Light gray
#D8DBCA
#D8DBCA is a light gray with almost no color, at step 200 of its 50–950 scale. Dark text on it has a contrast of 13.4:1. On white it reaches only 1.4:1, so use a darker shade for text.
#D8DBCA shades and tints
Eleven steps from 50 to 950 with #D8DBCA kept exactly at step 200. Lightness steps are even to the eye, and intensity tapers toward the lightest and darkest steps.
- 50 F6F8EC
- 100 EAEDE0
- 200 D8DBCA
- 300 BEC1B2
- 400 A2A595
- 500 878A7A
- 600 6C6F60
- 700 555749
- 800 3F4135
- 900 2B2D22
- 950 181911
Tailwind CSS v4 theme
@theme { --color-gray-50: #f6f8ec; --color-gray-100: #eaede0; --color-gray-200: #d8dbca; --color-gray-300: #bec1b2; --color-gray-400: #a2a595; --color-gray-500: #878a7a; --color-gray-600: #6c6f60; --color-gray-700: #555749; --color-gray-800: #3f4135; --color-gray-900: #2b2d22; --color-gray-950: #181911;}Is #D8DBCA readable?
Contrast for text on #D8DBCA and for #D8DBCA 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 · 1.4APCA Lc 23 · Dividers and decoration only
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
Dark text on it
AAA · 13.4APCA Lc 83 · Body text
- AaThe quick brown foxClosest readable: #767869 · 4.5:1 Check in contrast tool
As text on white
Fail · 1.4APCA Lc 20 · Dividers and decoration only
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
As text on a dark background
AAA · 13.4APCA Lc 83 · Body text
Color palettes with #D8DBCA
Six palettes built around #D8DBCA, each starting from the exact color. Open one in the palette tool to adjust it or get more options.
- Analogous#D8DBCA · #589061 · #D7AB00 · #AFEAD4 · #2D3024
- Complementary#D8DBCA · #AD94D1 · #A286E0 · #C1E2A2 · #292A21
- Split complementary#D8DBCA · #729BE1 · #E28DDE · #E9DBA8 · #222615
- Triadic#D8DBCA · #35A1DD · #FF8BC3 · #DAF6BF · #26281B
- Tetradic#D8DBCA · #40A7B9 · #AF8FFF · #FFD6D4 · #28291F
- Monochromatic#D8DBCA · #CFAF1D · #D2B000 · #FCEBAD · #26271D
#D8DBCA as a brand color
What a UI color system built from #D8DBCA looks like: brand, neutral and status scales, with light and dark tokens that pass WCAG.
Brand
- Brand 50, #F6F8EC
- Brand 100, #EAEDE0
- Brand 200, #D8DBCA
- Brand 300, #BEC1B2
- Brand 400, #A2A595
- Brand 500, #878A7A
- Brand 600, #6C6F60
- Brand 700, #555749
- Brand 800, #3F4135
- Brand 900, #2B2D22
- Brand 950, #181911
Neutral
- Neutral 50, #FAFAF9
- Neutral 100, #F4F4F2
- Neutral 200, #E5E6E2
- Neutral 300, #D4D5CF
- Neutral 400, #A0A29A
- Neutral 500, #73746B
- Neutral 600, #54554D
- Neutral 700, #40413A
- Neutral 800, #282922
- Neutral 900, #181912
- Neutral 950, #0A0B06
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, #EEAD57
- 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 200 with neutral 950 text, at 14.0:1.
- In dark mode primary stays Brand 200: it already reads on the dark background at 14.0:1.
- 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 #D8DBCA
Lighter and darker versions of #D8DBCA.