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Published Oct 3, 2026
Ferry 08 Clears the Rock Passage
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A dramatic summer travel palette of open-sea cyan, passage violet, headland green, departure yellow, and rock black.
The feeling
A ferry clears an enclosing rock passage and enters a broad sunlit opening across the sea
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A ferry clears a narrow rock passage and enters a broad Open Sea Cyan field. Passage Violet gives the route title a sharp presence, while Headland Green forms the enclosing silhouette on the departure page.
Departure Yellow marks Ferry 08 on the route card, and Rock Ink defines the deepest cut between the two headlands. Route, Departure, and Ferry 08 remain written beside the aperture, direction line, and vessel shape.
How to use it
Use Open Sea Cyan for the landing-page background with Passage Violet for the main route title and navigation. Build the primary headland surface in Headland Green with Rock Ink text.
Use Departure Yellow for the route-card marker with Passage Violet text. Reserve Rock Ink for the narrow passage and compact vessel details with Open Sea Cyan text. The 58/29/13 ratio means 58% Open Sea Cyan background, 29% Headland Green primary silhouette, and 13% Departure Yellow highlight; Rock Ink remains outside the surface split as the enclosed passage.
What to watch
Passage Violet reaches 10.33:1 on Open Sea Cyan and 7.69:1 on Departure Yellow. It reaches 4.35:1 on Headland Green, passing large-text AA but failing normal-text AA, and only 1.36:1 on Rock Ink, failing both sizes. Use Rock Ink on Headland Green at 5.91:1 and Open Sea Cyan on Rock Ink at 14.04:1.
Keep all colors solid and fully opaque. Preserve the broad opening between the headlands, and repeat Route, Departure, and Ferry 08 as written labels beside directional geometry.
A considered balance
Make room for
the right colors.
Use Open Sea Cyan as the landing-page field with Passage Violet display text. Build Headland Green silhouettes with Rock Ink text, set Departure Yellow as the route-card marker with Passage Violet, and use Open Sea Cyan text on Rock Ink passage details. Preserve solid, full-opacity original HEX values and a 58/29/13 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.
58
Base
29
Main
13
Point
Open Sea Cyan
Background & breathing room
Headland Green
Cards, graphics & sections
Departure Yellow
Focal areas & key details
Background · Primary · Highlight. Use text and accent colors where their roles call for them.
Text on background
Text on primary
Recommended text on primary
The original text has low contrast (4.35:1). This example uses Rock Ink (#111214) from the same palette instead of #4A0B64 on #809779, improving contrast to 5.91:1. This meets WCAG AA for normal text.
Text on highlight
Text on accent
Recommended text on accent
The original text has low contrast (1.36:1). This example uses Open Sea Cyan (#A0ECEE) from the same palette instead of #4A0B64 on #111214, improving contrast to 14.04:1. 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.
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still.
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Make room for what comes next.
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[Color guide — coloring.today / ferry-08-clears-the-rock-passage] 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: Passage Violet #4A0B64 Primary: Headland Green #809779 Highlight: Departure Yellow #FFB312 Accent: Rock Ink #111214 Background: Open Sea Cyan #A0ECEE Mood: A ferry clears an enclosing rock passage and enters a broad sunlit opening across the sea Suggested uses: Travel services Application note: Use Open Sea Cyan as the landing-page field with Passage Violet display text. Build Headland Green silhouettes with Rock Ink text, set Departure Yellow as the route-card marker with Passage Violet, and use Open Sea Cyan text on Rock Ink passage details. Preserve solid, full-opacity original HEX values and a 58/29/13 background-primary-highlight surface ratio. Avoid: Passage Violet fails normal-text AA on Headland Green and fails both text sizes on Rock Ink. Use Rock Ink on the green surface and Open Sea Cyan on the black passage. Use approximately 58% background, 29% primary, and 13% 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 / ferry-08-clears-the-rock-passage]
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: Passage Violet #4A0B64
Primary: Headland Green #809779
Highlight: Departure Yellow #FFB312
Accent: Rock Ink #111214
Background: Open Sea Cyan #A0ECEE
Mood: A ferry clears an enclosing rock passage and enters a broad sunlit opening across the sea
Suggested uses: Travel services
Application note: Use Open Sea Cyan as the landing-page field with Passage Violet display text. Build Headland Green silhouettes with Rock Ink text, set Departure Yellow as the route-card marker with Passage Violet, and use Open Sea Cyan text on Rock Ink passage details. Preserve solid, full-opacity original HEX values and a 58/29/13 background-primary-highlight surface ratio.
Avoid: Passage Violet fails normal-text AA on Headland Green and fails both text sizes on Rock Ink. Use Rock Ink on the green surface and Open Sea Cyan on the black passage.
Use approximately 58% background, 29% primary, and 13% 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: #4A0B64;
--color-primary: #809779;
--color-highlight: #FFB312;
--color-accent: #111214;
--color-background: #A0ECEE;
}
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 / ferry-08-clears-the-rock-passage] 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: Passage Violet #4A0B64 Primary: Headland Green #809779 Highlight: Departure Yellow #FFB312 Accent: Rock Ink #111214 Background: Open Sea Cyan #A0ECEE Mood: A ferry clears an enclosing rock passage and enters a broad sunlit opening across the sea Suggested uses: Travel services Application note: Use Open Sea Cyan as the landing-page field with Passage Violet display text. Build Headland Green silhouettes with Rock Ink text, set Departure Yellow as the route-card marker with Passage Violet, and use Open Sea Cyan text on Rock Ink passage details. Preserve solid, full-opacity original HEX values and a 58/29/13 background-primary-highlight surface ratio. Avoid: Passage Violet fails normal-text AA on Headland Green and fails both text sizes on Rock Ink. Use Rock Ink on the green surface and Open Sea Cyan on the black passage. Use approximately 58% background, 29% primary, and 13% 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: 10.33:1. 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.
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Copy the same colors as semantic CSS variables. Every preview and prompt on this page uses this palette.
:root {
--color-text: #4A0B64;
--color-primary: #809779;
--color-highlight: #FFB312;
--color-accent: #111214;
--color-background: #A0ECEE;
}
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