Light gray
#CAC3CD
#CAC3CD is a light gray with almost no color, at step 300 of its 50–950 scale. Dark text on it has a contrast of 10.9:1. On white it reaches only 1.7:1, so use a darker shade for text.
#CAC3CD shades and tints
Eleven steps from 50 to 950 with #CAC3CD kept exactly at step 300. Lightness steps are even to the eye, and intensity tapers toward the lightest and darkest steps.
- 50 FAF5FC
- 100 EEE9F1
- 200 DCD7DF
- 300 CAC3CD
- 400 A7A0AA
- 500 8B858E
- 600 716B73
- 700 59535B
- 800 433E45
- 900 2E2A30
- 950 1A171C
Tailwind CSS v4 theme
@theme { --color-gray-50: #faf5fc; --color-gray-100: #eee9f1; --color-gray-200: #dcd7df; --color-gray-300: #cac3cd; --color-gray-400: #a7a0aa; --color-gray-500: #8b858e; --color-gray-600: #716b73; --color-gray-700: #59535b; --color-gray-800: #433e45; --color-gray-900: #2e2a30; --color-gray-950: #1a171c;}Is #CAC3CD readable?
Contrast for text on #CAC3CD and for #CAC3CD 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 · 1.7APCA Lc 35 · Placeholders and disabled text
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
Dark text on it
AAA · 10.9APCA Lc 72 · Content text 16px and up
- AaThe quick brown foxClosest readable: #7B747E · 4.5:1 Check in contrast tool
As text on white
Fail · 1.7APCA Lc 31 · Placeholders and disabled text
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
As text on a dark background
AAA · 10.9APCA Lc 71 · Content text 16px and up
Color palettes with #CAC3CD
Six palettes built around #CAC3CD, each starting from the exact color. Open one in the palette tool to adjust it or get more options.
- Analogous#CAC3CD · #E57BAE · #B9A7FF · #FFD6D5 · #312C33
- Complementary#CAC3CD · #98BF7E · #95C264 · #F1D6FF · #2A242D
- Split complementary#CAC3CD · #CDAF37 · #00B586 · #F7DEFF · #332A34
- Triadic#CAC3CD · #C37F24 · #00B0BB · #F3DDFF · #241F28
- Tetradic#CAC3CD · #D37634 · #82C852 · #A1E0F7 · #382D3B
- Monochromatic#CAC3CD · #A16FB1 · #C389F2 · #E6CCF7 · #302831
#CAC3CD as a brand color
What a UI color system built from #CAC3CD looks like: brand, neutral and status scales, with light and dark tokens that pass WCAG.
Brand
- Brand 50, #FAF5FC
- Brand 100, #EEE9F1
- Brand 200, #DCD7DF
- Brand 300, #CAC3CD
- Brand 400, #A7A0AA
- Brand 500, #8B858E
- Brand 600, #716B73
- Brand 700, #59535B
- Brand 800, #433E45
- Brand 900, #2E2A30
- Brand 950, #1A171C
Neutral
- Neutral 50, #FAFAFB
- Neutral 100, #F4F4F5
- Neutral 200, #E6E4E7
- Neutral 300, #D5D3D6
- Neutral 400, #A39FA4
- Neutral 500, #757277
- Neutral 600, #565358
- Neutral 700, #423F44
- Neutral 800, #2A272B
- Neutral 900, #19171B
- Neutral 950, #0C090D
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, #EAA953
- 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 11.5:1.
- In dark mode primary stays Brand 300: it already reads on the dark background at 11.5:1.
- 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 #CAC3CD
Lighter and darker versions of #CAC3CD.