Light gray
#CBC9CC
#CBC9CC is a light gray with almost no color, at step 300 of its 50–950 scale. Dark text on it has a contrast of 11.5:1. On white it reaches only 1.6:1, so use a darker shade for text.
#CBC9CC shades and tints
Eleven steps from 50 to 950 with #CBC9CC kept exactly at step 300. Lightness steps are even to the eye, and intensity tapers toward the lightest and darkest steps.
- 50 F7F6F8
- 100 ECEAED
- 200 DAD8DB
- 300 CBC9CC
- 400 A4A2A5
- 500 89878A
- 600 6E6C6F
- 700 565457
- 800 403F41
- 900 2C2B2D
- 950 191819
Tailwind CSS v4 theme
@theme { --color-gray-50: #f7f6f8; --color-gray-100: #eceaed; --color-gray-200: #dad8db; --color-gray-300: #cbc9cc; --color-gray-400: #a4a2a5; --color-gray-500: #89878a; --color-gray-600: #6e6c6f; --color-gray-700: #565457; --color-gray-800: #403f41; --color-gray-900: #2c2b2d; --color-gray-950: #191819;}Is #CBC9CC readable?
Contrast for text on #CBC9CC and for #CBC9CC 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 · 1.6APCA Lc 32 · Placeholders and disabled text
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
Dark text on it
AAA · 11.5APCA Lc 74 · Content text 16px and up
- AaThe quick brown foxClosest readable: #787679 · 4.5:1 Check in contrast tool
As text on white
Fail · 1.6APCA Lc 29 · Dividers and decoration only
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
As text on a dark background
AAA · 11.5APCA Lc 74 · Content text 16px and up
Color palettes with #CBC9CC
Six palettes built around #CBC9CC, each starting from the exact color. Open one in the palette tool to adjust it or get more options.
- Analogous#CBC9CC · #D675B9 · #9B8FFF · #FFCBCF · #2A232F
- Complementary#CBC9CC · #9BBE7B · #8CCF29 · #F3D9FF · #2D282E
- Split complementary#CBC9CC · #CFAF1E · #00D6AB · #F1E4FF · #2D2930
- Triadic#CBC9CC · #D3AA5C · #00CDD5 · #E9C9F1 · #29242D
- Tetradic#CBC9CC · #CE7555 · #8EC54A · #C7EFFF · #332C36
- Monochromatic#CBC9CC · #9C69B8 · #C58DE1 · #F0C9F7 · #28242B
#CBC9CC as a brand color
What a UI color system built from #CBC9CC looks like: brand, neutral and status scales, with light and dark tokens that pass WCAG.
Brand
- Brand 50, #F7F6F8
- Brand 100, #ECEAED
- Brand 200, #DAD8DB
- Brand 300, #CBC9CC
- Brand 400, #A4A2A5
- Brand 500, #89878A
- Brand 600, #6E6C6F
- Brand 700, #565457
- Brand 800, #403F41
- Brand 900, #2C2B2D
- Brand 950, #191819
Neutral
- Neutral 50, #FAFAFA
- Neutral 100, #F4F4F4
- Neutral 200, #E5E5E6
- Neutral 300, #D4D4D5
- Neutral 400, #A1A0A2
- Neutral 500, #747374
- Neutral 600, #555455
- Neutral 700, #414041
- Neutral 800, #282729
- Neutral 900, #181719
- Neutral 950, #0A0A0B
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, #EBAA54
- 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 12.0:1.
- In dark mode primary stays Brand 300: it already reads on the dark background at 12.0:1.
- 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 #CBC9CC
Lighter and darker versions of #CBC9CC.