Palette

Light Steel

Balanced grays, off-whites, and cool charcoals offer minimalism, clarity, order, and subtle polish.

Color analysis

Palette profile

This 9-color palette is cool-led with a muted character and high tonal range. Its internal colors provide 14 pairs at or above the 4.5:1 contrast target for normal text.

Temperature

Cool-led

Color character

Muted

Lightness span

83%

Accessible pairs

14 / 36

Colors

Blue F8F9FA#F8F9FAA defining swatch in this palette, useful for UI accents, branding systems, and visual direction.RGBrgb(248, 249, 250)HSLhsl(210, 16.7%, 97.6%)CMYKcmyk(0.8%, 0.4%, 0%, 2%)LABlab(97.88, -0.15, -0.59)

Blue E9ECEF#E9ECEFA defining swatch in this palette, useful for UI accents, branding systems, and visual direction.RGBrgb(233, 236, 239)HSLhsl(210, 15.8%, 92.5%)CMYKcmyk(2.5%, 1.3%, 0%, 6.3%)LABlab(93.25, -0.46, -1.8)

Blue DEE2E6#DEE2E6A defining swatch in this palette, useful for UI accents, branding systems, and visual direction.RGBrgb(222, 226, 230)HSLhsl(210, 13.8%, 88.6%)CMYKcmyk(3.5%, 1.7%, 0%, 9.8%)LABlab(89.69, -0.61, -2.42)

Blue CED4DA#CED4DAA defining swatch in this palette, useful for UI accents, branding systems, and visual direction.RGBrgb(206, 212, 218)HSLhsl(210, 14%, 83.1%)CMYKcmyk(5.5%, 2.8%, 0%, 14.5%)LABlab(84.62, -0.91, -3.66)

Gray ADB5BD#ADB5BDA defining swatch in this palette, useful for UI accents, branding systems, and visual direction.RGBrgb(173, 181, 189)HSLhsl(210, 10.8%, 71%)CMYKcmyk(8.5%, 4.2%, 0%, 25.9%)LABlab(73.29, -1.21, -5.02)

Gray 6C757D#6C757DA defining swatch in this palette, useful for UI accents, branding systems, and visual direction.RGBrgb(108, 117, 125)HSLhsl(208.2, 7.3%, 45.7%)CMYKcmyk(13.6%, 6.4%, 0%, 51%)LABlab(48.75, -1.6, -5.54)

Gray 495057#495057A defining swatch in this palette, useful for UI accents, branding systems, and visual direction.RGBrgb(73, 80, 87)HSLhsl(210, 8.8%, 31.4%)CMYKcmyk(16.1%, 8%, 0%, 65.9%)LABlab(33.65, -1.13, -5.06)

Gray 343A40#343A40A defining swatch in this palette, useful for UI accents, branding systems, and visual direction.RGBrgb(52, 58, 64)HSLhsl(210, 10.3%, 22.7%)CMYKcmyk(18.8%, 9.4%, 0%, 74.9%)LABlab(24.08, -1, -4.56)

Gray 212529#212529A defining swatch in this palette, useful for UI accents, branding systems, and visual direction.RGBrgb(33, 37, 41)HSLhsl(210, 10.8%, 14.5%)CMYKcmyk(19.5%, 9.8%, 0%, 83.9%)LABlab(14.44, -0.72, -3.26)

Meaning

Winter

Psychology

BalanceNeutralityDepthAuthorityFreshnessSimplicity

Usage

Seasonal UI ThemesPromo Layouts

Blue F8F9FA

#F8F9FA

Black text

19.92:1AAA

White text

1.05:1Fail

Support

Blue E9ECEF

#E9ECEF

Black text

17.71:1AAA

White text

1.19:1Fail

Support

Blue DEE2E6

#DEE2E6

Black text

16.13:1AAA

White text

1.30:1Fail

Support

Blue CED4DA

#CED4DA

Black text

14.05:1AAA

White text

1.49:1Fail

Support

Gray ADB5BD

#ADB5BD

Black text

10.12:1AAA

White text

2.07:1Fail

Support

Gray 6C757D

#6C757D

Black text

4.48:1AA Large

White text

4.69:1AA

Support

Gray 495057

#495057

Black text

2.57:1Fail

White text

8.18:1AAA

Support

Gray 343A40

#343A40

Black text

1.83:1Fail

White text

11.51:1AAA

Anchor

Gray 212529

#212529

Black text

1.36:1Fail

White text

15.43:1AAA

Best internal combinations

The strongest foreground and background pairs found inside this palette. Showing the top 12 of 14 AA-compatible pairs.

Sample text

#212529 on #F8F9FA14.63:1 · AAA

Sample text

#212529 on #E9ECEF13.01:1 · AAA

Sample text

#212529 on #DEE2E611.85:1 · AAA

Sample text

#343A40 on #F8F9FA10.91:1 · AAA

Sample text

#212529 on #CED4DA10.32:1 · AAA

Sample text

#343A40 on #E9ECEF9.70:1 · AAA

Sample text

#343A40 on #DEE2E68.84:1 · AAA

Sample text

#495057 on #F8F9FA7.76:1 · AAA

Sample text

#343A40 on #CED4DA7.70:1 · AAA

Sample text

#212529 on #ADB5BD7.43:1 · AAA

Sample text

#495057 on #E9ECEF6.90:1 · AA

Sample text

#495057 on #DEE2E66.28:1 · AA

Color vision previews

Approximate simulations help reveal swatches that may become difficult to distinguish.

Protanopia

Reduced sensitivity to red light.

Deuteranopia

Reduced sensitivity to green light.

Tritanopia

Reduced sensitivity to blue light.

Achromatopsia

A grayscale approximation without hue perception.

CSS variables

Copy this palette as reusable custom properties for a design system or prototype.

:root {
  --palette-1: #F8F9FA;
  --palette-2: #E9ECEF;
  --palette-3: #DEE2E6;
  --palette-4: #CED4DA;
  --palette-5: #ADB5BD;
  --palette-6: #6C757D;
  --palette-7: #495057;
  --palette-8: #343A40;
  --palette-9: #212529;
}

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