Light gray
#E9E4ED
#E9E4ED is a light gray with almost no color, at step 100 of its 50–950 scale. Dark text on it has a contrast of 15.1:1. On white it reaches only 1.3:1, so use a darker shade for text.
#E9E4ED shades and tints
Eleven steps from 50 to 950 with #E9E4ED kept exactly at step 100. Lightness steps are even to the eye, and intensity tapers toward the lightest and darkest steps.
- 50 F9F5FB
- 100 E9E4ED
- 200 DBD7DE
- 300 C2BDC5
- 400 A5A1A9
- 500 8A868E
- 600 706B73
- 700 57535B
- 800 423E44
- 900 2D2A2F
- 950 1A171B
Tailwind CSS v4 theme
@theme { --color-gray-50: #f9f5fb; --color-gray-100: #e9e4ed; --color-gray-200: #dbd7de; --color-gray-300: #c2bdc5; --color-gray-400: #a5a1a9; --color-gray-500: #8a868e; --color-gray-600: #706b73; --color-gray-700: #57535b; --color-gray-800: #423e44; --color-gray-900: #2d2a2f; --color-gray-950: #1a171b;}Is #E9E4ED readable?
Contrast for text on #E9E4ED and for #E9E4ED 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 · 1.3APCA Lc 14 · Not readable
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
Dark text on it
AAA · 15.1APCA Lc 90 · Ideal for body text
- AaThe quick brown foxClosest readable: #79757D · 4.5:1 Check in contrast tool
As text on white
Fail · 1.3APCA Lc 12 · Not readable
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
As text on a dark background
AAA · 15.1APCA Lc 91 · Ideal for body text
Color palettes with #E9E4ED
Six palettes built around #E9E4ED, each starting from the exact color. Open one in the palette tool to adjust it or get more options.
- Analogous#E9E4ED · #BD7FAF · #A6A8FF · #FFCAD0 · #29222E
- Complementary#E9E4ED · #91C457 · #72B858 · #E9C8F5 · #353039
- Split complementary#E9E4ED · #CEAF31 · #5CD49A · #F5DFFF · #2C272F
- Triadic#E9E4ED · #D9A762 · #00BAAA · #EADDFF · #2B2331
- Tetradic#E9E4ED · #E87B4E · #7FD25D · #C5EDFF · #372D3A
- Monochromatic#E9E4ED · #8D72B0 · #DB94FF · #F0E6FF · #302936
#E9E4ED as a brand color
What a UI color system built from #E9E4ED looks like: brand, neutral and status scales, with light and dark tokens that pass WCAG.
Brand
- Brand 50, #F9F5FB
- Brand 100, #E9E4ED
- Brand 200, #DBD7DE
- Brand 300, #C2BDC5
- Brand 400, #A5A1A9
- Brand 500, #8A868E
- Brand 600, #706B73
- Brand 700, #57535B
- Brand 800, #423E44
- Brand 900, #2D2A2F
- Brand 950, #1A171B
Neutral
- Neutral 50, #FAFAFA
- Neutral 100, #F4F4F5
- Neutral 200, #E6E5E6
- Neutral 300, #D5D3D6
- Neutral 400, #A2A0A4
- Neutral 500, #757277
- Neutral 600, #555357
- Neutral 700, #413F43
- Neutral 800, #29272B
- Neutral 900, #19171A
- Neutral 950, #0B090C
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, #F0AF59
- 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 100 with neutral 950 text, at 15.9:1.
- In dark mode primary stays Brand 100: it already reads on the dark background at 15.9:1.
- 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 #E9E4ED
Lighter and darker versions of #E9E4ED.