Gray — 11-step color scale

Gray (#808080) sits at 500, untouched. Every other step is 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 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.#808080

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

Semantic colors from Gray

Success, warning, error and the rest are derived from 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 #808080

Suggested	Protanopia	Deuteranopia	Tritanopia
success#628b72	9.5	6.4	16.6
warning#9c785c	13.6	14.8	18.7
error#896279	12.0	7.8	18.7
discovery#717fa5	14.7	15.2	12.8
info#538b92	6.5	9.2	20.7
neutral#8c7373	4.3	4.8	14.2

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 Gray under Protanopia — ΔE₀₀ 4.3, below the 11 threshold — so the engine shifts its hue within the neutral family until the pair pulls apart again.

Export 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: #f5f5f5;
  --color-color-100: #e1e1e1;
  --color-color-200: #cccccc;
  --color-color-300: #b8b8b8;
  --color-color-400: #999999;
  --color-color-500: #808080;
  --color-color-600: #666666;
  --color-color-700: #484848;
  --color-color-800: #333333;
  --color-color-900: #1f1f1f;
  --color-color-950: #0a0a0a;
}

SCSS

$color-color-50: #f5f5f5;
$color-color-100: #e1e1e1;
$color-color-200: #cccccc;
$color-color-300: #b8b8b8;
$color-color-400: #999999;
$color-color-500: #808080;
$color-color-600: #666666;
$color-color-700: #484848;
$color-color-800: #333333;
$color-color-900: #1f1f1f;
$color-color-950: #0a0a0a;

JavaScript

export const color = {
  50: '#f5f5f5',
  100: '#e1e1e1',
  200: '#cccccc',
  300: '#b8b8b8',
  400: '#999999',
  500: '#808080',
  600: '#666666',
  700: '#484848',
  800: '#333333',
  900: '#1f1f1f',
  950: '#0a0a0a',
};

JSON

{
  "color": {
    "50": "#f5f5f5",
    "100": "#e1e1e1",
    "200": "#cccccc",
    "300": "#b8b8b8",
    "400": "#999999",
    "500": "#808080",
    "600": "#666666",
    "700": "#484848",
    "800": "#333333",
    "900": "#1f1f1f",
    "950": "#0a0a0a"
  }
}

Figma Variables

{
  "color": {
    "50": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [
          0.9607843137254902,
          0.9607843137254902,
          0.9607843137254902
        ],
        "alpha": 1,
        "hex": "#F5F5F5"
      },
      "$extensions": {
        "com.figma.variableId": "VariableID:1:1",
        "com.figma.isOverride": true
      }
    },
    "100": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [
          0.8823529411764706,
          0.8823529411764706,
          0.8823529411764706
        ],
        "alpha": 1,
        "hex": "#E1E1E1"
      },
      "$extensions": {
        "com.figma.variableId": "VariableID:1:2",
        "com.figma.isOverride": true
      }
    },
    "200": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [
          0.8,
          0.8,
          0.8
        ],
        "alpha": 1,
        "hex": "#CCCCCC"
      },
      "$extensions": {
        "com.figma.variableId": "VariableID:1:3",
        "com.figma.isOverride": true
      }
    },
    "300": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [
          0.7215686274509804,
          0.7215686274509804,
          0.7215686274509804
        ],
        "alpha": 1,
        "hex": "#B8B8B8"
      },
      "$extensions": {
        "com.figma.variableId": "VariableID:1:4",
        "com.figma.isOverride": true
      }
    },
    "400": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [
          0.6,
          0.6,
          0.6
        ],
        "alpha": 1,
        "hex": "#999999"
      },
      "$extensions": {
        "com.figma.variableId": "VariableID:1:5",
        "com.figma.isOverride": true
      }
    },
    "500": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [
          0.5019607843137255,
          0.5019607843137255,
          0.5019607843137255
        ],
        "alpha": 1,
        "hex": "#808080"
      },
      "$extensions": {
        "com.figma.variableId": "VariableID:1:6",
        "com.figma.isOverride": true
      }
    },
    "600": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [
          0.4,
          0.4,
          0.4
        ],
        "alpha": 1,
        "hex": "#666666"
      },
      "$extensions": {
        "com.figma.variableId": "VariableID:1:7",
        "com.figma.isOverride": true
      }
    },
    "700": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [
          0.2823529411764706,
          0.2823529411764706,
          0.2823529411764706
        ],
        "alpha": 1,
        "hex": "#484848"
      },
      "$extensions": {
        "com.figma.variableId": "VariableID:1:8",
        "com.figma.isOverride": true
      }
    },
    "800": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [
          0.2,
          0.2,
          0.2
        ],
        "alpha": 1,
        "hex": "#333333"
      },
      "$extensions": {
        "com.figma.variableId": "VariableID:1:9",
        "com.figma.isOverride": true
      }
    },
    "900": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [
          0.12156862745098039,
          0.12156862745098039,
          0.12156862745098039
        ],
        "alpha": 1,
        "hex": "#1F1F1F"
      },
      "$extensions": {
        "com.figma.variableId": "VariableID:1:10",
        "com.figma.isOverride": true
      }
    },
    "950": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [
          0.0392156862745098,
          0.0392156862745098,
          0.0392156862745098
        ],
        "alpha": 1,
        "hex": "#0A0A0A"
      },
      "$extensions": {
        "com.figma.variableId": "VariableID:1:11",
        "com.figma.isOverride": true
      }
    }
  },
  "$extensions": {
    "com.figma.modeName": "Value"
  }
}

Open Gray in the generator How the scale is built