Light gray
#EBEDDF
#EBEDDF is a light gray with almost no color, at step 100 of its 50–950 scale. Dark text on it has a contrast of 15.9:1. On white it reaches only 1.2:1, so use a darker shade for text.
#EBEDDF shades and tints
Eleven steps from 50 to 950 with #EBEDDF kept exactly at step 100. Lightness steps are even to the eye, and intensity tapers toward the lightest and darkest steps.
- 50 F6F8EE
- 100 EBEDDF
- 200 D9DACF
- 300 BFC1B4
- 400 A3A498
- 500 87897C
- 600 6D6F62
- 700 55564B
- 800 3F4137
- 900 2B2C24
- 950 181912
Tailwind CSS v4 theme
@theme { --color-gray-50: #f6f8ee; --color-gray-100: #ebeddf; --color-gray-200: #d9dacf; --color-gray-300: #bfc1b4; --color-gray-400: #a3a498; --color-gray-500: #87897c; --color-gray-600: #6d6f62; --color-gray-700: #55564b; --color-gray-800: #3f4137; --color-gray-900: #2b2c24; --color-gray-950: #181912;}Is #EBEDDF readable?
Contrast for text on #EBEDDF and for #EBEDDF 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 · 1.2APCA Lc 11 · Not readable
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
Dark text on it
AAA · 15.9APCA Lc 94 · Ideal for body text
- AaThe quick brown foxClosest readable: #76776B · 4.5:1 Check in contrast tool
As text on white
Fail · 1.2APCA Lc 9 · Not readable
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
As text on a dark background
AAA · 15.9APCA Lc 95 · Ideal for body text
Color palettes with #EBEDDF
Six palettes built around #EBEDDF, each starting from the exact color. Open one in the palette tool to adjust it or get more options.
- Analogous#EBEDDF · #71A56F · #E3A500 · #9AE8C7 · #303227
- Complementary#EBEDDF · #A98BE1 · #B4A2FF · #FCE694 · #2F3229
- Split complementary#EBEDDF · #859FE6 · #F07FE5 · #CAF4A0 · #292923
- Triadic#EBEDDF · #64ADDE · #FF6EB6 · #C4E4A5 · #2F3124
- Tetradic#EBEDDF · #42A8AB · #B4AAFF · #FFCCC9 · #25251D
- Monochromatic#EBEDDF · #CEAF29 · #89C735 · #D3F0B7 · #313226
#EBEDDF as a brand color
What a UI color system built from #EBEDDF looks like: brand, neutral and status scales, with light and dark tokens that pass WCAG.
Brand
- Brand 50, #F6F8EE
- Brand 100, #EBEDDF
- Brand 200, #D9DACF
- Brand 300, #BFC1B4
- Brand 400, #A3A498
- Brand 500, #87897C
- Brand 600, #6D6F62
- Brand 700, #55564B
- Brand 800, #3F4137
- Brand 900, #2B2C24
- Brand 950, #181912
Neutral
- Neutral 50, #FAFAF9
- Neutral 100, #F4F4F2
- Neutral 200, #E5E5E2
- Neutral 300, #D4D5D0
- Neutral 400, #A1A29B
- Neutral 500, #73746D
- Neutral 600, #54554E
- Neutral 700, #40413B
- Neutral 800, #282823
- Neutral 900, #181813
- 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, #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 16.7:1.
- In dark mode primary stays Brand 100: it already reads on the dark background at 16.7:1.
- 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 #EBEDDF
Lighter and darker versions of #EBEDDF.