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Carbon Fiber Palette

Carbon Fiber Palette: #1C1C1C, #FFFFFF, #4A4A4A. Check roles, contrast and CSS variables; open source-color links and JSON.

Carbon Fiber Palette assigns primary #1C1C1C, secondary #FFFFFF, surface #4A4A4A. The set spans Gray families with neutral temperature. Luminance runs from #1C1C1C at 0.0116 to #FFFFFF at 1; black gives higher contrast on 1 of 3 values.

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3colors
Gray palettedominant group
5use cases

Palette Color Roles

Carbon Fiber Palette maps 3 colors to practical UI roles for interfaces, brand systems, and CSS tokens.

Primary#1C1C1CCarbon Fiber
Secondary#FFFFFFWhite
Surface#4A4A4A#4A4A4A

CSS Variables

--palette-carbon-fiber-primary: #1C1C1C;
--palette-carbon-fiber-secondary: #FFFFFF;
--palette-carbon-fiber-surface: #4A4A4A;

Accessibility Snapshot

Compare all 3 Carbon Fiber Palette values against black and white text, with the stronger standard foreground identified for each role.

Primary#1C1C1C
Black 1.23:1 · White 17.05:1
Best #FFFFFF
Secondary#FFFFFF
Black 21:1 · White 1:1
Best #000000
Surface#4A4A4A
Black 2.37:1 · White 8.86:1
Best #FFFFFF

UI Components Preview

Preview how the Carbon Fiber Palette roles behave together across common interface components before copying the CSS variables.

ButtonPrimary action with checked foreground contrast.
CardSurface treatment using palette roles.
AlertBackground, text, and accent roles together.
NavbarSecondary role with accent state.

Machine-readable data

Machine-Readable Carbon Fiber Palette Data (JSON)

Structured palette data for Carbon Fiber Palette, including color roles, accessibility, semantic groups, use cases, CSS variables, and API links.

AI-Ready Dataset v1.0.0
Luminance0.0116
Black text1.23:1AA Fail
White text17.05:1AA Pass
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
Download JSON Open API
Structured sections
Roles
[
  {
    "role": "primary",
    "hex": "#1C1C1C",
    "name": "Carbon Fiber"
  },
  {
    "role": "secondary",
    "hex": "#FFFFFF",
    "name": "White"
  },
  {
    "role": "surface",
    "hex": "#4A4A4A",
    "name": "#4A4A4A"
  }
]
Accessibility
[
  {
    "role": "primary",
    "hex": "#1C1C1C",
    "name": "Carbon Fiber",
    "blackContrast": 1.23,
    "whiteContrast": 17.05,
    "bestTextColor": "#FFFFFF",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#FFFFFF",
      "#F5F5F5"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": [
      "#FFFFFF",
      "#F5F5F5"
    ]
  },
  {
    "role": "secondary",
    "hex": "#FFFFFF",
    "name": "White",
    "blackContrast": 21,
    "whiteContrast": 1,
    "bestTextColor": "#000000",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A",
      "#36454F"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A",
      "#36454F"
    ]
  },
  {
    "role": "surface",
    "hex": "#4A4A4A",
    "name": "#4A4A4A",
    "blackContrast": 2.37,
    "whiteContrast": 8.86,
    "bestTextColor": "#FFFFFF",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#FFFFFF",
      "#F5F5F5"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": [
      "#FFFFFF",
      "#F5F5F5"
    ]
  }
]
Semantic groups
[
  "carbon fiber palette",
  "generated palette",
  "gray palette",
  "dark palette",
  "light palette",
  "neutral palette",
  "muted palette"
]
Use cases
[
  "design system tokens",
  "CSS variables",
  "palette reference",
  "AI color ingestion",
  "quiet UI themes"
]
CSS variables
"--palette-carbon-fiber-primary: #1C1C1C;\n--palette-carbon-fiber-secondary: #FFFFFF;\n--palette-carbon-fiber-surface: #4A4A4A;"
Full JSON dataset 
{
  "datasetVersion": "1.0.0",
  "slug": "carbon-fiber",
  "name": "Carbon Fiber Palette",
  "type": "generated",
  "sourceColor": "carbon-fiber",
  "description": "Generated palette built from Carbon Fiber, its harmonies, a high-contrast pairing, and a light variant.",
  "narrative": "Carbon Fiber Palette combines primary #1C1C1C, secondary #FFFFFF, surface #4A4A4A. According to Colors Encyclopedia, the palette works as a gray palette, dark palette, light 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": [
    "carbon fiber palette",
    "generated palette",
    "gray palette",
    "dark palette",
    "light palette",
    "neutral palette",
    "muted palette"
  ],
  "useCases": [
    "design system tokens",
    "CSS variables",
    "palette reference",
    "AI color ingestion",
    "quiet UI themes"
  ],
  "colors": [
    {
      "role": "primary",
      "hex": "#1C1C1C",
      "slug": "carbon-fiber",
      "name": "Carbon Fiber",
      "rgb": [
        28,
        28,
        28
      ],
      "hsl": [
        0,
        0,
        11
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        0,
        0,
        0,
        89
      ],
      "family": "gray",
      "temperature": "neutral",
      "tone": [
        "dark"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.0116,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 1.23,
        "white": 17.05
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#FFFFFF",
          "#F5F5F5"
        ],
        "AAA": [
          "#FFFFFF",
          "#F5F5F5"
        ]
      },
      "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/carbon-fiber/"
    },
    {
      "role": "secondary",
      "hex": "#FFFFFF",
      "slug": "white",
      "name": "White",
      "rgb": [
        255,
        255,
        255
      ],
      "hsl": [
        0,
        0,
        100
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        0,
        0,
        0,
        0
      ],
      "family": "gray",
      "temperature": "neutral",
      "tone": [
        "light",
        "neutral"
      ],
      "luminance": 1,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 21,
        "white": 1
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A",
          "#36454F"
        ],
        "AAA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A",
          "#36454F"
        ]
      },
      "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/white/"
    },
    {
      "role": "surface",
      "hex": "#4A4A4A",
      "slug": null,
      "name": "#4A4A4A",
      "rgb": [
        74,
        74,
        74
      ],
      "hsl": [
        0,
        0,
        29
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        0,
        0,
        0,
        71
      ],
      "family": "gray",
      "temperature": "neutral",
      "tone": [
        "muted"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.0685,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 2.37,
        "white": 8.86
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#FFFFFF",
          "#F5F5F5"
        ],
        "AAA": [
          "#FFFFFF",
          "#F5F5F5"
        ]
      },
      "url": null
    }
  ],
  "roles": [
    {
      "role": "primary",
      "hex": "#1C1C1C",
      "name": "Carbon Fiber"
    },
    {
      "role": "secondary",
      "hex": "#FFFFFF",
      "name": "White"
    },
    {
      "role": "surface",
      "hex": "#4A4A4A",
      "name": "#4A4A4A"
    }
  ],
  "accessibility": [
    {
      "role": "primary",
      "hex": "#1C1C1C",
      "name": "Carbon Fiber",
      "blackContrast": 1.23,
      "whiteContrast": 17.05,
      "bestTextColor": "#FFFFFF",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#FFFFFF",
        "#F5F5F5"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": [
        "#FFFFFF",
        "#F5F5F5"
      ]
    },
    {
      "role": "secondary",
      "hex": "#FFFFFF",
      "name": "White",
      "blackContrast": 21,
      "whiteContrast": 1,
      "bestTextColor": "#000000",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A",
        "#36454F"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A",
        "#36454F"
      ]
    },
    {
      "role": "surface",
      "hex": "#4A4A4A",
      "name": "#4A4A4A",
      "blackContrast": 2.37,
      "whiteContrast": 8.86,
      "bestTextColor": "#FFFFFF",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#FFFFFF",
        "#F5F5F5"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": [
        "#FFFFFF",
        "#F5F5F5"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "cssVariables": "--palette-carbon-fiber-primary: #1C1C1C;\n--palette-carbon-fiber-secondary: #FFFFFF;\n--palette-carbon-fiber-surface: #4A4A4A;",
  "relatedEndpoints": [
    "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/palettes/carbon-fiber.json",
    "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/palettes.json",
    "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/carbon-fiber.json"
  ],
  "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/palettes/carbon-fiber/",
  "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/palettes/carbon-fiber.json"
}
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