Gainsboro — 11-step color scale

Gainsboro (#dcdcdc) sits at 500, untouched. Every other step is Gainsboro 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 Gainsboro 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.#dcdcdc

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

Semantic colors from Gainsboro

Success, warning, error and the rest are derived from Gainsboro 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 #dcdcdc

Suggested	Protanopia	Deuteranopia	Tritanopia
success#9bb893	16.7	15.8	16.4
warning#cda48b	18.3	17.9	22.8
error#906260	35.8	33.0	39.0
discovery#aaa9d3	18.7	19.0	13.4
info#81bab8	10.0	13.4	23.2
neutral#af9d9d	16.0	15.3	18.6

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 info suggestion starts out colliding with Gainsboro under Protanopia — ΔE₀₀ 10.0, below the 11 threshold — so the engine shifts its hue within the info family until the pair pulls apart again.

Export Gainsboro

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: #fcfcfc;
  --color-color-100: #f7f7f7;
  --color-color-200: #f1f1f1;
  --color-color-300: #ebebeb;
  --color-color-400: #e3e3e3;
  --color-color-500: #dcdcdc;
  --color-color-600: #b0b0b0;
  --color-color-700: #7b7b7b;
  --color-color-800: #585858;
  --color-color-900: #353535;
  --color-color-950: #121212;
}

SCSS

$color-color-50: #fcfcfc;
$color-color-100: #f7f7f7;
$color-color-200: #f1f1f1;
$color-color-300: #ebebeb;
$color-color-400: #e3e3e3;
$color-color-500: #dcdcdc;
$color-color-600: #b0b0b0;
$color-color-700: #7b7b7b;
$color-color-800: #585858;
$color-color-900: #353535;
$color-color-950: #121212;

JavaScript

export const color = {
  50: '#fcfcfc',
  100: '#f7f7f7',
  200: '#f1f1f1',
  300: '#ebebeb',
  400: '#e3e3e3',
  500: '#dcdcdc',
  600: '#b0b0b0',
  700: '#7b7b7b',
  800: '#585858',
  900: '#353535',
  950: '#121212',
};

JSON

{
  "color": {
    "50": "#fcfcfc",
    "100": "#f7f7f7",
    "200": "#f1f1f1",
    "300": "#ebebeb",
    "400": "#e3e3e3",
    "500": "#dcdcdc",
    "600": "#b0b0b0",
    "700": "#7b7b7b",
    "800": "#585858",
    "900": "#353535",
    "950": "#121212"
  }
}

Figma Variables

{
  "color": {
    "50": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [
          0.9882352941176471,
          0.9882352941176471,
          0.9882352941176471
        ],
        "alpha": 1,
        "hex": "#FCFCFC"
      },
      "$extensions": {
        "com.figma.variableId": "VariableID:1:1",
        "com.figma.isOverride": true
      }
    },
    "100": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [
          0.9686274509803922,
          0.9686274509803922,
          0.9686274509803922
        ],
        "alpha": 1,
        "hex": "#F7F7F7"
      },
      "$extensions": {
        "com.figma.variableId": "VariableID:1:2",
        "com.figma.isOverride": true
      }
    },
    "200": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [
          0.9450980392156862,
          0.9450980392156862,
          0.9450980392156862
        ],
        "alpha": 1,
        "hex": "#F1F1F1"
      },
      "$extensions": {
        "com.figma.variableId": "VariableID:1:3",
        "com.figma.isOverride": true
      }
    },
    "300": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [
          0.9215686274509803,
          0.9215686274509803,
          0.9215686274509803
        ],
        "alpha": 1,
        "hex": "#EBEBEB"
      },
      "$extensions": {
        "com.figma.variableId": "VariableID:1:4",
        "com.figma.isOverride": true
      }
    },
    "400": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [
          0.8901960784313725,
          0.8901960784313725,
          0.8901960784313725
        ],
        "alpha": 1,
        "hex": "#E3E3E3"
      },
      "$extensions": {
        "com.figma.variableId": "VariableID:1:5",
        "com.figma.isOverride": true
      }
    },
    "500": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [
          0.8627450980392157,
          0.8627450980392157,
          0.8627450980392157
        ],
        "alpha": 1,
        "hex": "#DCDCDC"
      },
      "$extensions": {
        "com.figma.variableId": "VariableID:1:6",
        "com.figma.isOverride": true
      }
    },
    "600": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [
          0.6901960784313725,
          0.6901960784313725,
          0.6901960784313725
        ],
        "alpha": 1,
        "hex": "#B0B0B0"
      },
      "$extensions": {
        "com.figma.variableId": "VariableID:1:7",
        "com.figma.isOverride": true
      }
    },
    "700": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [
          0.4823529411764706,
          0.4823529411764706,
          0.4823529411764706
        ],
        "alpha": 1,
        "hex": "#7B7B7B"
      },
      "$extensions": {
        "com.figma.variableId": "VariableID:1:8",
        "com.figma.isOverride": true
      }
    },
    "800": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [
          0.34509803921568627,
          0.34509803921568627,
          0.34509803921568627
        ],
        "alpha": 1,
        "hex": "#585858"
      },
      "$extensions": {
        "com.figma.variableId": "VariableID:1:9",
        "com.figma.isOverride": true
      }
    },
    "900": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [
          0.20784313725490197,
          0.20784313725490197,
          0.20784313725490197
        ],
        "alpha": 1,
        "hex": "#353535"
      },
      "$extensions": {
        "com.figma.variableId": "VariableID:1:10",
        "com.figma.isOverride": true
      }
    },
    "950": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [
          0.07058823529411765,
          0.07058823529411765,
          0.07058823529411765
        ],
        "alpha": 1,
        "hex": "#121212"
      },
      "$extensions": {
        "com.figma.variableId": "VariableID:1:11",
        "com.figma.isOverride": true
      }
    }
  },
  "$extensions": {
    "com.figma.modeName": "Value"
  }
}

Open Gainsboro in the generator How the scale is built