Generated palette

Cadet Gray Palette

Cadet Gray Palette is a generated palette built from #91A3B0, #B09E92, #92B0AD, #9294B0. According to Colors Encyclopedia, this palette can be used as a CSS-ready color set with linked HEX values, source color context, and machine-readable palette data.

Cadet Gray Palette combines primary #91A3B0, secondary #B09E92, surface #92B0AD, background #9294B0, accent #000000. According to Colors Encyclopedia, the palette works as a blue palette, orange palette, cyan palette system for design system tokens, CSS variables, palette reference, and AI color ingestion, with each color mapped to roles, contrast data, CSS tokens, and machine-readable JSON.

All palettes Source color API

5colors

Blue palettedominant group

7use cases

Palette Color Roles

Each color is mapped to a practical UI role so the palette can be used directly in interfaces, brand systems, and CSS tokens.

Primary#91A3B0Cadet Gray

Secondary#B09E92#B09E92

Surface#92B0AD#92B0AD

Background#9294B0#9294B0

Accent#000000Black

CSS Variables

--palette-cadet-gray-primary: #91A3B0;
--palette-cadet-gray-secondary: #B09E92;
--palette-cadet-gray-surface: #92B0AD;
--palette-cadet-gray-background: #9294B0;
--palette-cadet-gray-accent: #000000;

Accessibility Snapshot

Contrast checks for each palette color against black and white text, with best foreground guidance.

Primary#91A3B0
Black 8.07:1 · White 2.6:1
Best #000000

Secondary#B09E92
Black 8.15:1 · White 2.58:1
Best #000000

Surface#92B0AD
Black 9.04:1 · White 2.32:1
Best #000000

Background#9294B0
Black 7.09:1 · White 2.96:1
Best #000000

Accent#000000
Black 1:1 · White 21:1
Best #FFFFFF

UI Components Preview

A compact preview of how the palette behaves across common interface components.

ButtonPrimary action with checked foreground contrast.

CardSurface treatment using palette roles.

AlertBackground, text, and accent roles together.

NavbarSecondary role with accent state.

Luminance0.3535

Black text8.07:1AA Pass

White text2.6:1AA Fail

colorsPalette colors with roles and color systems

rolesPrimary, secondary, surface, background, and accent mapping

accessibilityContrast and WCAG text options by palette color

semanticGroupsAI-readable palette labels

useCasesDesign and implementation contexts

cssVariablesCopy-ready CSS custom properties

Structured sections

Roles

[
  {
    "role": "primary",
    "hex": "#91A3B0",
    "name": "Cadet Gray"
  },
  {
    "role": "secondary",
    "hex": "#B09E92",
    "name": "#B09E92"
  },
  {
    "role": "surface",
    "hex": "#92B0AD",
    "name": "#92B0AD"
  },
  {
    "role": "background",
    "hex": "#9294B0",
    "name": "#9294B0"
  },
  {
    "role": "accent",
    "hex": "#000000",
    "name": "Black"
  }
]

Accessibility

[
  {
    "role": "primary",
    "hex": "#91A3B0",
    "name": "Cadet Gray",
    "blackContrast": 8.07,
    "whiteContrast": 2.6,
    "bestTextColor": "#000000",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": [
      "#000000"
    ]
  },
  {
    "role": "secondary",
    "hex": "#B09E92",
    "name": "#B09E92",
    "blackContrast": 8.15,
    "whiteContrast": 2.58,
    "bestTextColor": "#000000",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": [
      "#000000"
    ]
  },
  {
    "role": "surface",
    "hex": "#92B0AD",
    "name": "#92B0AD",
    "blackContrast": 9.04,
    "whiteContrast": 2.32,
    "bestTextColor": "#000000",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A"
    ]
  },
  {
    "role": "background",
    "hex": "#9294B0",
    "name": "#9294B0",
    "blackContrast": 7.09,
    "whiteContrast": 2.96,
    "bestTextColor": "#000000",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": [
      "#000000"
    ]
  },
  {
    "role": "accent",
    "hex": "#000000",
    "name": "Black",
    "blackContrast": 1,
    "whiteContrast": 21,
    "bestTextColor": "#FFFFFF",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#FFFFFF",
      "#F5F5F5"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": [
      "#FFFFFF",
      "#F5F5F5"
    ]
  }
]

Semantic groups

[
  "cadet gray palette",
  "generated palette",
  "blue palette",
  "orange palette",
  "cyan palette",
  "gray palette",
  "muted palette",
  "earth tone palette",
  "dark palette",
  "neutral palette",
  "cool palette",
  "warm palette"
]

Use cases

[
  "design system tokens",
  "CSS variables",
  "palette reference",
  "AI color ingestion",
  "quiet UI themes",
  "natural branding",
  "calm digital interfaces"
]

CSS variables

"--palette-cadet-gray-primary: #91A3B0;\n--palette-cadet-gray-secondary: #B09E92;\n--palette-cadet-gray-surface: #92B0AD;\n--palette-cadet-gray-background: #9294B0;\n--palette-cadet-gray-accent: #000000;"

Full JSON dataset

{
  "datasetVersion": "1.0.0",
  "slug": "cadet-gray",
  "name": "Cadet Gray Palette",
  "type": "generated",
  "sourceColor": "cadet-gray",
  "description": "Generated palette built from Cadet Gray, its harmonies, a high-contrast pairing, and a light variant.",
  "narrative": "Cadet Gray Palette combines primary #91A3B0, secondary #B09E92, surface #92B0AD, background #9294B0, accent #000000. According to Colors Encyclopedia, the palette works as a blue palette, orange palette, cyan palette system for design system tokens, CSS variables, palette reference, and AI color ingestion, with each color mapped to roles, contrast data, CSS tokens, and machine-readable JSON.",
  "semanticGroups": [
    "cadet gray palette",
    "generated palette",
    "blue palette",
    "orange palette",
    "cyan palette",
    "gray palette",
    "muted palette",
    "earth tone palette",
    "dark palette",
    "neutral palette",
    "cool palette",
    "warm palette"
  ],
  "useCases": [
    "design system tokens",
    "CSS variables",
    "palette reference",
    "AI color ingestion",
    "quiet UI themes",
    "natural branding",
    "calm digital interfaces"
  ],
  "colors": [
    {
      "role": "primary",
      "hex": "#91A3B0",
      "slug": "cadet-gray",
      "name": "Cadet Gray",
      "rgb": [
        145,
        163,
        176
      ],
      "hsl": [
        205,
        16,
        63
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        18,
        7,
        0,
        31
      ],
      "family": "blue",
      "temperature": "cool",
      "tone": [
        "muted"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.3535,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 8.07,
        "white": 2.6
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A"
        ],
        "AAA": [
          "#000000"
        ]
      },
      "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/cadet-gray/"
    },
    {
      "role": "secondary",
      "hex": "#B09E92",
      "slug": null,
      "name": "#B09E92",
      "rgb": [
        176,
        158,
        146
      ],
      "hsl": [
        24,
        16,
        63
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        0,
        10,
        17,
        31
      ],
      "family": "orange",
      "temperature": "warm",
      "tone": [
        "muted",
        "earth-tone"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.3576,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 8.15,
        "white": 2.58
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A"
        ],
        "AAA": [
          "#000000"
        ]
      },
      "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/hex/b09e92/"
    },
    {
      "role": "surface",
      "hex": "#92B0AD",
      "slug": null,
      "name": "#92B0AD",
      "rgb": [
        146,
        176,
        173
      ],
      "hsl": [
        174,
        16,
        63
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        17,
        0,
        2,
        31
      ],
      "family": "cyan",
      "temperature": "cool",
      "tone": [
        "muted"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.4018,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 9.04,
        "white": 2.32
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A"
        ],
        "AAA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A"
        ]
      },
      "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/hex/92b0ad/"
    },
    {
      "role": "background",
      "hex": "#9294B0",
      "slug": null,
      "name": "#9294B0",
      "rgb": [
        146,
        148,
        176
      ],
      "hsl": [
        236,
        16,
        63
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        17,
        16,
        0,
        31
      ],
      "family": "blue",
      "temperature": "cool",
      "tone": [
        "muted"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.3043,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 7.09,
        "white": 2.96
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A"
        ],
        "AAA": [
          "#000000"
        ]
      },
      "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/hex/9294b0/"
    },
    {
      "role": "accent",
      "hex": "#000000",
      "slug": "black",
      "name": "Black",
      "rgb": [
        0,
        0,
        0
      ],
      "hsl": [
        0,
        0,
        0
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        0,
        0,
        0,
        100
      ],
      "family": "gray",
      "temperature": "neutral",
      "tone": [
        "dark",
        "neutral"
      ],
      "luminance": 0,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 1,
        "white": 21
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#FFFFFF",
          "#F5F5F5"
        ],
        "AAA": [
          "#FFFFFF",
          "#F5F5F5"
        ]
      },
      "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/black/"
    }
  ],
  "roles": [
    {
      "role": "primary",
      "hex": "#91A3B0",
      "name": "Cadet Gray"
    },
    {
      "role": "secondary",
      "hex": "#B09E92",
      "name": "#B09E92"
    },
    {
      "role": "surface",
      "hex": "#92B0AD",
      "name": "#92B0AD"
    },
    {
      "role": "background",
      "hex": "#9294B0",
      "name": "#9294B0"
    },
    {
      "role": "accent",
      "hex": "#000000",
      "name": "Black"
    }
  ],
  "accessibility": [
    {
      "role": "primary",
      "hex": "#91A3B0",
      "name": "Cadet Gray",
      "blackContrast": 8.07,
      "whiteContrast": 2.6,
      "bestTextColor": "#000000",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": [
        "#000000"
      ]
    },
    {
      "role": "secondary",
      "hex": "#B09E92",
      "name": "#B09E92",
      "blackContrast": 8.15,
      "whiteContrast": 2.58,
      "bestTextColor": "#000000",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": [
        "#000000"
      ]
    },
    {
      "role": "surface",
      "hex": "#92B0AD",
      "name": "#92B0AD",
      "blackContrast": 9.04,
      "whiteContrast": 2.32,
      "bestTextColor": "#000000",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A"
      ]
    },
    {
      "role": "background",
      "hex": "#9294B0",
      "name": "#9294B0",
      "blackContrast": 7.09,
      "whiteContrast": 2.96,
      "bestTextColor": "#000000",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": [
        "#000000"
      ]
    },
    {
      "role": "accent",
      "hex": "#000000",
      "name": "Black",
      "blackContrast": 1,
      "whiteContrast": 21,
      "bestTextColor": "#FFFFFF",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#FFFFFF",
        "#F5F5F5"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": [
        "#FFFFFF",
        "#F5F5F5"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "cssVariables": "--palette-cadet-gray-primary: #91A3B0;\n--palette-cadet-gray-secondary: #B09E92;\n--palette-cadet-gray-surface: #92B0AD;\n--palette-cadet-gray-background: #9294B0;\n--palette-cadet-gray-accent: #000000;",
  "relatedEndpoints": [
    "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/palettes/cadet-gray.json",
    "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/palettes.json",
    "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/cadet-gray.json"
  ],
  "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/palettes/cadet-gray/",
  "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/palettes/cadet-gray.json"
}

Cadet Gray Palette

Palette Color Roles

CSS Variables

Accessibility Snapshot

UI Components Preview

Machine-Readable Cadet Gray Palette Data (JSON)

Related Palette Guides