Dark Gray — 11-step color scale

Dark Gray (#a9a9a9) sits at 500, untouched. Every other step is Dark Gray composited over white or black at a decreasing opacity, so the whole ramp stays in one hue family instead of drifting toward another color at the ends.

Open Dark Gray in the generator

8%50

24%100

40%200

56%300

80%400

100%500your color

80%600

56%700

40%800

24%900

8%950

Each step is the base composited over white or black at the opacity shown.#a9a9a9

For text that needs to pass AA on white, 700, 800, 900, 950 clear the 4.5:1 line. On a dark surface, 50, 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600 do.

Semantic colors from Dark Gray

Success, warning, error and the rest are derived from Dark Gray itself, then checked so they stay distinguishable from the base — and from each other — under the three types of color blindness. The distance below is CIEDE2000 after each simulation.

Derived from #a9a9a9

Suggested	Protanopia	Deuteranopia	Tritanopia
success#89b59c	8.9	5.7	17.0
warning#c99f87	12.2	13.9	19.5
error#906260	23.6	21.3	29.1
discovery#99a8d0	14.7	15.3	12.9
info#7bb5bb	5.9	8.9	20.8
neutral#af9d9d	3.2	3.6	10.8

CIEDE2000 distance from the base under each simulation. The lowest of the three decides, and a dot marks the ones that land under 11.

The neutral suggestion starts out colliding with Dark Gray under Protanopia — ΔE₀₀ 3.2, below the 11 threshold — so the engine shifts its hue within the neutral family until the pair pulls apart again.

Export Dark Gray

The same five formats the generator produces, for this scale. Copy any block, or open the tool to tweak the ramp first.

CSS

:root {
  --color-color-50: #f8f8f8;
  --color-color-100: #eaeaea;
  --color-color-200: #dddddd;
  --color-color-300: #cfcfcf;
  --color-color-400: #bababa;
  --color-color-500: #a9a9a9;
  --color-color-600: #878787;
  --color-color-700: #5f5f5f;
  --color-color-800: #444444;
  --color-color-900: #292929;
  --color-color-950: #0e0e0e;
}

SCSS

$color-color-50: #f8f8f8;
$color-color-100: #eaeaea;
$color-color-200: #dddddd;
$color-color-300: #cfcfcf;
$color-color-400: #bababa;
$color-color-500: #a9a9a9;
$color-color-600: #878787;
$color-color-700: #5f5f5f;
$color-color-800: #444444;
$color-color-900: #292929;
$color-color-950: #0e0e0e;

JavaScript

export const color = {
  50: '#f8f8f8',
  100: '#eaeaea',
  200: '#dddddd',
  300: '#cfcfcf',
  400: '#bababa',
  500: '#a9a9a9',
  600: '#878787',
  700: '#5f5f5f',
  800: '#444444',
  900: '#292929',
  950: '#0e0e0e',
};

JSON

{
  "color": {
    "50": "#f8f8f8",
    "100": "#eaeaea",
    "200": "#dddddd",
    "300": "#cfcfcf",
    "400": "#bababa",
    "500": "#a9a9a9",
    "600": "#878787",
    "700": "#5f5f5f",
    "800": "#444444",
    "900": "#292929",
    "950": "#0e0e0e"
  }
}

Figma Variables

{
  "color": {
    "50": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [
          0.9725490196078431,
          0.9725490196078431,
          0.9725490196078431
        ],
        "alpha": 1,
        "hex": "#F8F8F8"
      },
      "$extensions": {
        "com.figma.variableId": "VariableID:1:1",
        "com.figma.isOverride": true
      }
    },
    "100": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [
          0.9176470588235294,
          0.9176470588235294,
          0.9176470588235294
        ],
        "alpha": 1,
        "hex": "#EAEAEA"
      },
      "$extensions": {
        "com.figma.variableId": "VariableID:1:2",
        "com.figma.isOverride": true
      }
    },
    "200": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [
          0.8666666666666667,
          0.8666666666666667,
          0.8666666666666667
        ],
        "alpha": 1,
        "hex": "#DDDDDD"
      },
      "$extensions": {
        "com.figma.variableId": "VariableID:1:3",
        "com.figma.isOverride": true
      }
    },
    "300": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [
          0.8117647058823529,
          0.8117647058823529,
          0.8117647058823529
        ],
        "alpha": 1,
        "hex": "#CFCFCF"
      },
      "$extensions": {
        "com.figma.variableId": "VariableID:1:4",
        "com.figma.isOverride": true
      }
    },
    "400": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [
          0.7294117647058823,
          0.7294117647058823,
          0.7294117647058823
        ],
        "alpha": 1,
        "hex": "#BABABA"
      },
      "$extensions": {
        "com.figma.variableId": "VariableID:1:5",
        "com.figma.isOverride": true
      }
    },
    "500": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [
          0.6627450980392157,
          0.6627450980392157,
          0.6627450980392157
        ],
        "alpha": 1,
        "hex": "#A9A9A9"
      },
      "$extensions": {
        "com.figma.variableId": "VariableID:1:6",
        "com.figma.isOverride": true
      }
    },
    "600": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [
          0.5294117647058824,
          0.5294117647058824,
          0.5294117647058824
        ],
        "alpha": 1,
        "hex": "#878787"
      },
      "$extensions": {
        "com.figma.variableId": "VariableID:1:7",
        "com.figma.isOverride": true
      }
    },
    "700": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [
          0.37254901960784315,
          0.37254901960784315,
          0.37254901960784315
        ],
        "alpha": 1,
        "hex": "#5F5F5F"
      },
      "$extensions": {
        "com.figma.variableId": "VariableID:1:8",
        "com.figma.isOverride": true
      }
    },
    "800": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [
          0.26666666666666666,
          0.26666666666666666,
          0.26666666666666666
        ],
        "alpha": 1,
        "hex": "#444444"
      },
      "$extensions": {
        "com.figma.variableId": "VariableID:1:9",
        "com.figma.isOverride": true
      }
    },
    "900": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [
          0.1607843137254902,
          0.1607843137254902,
          0.1607843137254902
        ],
        "alpha": 1,
        "hex": "#292929"
      },
      "$extensions": {
        "com.figma.variableId": "VariableID:1:10",
        "com.figma.isOverride": true
      }
    },
    "950": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [
          0.054901960784313725,
          0.054901960784313725,
          0.054901960784313725
        ],
        "alpha": 1,
        "hex": "#0E0E0E"
      },
      "$extensions": {
        "com.figma.variableId": "VariableID:1:11",
        "com.figma.isOverride": true
      }
    }
  },
  "$extensions": {
    "com.figma.modeName": "Value"
  }
}

Open Dark Gray in the generator How the scale is built