Generated palette

Gray Palette

Gray Palette: #808080, #000000, #ADADAD. Check roles, contrast and CSS variables; open source-color links and JSON.

Gray Palette assigns primary #808080, secondary #000000, surface #ADADAD. The set spans Gray families with neutral temperature. Luminance runs from #000000 at 0 to #ADADAD at 0.4179; black gives higher contrast on 2 of 3 values.

All palettes Source color API

3colors

Muted palettedominant group

5use cases

Palette Color Roles

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

Primary#808080Grey

Secondary#000000Black

Surface#ADADAD#ADADAD

CSS Variables

--palette-gray-primary: #808080;
--palette-gray-secondary: #000000;
--palette-gray-surface: #ADADAD;

Accessibility Snapshot

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

Primary#808080
Black 5.32:1 · White 3.95:1
Best #000000

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

Surface#ADADAD
Black 9.36:1 · White 2.24:1
Best #000000

UI Components Preview

Preview how the Gray 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.

Luminance0.2159

Black text5.32:1AA Pass

White text3.95:1AA 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": "#808080",
    "name": "Grey"
  },
  {
    "role": "secondary",
    "hex": "#000000",
    "name": "Black"
  },
  {
    "role": "surface",
    "hex": "#ADADAD",
    "name": "#ADADAD"
  }
]

Accessibility

[
  {
    "role": "primary",
    "hex": "#808080",
    "name": "Grey",
    "blackContrast": 5.32,
    "whiteContrast": 3.95,
    "bestTextColor": "#000000",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#000000"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": []
  },
  {
    "role": "secondary",
    "hex": "#000000",
    "name": "Black",
    "blackContrast": 1,
    "whiteContrast": 21,
    "bestTextColor": "#FFFFFF",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#FFFFFF",
      "#F5F5F5"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": [
      "#FFFFFF",
      "#F5F5F5"
    ]
  },
  {
    "role": "surface",
    "hex": "#ADADAD",
    "name": "#ADADAD",
    "blackContrast": 9.36,
    "whiteContrast": 2.24,
    "bestTextColor": "#000000",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A"
    ]
  }
]

Semantic groups

[
  "gray palette",
  "generated palette",
  "muted palette",
  "dark palette",
  "neutral palette"
]

Use cases

[
  "design system tokens",
  "CSS variables",
  "palette reference",
  "AI color ingestion",
  "quiet UI themes"
]

CSS variables

"--palette-gray-primary: #808080;\n--palette-gray-secondary: #000000;\n--palette-gray-surface: #ADADAD;"

Full JSON dataset

{
  "datasetVersion": "1.0.0",
  "slug": "gray",
  "name": "Gray Palette",
  "type": "generated",
  "sourceColor": "gray",
  "description": "Generated palette built from Gray, its harmonies, a high-contrast pairing, and a light variant.",
  "narrative": "Gray Palette combines primary #808080, secondary #000000, surface #ADADAD. According to Colors Encyclopedia, the palette works as a muted palette, dark palette, neutral 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": [
    "gray palette",
    "generated palette",
    "muted palette",
    "dark palette",
    "neutral palette"
  ],
  "useCases": [
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    "CSS variables",
    "palette reference",
    "AI color ingestion",
    "quiet UI themes"
  ],
  "colors": [
    {
      "role": "primary",
      "hex": "#808080",
      "slug": "grey",
      "name": "Grey",
      "rgb": [
        128,
        128,
        128
      ],
      "hsl": [
        0,
        0,
        50
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        0,
        0,
        0,
        50
      ],
      "family": "gray",
      "temperature": "neutral",
      "tone": [
        "muted"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.2159,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 5.32,
        "white": 3.95
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#000000"
        ],
        "AAA": []
      },
      "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/grey/"
    },
    {
      "role": "secondary",
      "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/"
    },
    {
      "role": "surface",
      "hex": "#ADADAD",
      "slug": null,
      "name": "#ADADAD",
      "rgb": [
        173,
        173,
        173
      ],
      "hsl": [
        0,
        0,
        68
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        0,
        0,
        0,
        32
      ],
      "family": "gray",
      "temperature": "neutral",
      "tone": [
        "muted"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.4179,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 9.36,
        "white": 2.24
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A"
        ],
        "AAA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A"
        ]
      },
      "url": null
    }
  ],
  "roles": [
    {
      "role": "primary",
      "hex": "#808080",
      "name": "Grey"
    },
    {
      "role": "secondary",
      "hex": "#000000",
      "name": "Black"
    },
    {
      "role": "surface",
      "hex": "#ADADAD",
      "name": "#ADADAD"
    }
  ],
  "accessibility": [
    {
      "role": "primary",
      "hex": "#808080",
      "name": "Grey",
      "blackContrast": 5.32,
      "whiteContrast": 3.95,
      "bestTextColor": "#000000",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#000000"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": []
    },
    {
      "role": "secondary",
      "hex": "#000000",
      "name": "Black",
      "blackContrast": 1,
      "whiteContrast": 21,
      "bestTextColor": "#FFFFFF",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#FFFFFF",
        "#F5F5F5"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": [
        "#FFFFFF",
        "#F5F5F5"
      ]
    },
    {
      "role": "surface",
      "hex": "#ADADAD",
      "name": "#ADADAD",
      "blackContrast": 9.36,
      "whiteContrast": 2.24,
      "bestTextColor": "#000000",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "cssVariables": "--palette-gray-primary: #808080;\n--palette-gray-secondary: #000000;\n--palette-gray-surface: #ADADAD;",
  "relatedEndpoints": [
    "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/palettes/gray.json",
    "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/palettes.json",
    "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/gray.json"
  ],
  "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/palettes/gray/",
  "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/palettes/gray.json"
}

Gray Palette

Palette Color Roles

CSS Variables

Accessibility Snapshot

UI Components Preview

Machine-Readable Gray Palette Data (JSON)

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