Light gray
#F4E5ED
#F4E5ED is a light gray with almost no color, at step 100 of its 50–950 scale. Dark text on it has a contrast of 15.5:1. On white it reaches only 1.2:1, so use a darker shade for text.
#F4E5ED shades and tints
Eleven steps from 50 to 950 with #F4E5ED kept exactly at step 100. Lightness steps are even to the eye, and intensity tapers toward the lightest and darkest steps.
- 50 FEF3F9
- 100 F4E5ED
- 200 E1D5DC
- 300 C8BBC2
- 400 AC9FA6
- 500 91838A
- 600 766970
- 700 5D5158
- 800 473C42
- 900 31282D
- 950 1D161A
Tailwind CSS v4 theme
@theme { --color-gray-50: #fef3f9; --color-gray-100: #f4e5ed; --color-gray-200: #e1d5dc; --color-gray-300: #c8bbc2; --color-gray-400: #ac9fa6; --color-gray-500: #91838a; --color-gray-600: #766970; --color-gray-700: #5d5158; --color-gray-800: #473c42; --color-gray-900: #31282d; --color-gray-950: #1d161a;}Is #F4E5ED readable?
Contrast for text on #F4E5ED and for #F4E5ED 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 12 · Not readable
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
Dark text on it
AAA · 15.5APCA Lc 92 · Ideal for body text
- AaThe quick brown foxClosest readable: #80737A · 4.5:1 Check in contrast tool
As text on white
Fail · 1.2APCA Lc 11 · Not readable
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
As text on a dark background
AAA · 15.5APCA Lc 93 · Ideal for body text
Color palettes with #F4E5ED
Six palettes built around #F4E5ED, each starting from the exact color. Open one in the palette tool to adjust it or get more options.
- Analogous#F4E5ED · #E2727C · #DC89FC · #FFE1D1 · #291D25
- Complementary#F4E5ED · #4EBA94 · #00B578 · #FDC3EC · #2F292C
- Split complementary#F4E5ED · #96C169 · #00CCC0 · #FFDFF4 · #2F2228
- Triadic#F4E5ED · #C5B162 · #00B8EE · #F5C6DD · #2C2228
- Tetradic#F4E5ED · #D8A85B · #00D78C · #DBEDFF · #2E202A
- Monochromatic#F4E5ED · #B86A9B · #E475AE · #FFD2EE · #31262D
#F4E5ED as a brand color
What a UI color system built from #F4E5ED looks like: brand, neutral and status scales, with light and dark tokens that pass WCAG.
Brand
- Brand 50, #FEF3F9
- Brand 100, #F4E5ED
- Brand 200, #E1D5DC
- Brand 300, #C8BBC2
- Brand 400, #AC9FA6
- Brand 500, #91838A
- Brand 600, #766970
- Brand 700, #5D5158
- Brand 800, #473C42
- Brand 900, #31282D
- Brand 950, #1D161A
Neutral
- Neutral 50, #FBFAFA
- Neutral 100, #F5F3F4
- Neutral 200, #E7E4E6
- Neutral 300, #D7D3D5
- Neutral 400, #A69EA2
- Neutral 500, #797175
- Neutral 600, #595256
- Neutral 700, #453E42
- Neutral 800, #2C2629
- Neutral 900, #1B1619
- Neutral 950, #0D080B
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 16.4:1.
- In dark mode primary stays Brand 100: it already reads on the dark background at 16.4:1.
- 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 #F4E5ED
Lighter and darker versions of #F4E5ED.