Studio Poster

What was measured

Closest neighbours

ΔE00 21.8

how alike two adjacent swatches look

Darkest to lightest

6.78:1

WCAG contrast across the set

Lightness covered

65 pts

of OKLCH lightness, 0–100

Under colour blindness

ΔE00 14.6

worst under tritanopia

Every pair here survives protanopia, deuteranopia and tritanopia, so these five can stand for five different things.

Five colours are not an interface, so this is an offer rather than a token set. It clears WCAG AA as it stands.

/* Studio Poster — Portfolio and studio sites pairing a deep violet with a raw yellow. */
:root {
  --palette-1: #3f006d;
  --palette-2: #893cd8;
  --palette-3: #f7f0da;
  --palette-4: #453200;
  --palette-5: #d7aa3c;

  /* A suggested mapping, not a token set. It clears WCAG AA as it stands. */
  --bg: #f7f0da;
  --text: #3f006d;        /* 12.87:1 on --bg */
  --muted: #893cd8;      /* 4.98:1 on --bg */
  --accent: #893cd8;     /* 4.98:1 on --bg */
  --accent-text: #ffffff;
}

// tailwind.config — Studio Poster
export default {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        studioposter: {
        100: "#3f006d",
        200: "#893cd8",
        300: "#f7f0da",
        400: "#453200",
        500: "#d7aa3c",
        },
      },
    },
  },
};

Use the Studio Poster palette: #3F006D, #893CD8, #F7F0DA, #453200, #D7AA3C.

It is for this: Portfolio and studio sites pairing a deep violet with a raw yellow.

Map it as ground #F7F0DA, body text #3F006D, secondary text #893CD8, and one accent #893CD8 with #FFFFFF printed on it. Body text measures 12.87:1 against the ground and secondary text 4.98:1, so this mapping clears WCAG AA as it stands.

Do not use it for: Data — two loud families cannot also be a legend.

Do not add a sixth colour, do not tint the greys toward a second hue, and do not carry meaning on hue alone — once colour vision is taken away the closest two of these sit only 14.6 apart on the CIEDE2000 scale, so pair every coloured state with a label or an icon.

How this palette was built · no hex was chosen by hand

The catalog states a recipe — scene from hue 302 and 86 — and the five colours are derived from it in OKLCH, where a step of lightness is a step your eye agrees with rather than one the hex numbers agree with. That is why the numbers above are properties of this palette rather than claims about it.

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