Palette study · temporary

Color Test

Translating two editorial references into a digital palette for Second Pair of Eyes — against the existing paper-white ground, with near-black typography. No global tokens are changed. This page exists only to inspect, adjust, and freeze the palette.

Book BlueQuiet BlueIce BluePale PinkPale YellowWarm Red

01 · Individual studies

Each color as a book cover

Paper White · ground

The approved ground

A clean paper white the whole palette sits on.

Unchanged. Every other color is measured against this field and the near-black ink.

00Existing · #F7F7F4

Book Blue · primary

A confident book-cover blue

Slightly chalky, graphic, clearly blue — not navy, not teal.

The strongest chromatic family. Blue carries the most visual presence in the interface.

01Adjusted · #6A87B2

Quiet Blue · support

A colored paper stock

Another blue paper, quieter — not a generic UI gray.

Holds its own beside Book Blue and paper white without disappearing into neutral.

02Sampled · #68758E

Ice Blue · field

A pale cool field

Light enough to fill a section, visibly cooler than the paper.

Use where a substantial quiet surface is needed without resorting to gray-beige.

03Adjusted · #D6E1EC

Pale Pink · field

Pale pink paper

Clean, quiet, slightly chalky — clearly pink, not mauve.

A warm breath against the blue family. Never over-grayed into beige or dusty rose.

04Adjusted · #F4DBD6

Pale Yellow · field

Fresh pale yellow

A light yellow book cover — graphic, not harvest, not mustard.

The darkest golden/ochre tones in the references are intentionally excluded.

05Adjusted · #F3E8A3

Warm Red · punctuation

A clear warm red

Printed, confident, warm — not brick, not rust, not terracotta.

Strong punctuation only. Red never becomes the dominant color of the page.

06Sampled · #D16A51

Warm Red · reversed

Reversed on red

Where the red field needs light type, paper white reverses cleanly.

Same red, paper-white typography — for the moments red occupies more space.

06bReversed type study

02 · Relationships

Hierarchy and proportion

Blue carries greater presence than red. Red behaves as punctuation. These are not equal rainbow stripes — they are proportional studies.

Paper

The ground

Book Blue

Primary presence

Paper

Ground

Ice Blue

Cool field

Paper

Ground

Pale Pink

Warm breath

Paper

Ground

Pale Yellow

Graphic note

Book Blue

Dominant

Paper

Inset

Book Blue

Primary

Pale Pink

Counterpoint

Book Blue

Primary

Pale Yellow

Light note

Book Blue

Primary presence

Red

Punctuation

Ice Blue

Quiet field

Red

Accent

Pale Pink

Warm field

Red

Punctuation

Pale Yellow

Light field

Red

Accent

Paper

Ground

Blue

Primary

Pink

Breath

Paper

Ground

Blue

Primary

Yellow

Note

Paper

Ground

Blue

Primary

Pink

Breath

Red

Punct.

03 · Website scale

Abstract compositions at scale

Large blue field

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A substantial Book Blue section carries strong reversed typography without feeling corporate.

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Yellow interruption

A smaller pale-yellow block against paper white — a graphic note, not a harvest field.

Red punctuation

Red marks the moment that matters — without taking the page.

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Mixed composition

Paper, blue, and one warm color at realistic scale

Primary

Breath

Punct.

04 · Values

Candidate values

Paper White

#F7F7F4rgb(247, 247, 244)existing — Approved Second Pair of Eyes ground. Unchanged.

Near-Black Ink

#1D1C1Argb(29, 28, 26)existing — Approved ink/type color. Unchanged.

Book Blue

#6A87B2rgb(106, 135, 178)adjusted from #6989B5 — Sampled from the medium book-cover blue. Nudged slightly cooler and chalkier for digital; clearly blue, not navy, not teal.

Quiet Blue

#68758Ergb(104, 117, 142)directly sampled — Deeper blue-gray paper stock. Reads as colored paper, not a UI gray. Preferred over the lighter alt beside Book Blue.

Blue-Gray (alt)

#9A9BA6rgb(154, 155, 166)directly sampled — Lighter blue-gray alternative. Shown for comparison; risks reading as generic neutral if used widely.

Ice Blue

#D6E1ECrgb(214, 225, 236)adjusted from #C9D0DD — Lifted from the palest book/paper blues. Visibly cooler than paper white, usable as a substantial field. Not gray-beige.

Pale Pink

#F4DBD6rgb(244, 219, 214)adjusted from #E8C6C7 — Lightened from the dusty rose in the references to a clean pale blush. Clearly pink, not mauve, not beige.

Pale Yellow

#F3E8A3rgb(243, 232, 163)adjusted from #F0F3BD — Cleaned from the greenish pale yellow in the grid reference to a fresh, graphic paper yellow. Not mustard, not ochre.

Clear Warm Red

#D16A51rgb(209, 106, 81)directly sampled — Direct from the warm coral-red book cover. Punctuation only — never the dominant field.

This page is a study only. No candidate color has been propagated to Home, shared tokens, cards, or buttons. Values will be selected and refined here before anything is applied to Second Pair of Eyes.