Light gray
#ABBCBF
#ABBCBF is a light gray with almost no color, at step 300 of its 50–950 scale. Dark text on it has a contrast of 9.6:1. On white it reaches only 2.0:1, so use a darker shade for text.
#ABBCBF shades and tints
Eleven steps from 50 to 950 with #ABBCBF kept exactly at step 300. Lightness steps are even to the eye, and intensity tapers toward the lightest and darkest steps.
- 50 EDF9FC
- 100 E1EEF0
- 200 CEDCDF
- 300 ABBCBF
- 400 96A7A9
- 500 7B8B8E
- 600 617073
- 700 4A585B
- 800 364245
- 900 232E2F
- 950 121A1B
Tailwind CSS v4 theme
@theme { --color-gray-50: #edf9fc; --color-gray-100: #e1eef0; --color-gray-200: #cedcdf; --color-gray-300: #abbcbf; --color-gray-400: #96a7a9; --color-gray-500: #7b8b8e; --color-gray-600: #617073; --color-gray-700: #4a585b; --color-gray-800: #364245; --color-gray-900: #232e2f; --color-gray-950: #121a1b;}Is #ABBCBF readable?
Contrast for text on #ABBCBF and for #ABBCBF used as text. WCAG 2.2 asks for 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text; APCA Lc rates how comfortable the text is to read.
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
White text on it
Fail · 2.0APCA Lc 42 · Placeholders and disabled text
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
Dark text on it
AAA · 9.6APCA Lc 65 · Content text 16px and up
- AaThe quick brown foxClosest readable: #6A797C · 4.5:1 Check in contrast tool
As text on white
Fail · 2.0APCA Lc 38 · Placeholders and disabled text
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
As text on a dark background
AAA · 9.6APCA Lc 64 · Content text 16px and up
Color palettes with #ABBCBF
Six palettes built around #ABBCBF, each starting from the exact color. Open one in the palette tool to adjust it or get more options.
- Analogous#ABBCBF · #43A6E4 · #00D2C3 · #D0E1FF · #182426
- Complementary#ABBCBF · #EE7A66 · #F47255 · #AEF4FF · #232B2D
- Split complementary#ABBCBF · #CE809D · #DF7E00 · #A8E1ED · #233537
- Triadic#ABBCBF · #C97FC7 · #DBB626 · #78EDFC · #2D3436
- Tetradic#ABBCBF · #9071D6 · #FF9989 · #F0E3B1 · #162427
- Monochromatic#ABBCBF · #35B5D1 · #00B4C7 · #7FF0FF · #1F2729
#ABBCBF as a brand color
What a UI color system built from #ABBCBF looks like: brand, neutral and status scales, with light and dark tokens that pass WCAG.
Brand
- Brand 50, #EDF9FC
- Brand 100, #E1EEF0
- Brand 200, #CEDCDF
- Brand 300, #ABBCBF
- Brand 400, #96A7A9
- Brand 500, #7B8B8E
- Brand 600, #617073
- Brand 700, #4A585B
- Brand 800, #364245
- Brand 900, #232E2F
- Brand 950, #121A1B
Neutral
- Neutral 50, #F9FAFA
- Neutral 100, #F2F4F5
- Neutral 200, #E2E6E7
- Neutral 300, #D0D5D6
- Neutral 400, #9AA3A4
- Neutral 500, #6C7577
- Neutral 600, #4D5658
- Neutral 700, #3A4243
- Neutral 800, #22292B
- Neutral 900, #12191A
- Neutral 950, #060B0C
Success
- Success 50, #E5FFE9
- Success 100, #BEFECA
- Success 200, #A7EDB5
- Success 300, #87D597
- Success 400, #65B979
- Success 500, #51A867
- Success 600, #278143
- Success 700, #06672E
- Success 800, #004E20
- Success 900, #003614
- Success 950, #001F09
Warning
- Warning 50, #FFF5E9
- Warning 100, #FFE7CA
- Warning 200, #FFD096
- Warning 300, #E7A750
- Warning 400, #D29541
- Warning 500, #B67917
- Warning 600, #956000
- Warning 700, #764B00
- Warning 800, #593800
- Warning 900, #3E2500
- Warning 950, #251400
Danger
- Danger 50, #FFF4F2
- Danger 100, #FFE4E0
- Danger 200, #FFCBC4
- Danger 300, #FFA398
- Danger 400, #F7766B
- Danger 500, #D4534A
- Danger 600, #B93B35
- Danger 700, #9A211F
- Danger 800, #7B070C
- Danger 900, #580004
- Danger 950, #360002
Info
- Info 50, #F0F8FF
- Info 100, #DBEEFF
- Info 200, #B9DEFF
- Info 300, #84C7FF
- Info 400, #5FAAE7
- Info 500, #3E8CC9
- Info 600, #2173AD
- Info 700, #00598F
- Info 800, #00436D
- Info 900, #002E4D
- Info 950, #001A2F
- Primary buttons use Brand 300 with neutral 950 text, at 10.1:1.
- In dark mode primary stays Brand 300: it already reads on the dark background at 10.1:1.
- Neutrals carry a hint of its hue, so grays, borders and surfaces feel related to the brand.
- Success, warning, danger and info lean toward its hue and stay easy to tell apart.
Colors related to #ABBCBF
Lighter and darker versions of #ABBCBF.