Light gray
#DEDCE5
#DEDCE5 is a light gray with almost no color, at step 200 of its 50–950 scale. Dark text on it has a contrast of 13.9:1. On white it reaches only 1.4:1, so use a darker shade for text.
#DEDCE5 shades and tints
Eleven steps from 50 to 950 with #DEDCE5 kept exactly at step 200. Lightness steps are even to the eye, and intensity tapers toward the lightest and darkest steps.
- 50 F7F6FC
- 100 EBEAF1
- 200 DEDCE5
- 300 C0BEC6
- 400 A3A2AA
- 500 88868E
- 600 6E6C74
- 700 56545B
- 800 403F45
- 900 2C2A30
- 950 19181C
Tailwind CSS v4 theme
@theme { --color-gray-50: #f7f6fc; --color-gray-100: #ebeaf1; --color-gray-200: #dedce5; --color-gray-300: #c0bec6; --color-gray-400: #a3a2aa; --color-gray-500: #88868e; --color-gray-600: #6e6c74; --color-gray-700: #56545b; --color-gray-800: #403f45; --color-gray-900: #2c2a30; --color-gray-950: #19181c;}Is #DEDCE5 readable?
Contrast for text on #DEDCE5 and for #DEDCE5 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 20 · Dividers and decoration only
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
Dark text on it
AAA · 13.9APCA Lc 85 · Body text
- AaThe quick brown foxClosest readable: #77757E · 4.5:1 Check in contrast tool
As text on white
Fail · 1.4APCA Lc 18 · Dividers and decoration only
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
As text on a dark background
AAA · 13.9APCA Lc 86 · Body text
Color palettes with #DEDCE5
Six palettes built around #DEDCE5, each starting from the exact color. Open one in the palette tool to adjust it or get more options.
- Analogous#DEDCE5 · #B16DAB · #5A99FF · #FFDFE9 · #2E2C3C
- Complementary#DEDCE5 · #92C358 · #D0AF00 · #E3DFFF · #262332
- Split complementary#DEDCE5 · #CCAF4C · #6DD559 · #DCD6FF · #2F2C37
- Triadic#DEDCE5 · #BB7B4E · #00D4A7 · #E1DCFF · #2D2C35
- Tetradic#DEDCE5 · #E6856F · #87C821 · #A5EEF9 · #23212F
- Monochromatic#DEDCE5 · #A08DE0 · #AC8CFF · #EAE1FF · #302B37
#DEDCE5 as a brand color
What a UI color system built from #DEDCE5 looks like: brand, neutral and status scales, with light and dark tokens that pass WCAG.
Brand
- Brand 50, #F7F6FC
- Brand 100, #EBEAF1
- Brand 200, #DEDCE5
- Brand 300, #C0BEC6
- Brand 400, #A3A2AA
- Brand 500, #88868E
- Brand 600, #6E6C74
- Brand 700, #56545B
- Brand 800, #403F45
- Brand 900, #2C2A30
- Brand 950, #19181C
Neutral
- Neutral 50, #FAFAFB
- Neutral 100, #F4F4F5
- Neutral 200, #E5E5E7
- Neutral 300, #D4D4D7
- Neutral 400, #A1A0A4
- Neutral 500, #737277
- Neutral 600, #545358
- Neutral 700, #404044
- Neutral 800, #28272B
- Neutral 900, #18171B
- Neutral 950, #0A0A0D
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, #EFAE58
- 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 14.6:1.
- In dark mode primary stays Brand 200: it already reads on the dark background at 14.6:1.
- 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 #DEDCE5
Lighter and darker versions of #DEDCE5.