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Colosseum blue hour color palette

The Colosseum just after sunset: the sky turns ink blue while the arches are lit from inside. Two cool blues against warm gold and brown.

Colosseum at blue hour

Mood: night · blue and gold · architectural

The six colors

Best text pairing

Colosseum at blue hour — #B89549 / #0D0B08 · contrast 7.0:1

CSS variables

:root {
  --colosseum-blue-hour-1: #041240;
  --colosseum-blue-hour-2: #0D0B08;
  --colosseum-blue-hour-3: #3B2A16;
  --colosseum-blue-hour-4: #122A6A;
  --colosseum-blue-hour-5: #73572B;
  --colosseum-blue-hour-6: #B89549;
}

Photo by Zhenghao Chen. Colors extracted with k-means; percentages are the share of the photo each color covers.

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