Swiss color palette
Signal red on white with black type: International Typographic Style in five colors.
Best for: Design studios, typography-led brands
- Background
#ffffff - Surface
#f2f2f2 - Text
#111111 - Accent
#e30613 - Muted text
#666666
Swiss on a real website
Colorit's example site restyled with this palette. Balanced keeps surfaces close to the background; Expressive tints cards and sections with the accent. Your own site looks different: capture it to see.
Readable by design
Colorit turns the five colors into a full theme and checks each text pair. Ratios of 4.5:1 and above meet WCAG AA for body text.
| Pair | Contrast |
|---|---|
| Text on background | 18.9:1 |
| Muted text on background | 5.7:1 |
| Button text on accent | 4.9:1 |
| Text on cards | 18.2:1 |
Use the Swiss palette in code
The five colors as CSS variables and as a Tailwind v4 theme. For the full semantic theme (surfaces, borders, button states) as shadcn/ui, Tailwind or CSS, open it in the free theme generator. A prompt for your coding tool, made for your own captured site, comes with Colorit Pro.
:root {
--color-1: #ffffff;
--color-2: #f2f2f2;
--color-3: #111111;
--color-4: #e30613;
--color-5: #666666;
}
@theme {
--color-1: #ffffff;
--color-2: #f2f2f2;
--color-3: #111111;
--color-4: #e30613;
--color-5: #666666;
}