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Published Sep 29, 2026
The Dial Finds Station Eight
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Five colors, endless possibilities. Select a color to copy its HEX.
A nostalgic all-season campaign palette of cabinet green, broadcast navy, station paper, muted brass, and edition red.
The feeling
A tabletop radio dial aligns with a printed station card while a numbered edition badge marks the corner
Explore this palette ↓The mood
A tabletop radio rests on a Cabinet Green printed plane as its brass dial aligns with Station Eight. Broadcast Navy gives the collection announcement the precision of old tuning marks without crowding the product silhouette.
Station Paper forms the card beside the dial, and Edition Red stamps a small numbered badge into the corner. Collection, Station, and Edition remain written beside tick marks, card edges, and the compact radio outline.
How to use it
Use Cabinet Green for the campaign field with Broadcast Navy for the title and station scale. Build the primary station card in Station Paper with Broadcast Navy text.
Use Tuning Brass for the dial plane with Broadcast Navy labels. Set Edition Red as the compact badge with Station Paper text. The 56/30/14 ratio means 56% Cabinet Green background, 30% Station Paper primary card, and 14% Tuning Brass highlight; Edition Red remains outside the surface split as a small badge.
What to watch
Broadcast Navy reaches 5.65:1 on Cabinet Green, 12.86:1 on Station Paper, and 4.88:1 on Tuning Brass. It reaches only 1.16:1 on Edition Red, so that pairing fails normal- and large-text AA. Use Station Paper on Edition Red instead at 11.05:1.
Keep the printed planes solid and fully opaque. Preserve exact tick spacing, clear card edges, and the written Collection, Station, and Edition labels around the dial.
A considered balance
Make room for
the right colors.
Use Cabinet Green as the campaign field with Broadcast Navy text. Build the Station Paper card with Broadcast Navy, set Tuning Brass as the dial plane with Broadcast Navy labels, and use Station Paper text on the compact Edition Red badge. Preserve solid, full-opacity original HEX values and a 56/30/14 background-primary-highlight surface ratio.
Start with a generous background, introduce your primary color, then use the highlight sparingly. The ratios are a guide for large surfaces, not a fixed recipe.
56
Base
30
Main
14
Point
Cabinet Green
Background & breathing room
Station Paper
Cards, graphics & sections
Tuning Brass
Focal areas & key details
Background · Primary · Highlight. Use text and accent colors where their roles call for them.
Text on background
Text on primary
Text on highlight
Text on accent
Recommended text on accent
The original text has low contrast (1.16:1). This example uses Station Paper (#F0F0EF) from the same palette instead of #14284A on #53252B, improving contrast to 11.05:1. This meets WCAG AA for normal text.
Contrast is calculated for these specific pairs. Large text means at least 24 px regular or about 18.7 px bold. Check every pairing in your final design.
IMAGINE THE POSSIBILITIES
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The same feeling.
still.
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A new
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Make room for what comes next.
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Less noise.
More meaning.
One idea. A shared direction.
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Make it happen.
- 01 Discover the opportunity.
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From inspiration to creation
Your next idea,
in these colors.
Add a considered color direction to the design you already have in mind. Your layout and instructions stay yours.
- Write your design request.
- Choose a color guide and copy it.
- Paste it after your request.
- Review the result and check readability.
Try it in the design or AI tool you already use.
[Color guide — coloring.today / the-dial-finds-station-eight] Apply this palette to the design requested above. Preserve the requested layout, content, and interactions. If an explicit requirement conflicts with this color guide, identify the conflict instead of silently overriding it. Text: Broadcast Navy #14284A Primary: Station Paper #F0F0EF Highlight: Tuning Brass #A19470 Accent: Edition Red #53252B Background: Cabinet Green #91A78A Mood: A tabletop radio dial aligns with a printed station card while a numbered edition badge marks the corner Suggested uses: Brand campaigns Application note: Use Cabinet Green as the campaign field with Broadcast Navy text. Build the Station Paper card with Broadcast Navy, set Tuning Brass as the dial plane with Broadcast Navy labels, and use Station Paper text on the compact Edition Red badge. Preserve solid, full-opacity original HEX values and a 56/30/14 background-primary-highlight surface ratio. Avoid: Broadcast Navy fails normal- and large-text AA on Edition Red at 1.16:1. Use Station Paper there at 11.05:1, and keep Collection, Station, and Edition visible as written labels. Use approximately 56% background, 30% primary, and 14% highlight across large surfaces. These ratios are a starting point, not a rigid rule. Use text and accent colors according to their roles. Keep the original HEX values. Choose readable text/background pairings without silently changing the palette. Do not introduce unrelated colors.
[Color guide — coloring.today / the-dial-finds-station-eight]
Apply this palette to the design requested above. Preserve the requested layout, content, and interactions. If an explicit requirement conflicts with this color guide, identify the conflict instead of silently overriding it.
Text: Broadcast Navy #14284A
Primary: Station Paper #F0F0EF
Highlight: Tuning Brass #A19470
Accent: Edition Red #53252B
Background: Cabinet Green #91A78A
Mood: A tabletop radio dial aligns with a printed station card while a numbered edition badge marks the corner
Suggested uses: Brand campaigns
Application note: Use Cabinet Green as the campaign field with Broadcast Navy text. Build the Station Paper card with Broadcast Navy, set Tuning Brass as the dial plane with Broadcast Navy labels, and use Station Paper text on the compact Edition Red badge. Preserve solid, full-opacity original HEX values and a 56/30/14 background-primary-highlight surface ratio.
Avoid: Broadcast Navy fails normal- and large-text AA on Edition Red at 1.16:1. Use Station Paper there at 11.05:1, and keep Collection, Station, and Edition visible as written labels.
Use approximately 56% background, 30% primary, and 14% highlight across large surfaces. These ratios are a starting point, not a rigid rule. Use text and accent colors according to their roles.
Use these semantic tokens consistently. Keep the original HEX values.
:root {
--color-text: #14284A;
--color-primary: #F0F0EF;
--color-highlight: #A19470;
--color-accent: #53252B;
--color-background: #91A78A;
}
Background is the canvas, text is readable copy, primary is a key surface, highlight draws attention, and accent adds small secondary details.
[Color guide — coloring.today / the-dial-finds-station-eight] Apply this palette to the design requested above. Preserve the requested layout, content, and interactions. If an explicit requirement conflicts with this color guide, identify the conflict instead of silently overriding it. Text: Broadcast Navy #14284A Primary: Station Paper #F0F0EF Highlight: Tuning Brass #A19470 Accent: Edition Red #53252B Background: Cabinet Green #91A78A Mood: A tabletop radio dial aligns with a printed station card while a numbered edition badge marks the corner Suggested uses: Brand campaigns Application note: Use Cabinet Green as the campaign field with Broadcast Navy text. Build the Station Paper card with Broadcast Navy, set Tuning Brass as the dial plane with Broadcast Navy labels, and use Station Paper text on the compact Edition Red badge. Preserve solid, full-opacity original HEX values and a 56/30/14 background-primary-highlight surface ratio. Avoid: Broadcast Navy fails normal- and large-text AA on Edition Red at 1.16:1. Use Station Paper there at 11.05:1, and keep Collection, Station, and Edition visible as written labels. Use approximately 56% background, 30% primary, and 14% highlight across large surfaces. These ratios are a starting point, not a rigid rule. Use text and accent colors according to their roles. Text/background contrast: 5.65:1. This is one measured pair, not a guarantee for the whole palette. Check every actual text/background pairing against WCAG AA. Prefer readable combinations from the original colors, keep visible keyboard focus, and never communicate state through color alone. If no original pairing meets the requirement, propose a separately labeled derived color with its original HEX, proposed HEX, purpose and measured contrast. Never overwrite the source palette.
This guide preserves the original HEX values. Review the output before using it.
Bring it into your project
Five colors.
Ready to use.
Copy the same colors as semantic CSS variables. Every preview and prompt on this page uses this palette.
:root {
--color-text: #14284A;
--color-primary: #F0F0EF;
--color-highlight: #A19470;
--color-accent: #53252B;
--color-background: #91A78A;
}
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