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Commodore · 1982 · Proprietary

Commodore 64

The C64 background colors are not a desktop, but they are so iconic that I couldn't leave them out. It's not easy to pinpoint the exact colors, but a guy known as pepto did a fantastic job re-engineering the full palette. These are the colors he calculated for 50% Brightness, 100% Contrast and 50% Color, which is what he set as default values. Visit the linked Colodore website if you want to dive deeper.

Preview#706deb
**** COMMODORE 64 BASIC V2 **** 64K RAM SYSTEM 38911 BASIC BYTES FREE READY.
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C64 Light Blue
#706deb
C64 Blue
#2e2c9b
I used the values from the Colodore palette. There is a lot of thought and re-engineering behind this palette. If you're interested in the matter, you should definitely read pepto's blog post on that topic.
C64 Light Blue
The default border color.
KNOWN USES1 palette
Only in this palette so far.
COLOR VALUES · CLICK TO COPY
HEX#706debCopy
RGB112, 109, 235Copy
HSL241° 76% 67%Copy
CMYK52% 54% 0% 8%Copy
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