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Glacier Blue Palette

Glacier Blue Palette: #78B9D2, #D29279, #79D2BF, #798CD2. Check roles, contrast and CSS variables; open source-color links and JSON.

Glacier Blue Palette assigns primary #78B9D2, secondary #D29279, surface #79D2BF, background #798CD2, accent #000000. The set spans Blue, Orange, Cyan, and Gray families with cool, warm, and neutral temperatures. Luminance runs from #000000 at 0 to #79D2BF at 0.5392; black gives higher contrast on 4 of 5 values.

All palettesSource colorAPI
5colors
Blue palettedominant group
6use cases

Palette Color Roles

Glacier Blue Palette maps 5 colors to practical UI roles for interfaces, brand systems, and CSS tokens.

Primary#78B9D2Glacier Blue
Secondary#D29279#D29279
Surface#79D2BF#79D2BF
Background#798CD2#798CD2
Accent#000000Black

CSS Variables

--palette-glacier-blue-primary: #78B9D2;
--palette-glacier-blue-secondary: #D29279;
--palette-glacier-blue-surface: #79D2BF;
--palette-glacier-blue-background: #798CD2;
--palette-glacier-blue-accent: #000000;

Accessibility Snapshot

Compare all 5 Glacier Blue Palette values against black and white text, with the stronger standard foreground identified for each role.

Primary#78B9D2
Black 9.67:1 · White 2.17:1
Best #000000
Secondary#D29279
Black 8.13:1 · White 2.58:1
Best #000000
Surface#79D2BF
Black 11.78:1 · White 1.78:1
Best #000000
Background#798CD2
Black 6.49:1 · White 3.23:1
Best #000000
Accent#000000
Black 1:1 · White 21:1
Best #FFFFFF

UI Components Preview

Preview how the Glacier Blue Palette roles behave together across common interface components before copying the CSS variables.

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 Glacier Blue Palette Data (JSON)

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

AI-Ready Dataset v1.0.0
Luminance0.4334
Black text9.67:1AA Pass
White text2.17:1AA Fail
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": "#78B9D2",
    "name": "Glacier Blue"
  },
  {
    "role": "secondary",
    "hex": "#D29279",
    "name": "#D29279"
  },
  {
    "role": "surface",
    "hex": "#79D2BF",
    "name": "#79D2BF"
  },
  {
    "role": "background",
    "hex": "#798CD2",
    "name": "#798CD2"
  },
  {
    "role": "accent",
    "hex": "#000000",
    "name": "Black"
  }
]
Accessibility
[
  {
    "role": "primary",
    "hex": "#78B9D2",
    "name": "Glacier Blue",
    "blackContrast": 9.67,
    "whiteContrast": 2.17,
    "bestTextColor": "#000000",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A",
      "#36454F"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A"
    ]
  },
  {
    "role": "secondary",
    "hex": "#D29279",
    "name": "#D29279",
    "blackContrast": 8.13,
    "whiteContrast": 2.58,
    "bestTextColor": "#000000",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": [
      "#000000"
    ]
  },
  {
    "role": "surface",
    "hex": "#79D2BF",
    "name": "#79D2BF",
    "blackContrast": 11.78,
    "whiteContrast": 1.78,
    "bestTextColor": "#000000",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A",
      "#36454F"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A"
    ]
  },
  {
    "role": "background",
    "hex": "#798CD2",
    "name": "#798CD2",
    "blackContrast": 6.49,
    "whiteContrast": 3.23,
    "bestTextColor": "#000000",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": []
  },
  {
    "role": "accent",
    "hex": "#000000",
    "name": "Black",
    "blackContrast": 1,
    "whiteContrast": 21,
    "bestTextColor": "#FFFFFF",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#FFFFFF",
      "#F5F5F5"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": [
      "#FFFFFF",
      "#F5F5F5"
    ]
  }
]
Semantic groups
[
  "glacier blue palette",
  "generated palette",
  "blue palette",
  "orange palette",
  "cyan palette",
  "gray palette",
  "balanced palette",
  "earth tone palette",
  "dark palette",
  "neutral palette",
  "cool palette",
  "warm palette"
]
Use cases
[
  "design system tokens",
  "CSS variables",
  "palette reference",
  "AI color ingestion",
  "natural branding",
  "calm digital interfaces"
]
CSS variables
"--palette-glacier-blue-primary: #78B9D2;\n--palette-glacier-blue-secondary: #D29279;\n--palette-glacier-blue-surface: #79D2BF;\n--palette-glacier-blue-background: #798CD2;\n--palette-glacier-blue-accent: #000000;"
Full JSON dataset 
{
  "datasetVersion": "1.0.0",
  "slug": "glacier-blue",
  "name": "Glacier Blue Palette",
  "type": "generated",
  "sourceColor": "glacier-blue",
  "description": "Generated palette built from Glacier Blue, its harmonies, a high-contrast pairing, and a light variant.",
  "narrative": "Glacier Blue Palette combines primary #78B9D2, secondary #D29279, surface #79D2BF, background #798CD2, accent #000000. 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": [
    "glacier blue palette",
    "generated palette",
    "blue palette",
    "orange palette",
    "cyan palette",
    "gray palette",
    "balanced palette",
    "earth tone palette",
    "dark palette",
    "neutral palette",
    "cool palette",
    "warm palette"
  ],
  "useCases": [
    "design system tokens",
    "CSS variables",
    "palette reference",
    "AI color ingestion",
    "natural branding",
    "calm digital interfaces"
  ],
  "colors": [
    {
      "role": "primary",
      "hex": "#78B9D2",
      "slug": "glacier-blue",
      "name": "Glacier Blue",
      "rgb": [
        120,
        185,
        210
      ],
      "hsl": [
        197,
        50,
        65
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        43,
        12,
        0,
        18
      ],
      "family": "blue",
      "temperature": "cool",
      "tone": [
        "balanced"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.4334,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 9.67,
        "white": 2.17
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A",
          "#36454F"
        ],
        "AAA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A"
        ]
      },
      "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/glacier-blue/"
    },
    {
      "role": "secondary",
      "hex": "#D29279",
      "slug": null,
      "name": "#D29279",
      "rgb": [
        210,
        146,
        121
      ],
      "hsl": [
        17,
        50,
        65
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        0,
        30,
        42,
        18
      ],
      "family": "orange",
      "temperature": "warm",
      "tone": [
        "earth-tone"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.3564,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 8.13,
        "white": 2.58
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A"
        ],
        "AAA": [
          "#000000"
        ]
      },
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "role": "surface",
      "hex": "#79D2BF",
      "slug": null,
      "name": "#79D2BF",
      "rgb": [
        121,
        210,
        191
      ],
      "hsl": [
        167,
        50,
        65
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        42,
        0,
        9,
        18
      ],
      "family": "cyan",
      "temperature": "cool",
      "tone": [
        "balanced"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.5392,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 11.78,
        "white": 1.78
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A",
          "#36454F"
        ],
        "AAA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A"
        ]
      },
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "role": "background",
      "hex": "#798CD2",
      "slug": null,
      "name": "#798CD2",
      "rgb": [
        121,
        140,
        210
      ],
      "hsl": [
        227,
        50,
        65
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        42,
        33,
        0,
        18
      ],
      "family": "blue",
      "temperature": "cool",
      "tone": [
        "balanced"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.2747,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 6.49,
        "white": 3.23
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A"
        ],
        "AAA": []
      },
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "role": "accent",
      "hex": "#000000",
      "slug": "black",
      "name": "Black",
      "rgb": [
        0,
        0,
        0
      ],
      "hsl": [
        0,
        0,
        0
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        0,
        0,
        0,
        100
      ],
      "family": "gray",
      "temperature": "neutral",
      "tone": [
        "dark",
        "neutral"
      ],
      "luminance": 0,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 1,
        "white": 21
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#FFFFFF",
          "#F5F5F5"
        ],
        "AAA": [
          "#FFFFFF",
          "#F5F5F5"
        ]
      },
      "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/black/"
    }
  ],
  "roles": [
    {
      "role": "primary",
      "hex": "#78B9D2",
      "name": "Glacier Blue"
    },
    {
      "role": "secondary",
      "hex": "#D29279",
      "name": "#D29279"
    },
    {
      "role": "surface",
      "hex": "#79D2BF",
      "name": "#79D2BF"
    },
    {
      "role": "background",
      "hex": "#798CD2",
      "name": "#798CD2"
    },
    {
      "role": "accent",
      "hex": "#000000",
      "name": "Black"
    }
  ],
  "accessibility": [
    {
      "role": "primary",
      "hex": "#78B9D2",
      "name": "Glacier Blue",
      "blackContrast": 9.67,
      "whiteContrast": 2.17,
      "bestTextColor": "#000000",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A",
        "#36454F"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A"
      ]
    },
    {
      "role": "secondary",
      "hex": "#D29279",
      "name": "#D29279",
      "blackContrast": 8.13,
      "whiteContrast": 2.58,
      "bestTextColor": "#000000",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": [
        "#000000"
      ]
    },
    {
      "role": "surface",
      "hex": "#79D2BF",
      "name": "#79D2BF",
      "blackContrast": 11.78,
      "whiteContrast": 1.78,
      "bestTextColor": "#000000",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A",
        "#36454F"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A"
      ]
    },
    {
      "role": "background",
      "hex": "#798CD2",
      "name": "#798CD2",
      "blackContrast": 6.49,
      "whiteContrast": 3.23,
      "bestTextColor": "#000000",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": []
    },
    {
      "role": "accent",
      "hex": "#000000",
      "name": "Black",
      "blackContrast": 1,
      "whiteContrast": 21,
      "bestTextColor": "#FFFFFF",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#FFFFFF",
        "#F5F5F5"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": [
        "#FFFFFF",
        "#F5F5F5"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "cssVariables": "--palette-glacier-blue-primary: #78B9D2;\n--palette-glacier-blue-secondary: #D29279;\n--palette-glacier-blue-surface: #79D2BF;\n--palette-glacier-blue-background: #798CD2;\n--palette-glacier-blue-accent: #000000;",
  "relatedEndpoints": [
    "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/palettes/glacier-blue.json",
    "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/palettes.json",
    "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/glacier-blue.json"
  ],
  "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/palettes/glacier-blue/",
  "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/palettes/glacier-blue.json"
}
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