Shades of Grey 5 colors

  • #aaaaaa
  • #bbbbbb
  • #cccccc
  • #dddddd
  • #eeeeee
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Created at 07/06/2018 14:23
The palette consists of Light colors. Accent colors Steam #dddddd and Super Silver #eeeeee. Palette has Neutral colors temperature.

A sequential monochrome scheme: tints and shades of a single hue step between light and dark.

By lightness, this palette runs from #AAAAAA (darkest) to #EEEEEE (lightest). The lightness range is relatively narrow.

Overall saturation feels mostly muted (lower chroma) — 100% of colors are muted.

Most swatches are near-neutral or very low-chroma, so hue relationships are subtle.

Most swatches read as neutral in color temperature (5 of 5).

HEX codes (sorted): #AAAAAA, #BBBBBB, #CCCCCC, #DDDDDD, #EEEEEE

Palette Shades of Grey 5 colors combines 5 color codes:
HEX: #aaaaaa, RGB: (170, 170, 170); HEX: #bbbbbb, RGB: (187, 187, 187); HEX: #cccccc, RGB: (204, 204, 204)
HEX: #dddddd, RGB: (221, 221, 221); HEX: #eeeeee, RGB: (238, 238, 238)
Simplified version of palette colors
Tint of Dark Gray, Shade of Silver, Shade of Light Gray, Tint of Gainsboro, Shade of White Smoke
Color scheme was created by colorswall

Color codes in palette

Shades of Grey 5 colors color codes HEX, RGB information in table

ColorHEXRGBNameAlternative name
#aaaaaa#aaaaaaRGB(170, 170, 170)—Dhūsar Grey
#bbbbbb#bbbbbbRGB(187, 187, 187)—Gravel Fint
#cccccc#ccccccRGB(204, 204, 204)—Cerebral Grey
#dddddd#ddddddRGB(221, 221, 221)—Steam
#eeeeee#eeeeeeRGB(238, 238, 238)—Super Silver

Color Palette Contrast

9 color pairs have low contrast and need improvement which may impact readability.
Text ColorBackground ColorContrast Ratio
#aaaaaa
#bbbbbb
1.21
#aaaaaa
#cccccc
1.44
#aaaaaa
#dddddd
1.71
#bbbbbb
#cccccc
1.19
#bbbbbb
#dddddd
1.41
#bbbbbb
#eeeeee
1.65

Image palette Shades of Grey 5 colors png