Light gray
#CEC3CD
#CEC3CD is a light gray with almost no color, at step 300 of its 50–950 scale. Dark text on it has a contrast of 11.1:1. On white it reaches only 1.7:1, so use a darker shade for text.
#CEC3CD shades and tints
Eleven steps from 50 to 950 with #CEC3CD kept exactly at step 300. Lightness steps are even to the eye, and intensity tapers toward the lightest and darkest steps.
- 50 FCF4FB
- 100 F1E8F0
- 200 DFD6DE
- 300 CEC3CD
- 400 AA9FA9
- 500 8E848D
- 600 736A73
- 700 5B525A
- 800 453D44
- 900 2F292F
- 950 1C161B
Tailwind CSS v4 theme
@theme { --color-gray-50: #fcf4fb; --color-gray-100: #f1e8f0; --color-gray-200: #dfd6de; --color-gray-300: #cec3cd; --color-gray-400: #aa9fa9; --color-gray-500: #8e848d; --color-gray-600: #736a73; --color-gray-700: #5b525a; --color-gray-800: #453d44; --color-gray-900: #2f292f; --color-gray-950: #1c161b;}Is #CEC3CD readable?
Contrast for text on #CEC3CD and for #CEC3CD 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 34 · Placeholders and disabled text
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
Dark text on it
AAA · 11.1APCA Lc 73 · Content text 16px and up
- AaThe quick brown foxClosest readable: #7D747D · 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 · 11.1APCA Lc 72 · Content text 16px and up
Color palettes with #CEC3CD
Six palettes built around #CEC3CD, each starting from the exact color. Open one in the palette tool to adjust it or get more options.
- Analogous#CEC3CD · #D66D8E · #A97FFA · #FFD2C8 · #302A2F
- Complementary#CEC3CD · #5EA05A · #34D475 · #FFD5FE · #332B35
- Split complementary#CEC3CD · #98C06C · #00B692 · #F9CAF3 · #322C31
- Triadic#CEC3CD · #D1AC5A · #00C9D5 · #FACCFF · #392E3C
- Tetradic#CEC3CD · #CE8650 · #5AC27E · #D3EAFF · #312B30
- Monochromatic#CEC3CD · #AC7AB5 · #DB7DEB · #FCDDFF · #281D26
#CEC3CD as a brand color
What a UI color system built from #CEC3CD looks like: brand, neutral and status scales, with light and dark tokens that pass WCAG.
Brand
- Brand 50, #FCF4FB
- Brand 100, #F1E8F0
- Brand 200, #DFD6DE
- Brand 300, #CEC3CD
- Brand 400, #AA9FA9
- Brand 500, #8E848D
- Brand 600, #736A73
- Brand 700, #5B525A
- Brand 800, #453D44
- Brand 900, #2F292F
- Brand 950, #1C161B
Neutral
- Neutral 50, #FBFAFA
- Neutral 100, #F5F3F5
- Neutral 200, #E7E4E6
- Neutral 300, #D6D3D6
- Neutral 400, #A49FA4
- Neutral 500, #777176
- Neutral 600, #585257
- Neutral 700, #433E43
- Neutral 800, #2B262A
- Neutral 900, #1A161A
- Neutral 950, #0C090C
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, #EAAA53
- 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 11.6:1.
- In dark mode primary stays Brand 300: it already reads on the dark background at 11.6:1.
- 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 #CEC3CD
Lighter and darker versions of #CEC3CD.