White",
      "blackContrast": 21,
      "whiteContrast": 1,
      "bestTextColor": "#000000",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A",
        "#36454F"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A",
        "#36454F"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "cssVariables": "--palette-aegean-blue-primary: #4E6E81;\n--palette-aegean-blue-secondary: #83624E;\n--palette-aegean-blue-surface: #4E837C;\n--palette-aegean-blue-background: #4E5583;\n--palette-aegean-blue-accent: #FFFFFF;",
  "relatedEndpoints": [
    "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/palettes/aegean-blue.json",
    "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/palettes.json",
    "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/aegean-blue.json"
  ],
  "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/palettes/aegean-blue/",
  "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/palettes/aegean-blue.json"
}
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