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Snow Palette

Snow Palette: #FFFAFA, #FAFFFF, #FFFAFC, #FFFCFA. Check roles, contrast and CSS variables; open source-color links and JSON.

Snow Palette assigns primary #FFFAFA, secondary #FAFFFF, surface #FFFAFC, background #FFFCFA, accent #000000. The set spans Red, Cyan, Pink, and Orange families with warm, cool, and neutral temperatures. Luminance runs from #000000 at 0 to #FAFFFF at 0.9906; black gives higher contrast on 4 of 5 values.

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Red palettedominant group
5use cases

Palette Color Roles

Snow Palette maps 5 colors to practical UI roles for interfaces, brand systems, and CSS tokens.

Primary#FFFAFASnow
Secondary#FAFFFF#FAFFFF
Surface#FFFAFC#FFFAFC
Background#FFFCFA#FFFCFA
Accent#000000Black

CSS Variables

--palette-snow-primary: #FFFAFA;
--palette-snow-secondary: #FAFFFF;
--palette-snow-surface: #FFFAFC;
--palette-snow-background: #FFFCFA;
--palette-snow-accent: #000000;

Accessibility Snapshot

Compare all 5 Snow Palette values against black and white text, with the stronger standard foreground identified for each role.

Primary#FFFAFA
Black 20.31:1 · White 1.03:1
Best #000000
Secondary#FAFFFF
Black 20.81:1 · White 1.01:1
Best #000000
Surface#FFFAFC
Black 20.33:1 · White 1.03:1
Best #000000
Background#FFFCFA
Black 20.56:1 · White 1.02:1
Best #000000
Accent#000000
Black 1:1 · White 21:1
Best #FFFFFF

UI Components Preview

Preview how the Snow 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 Snow Palette Data (JSON)

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

AI-Ready Dataset v1.0.0
Luminance0.9653
Black text20.31:1AA Pass
White text1.03:1AA 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
Download JSON Open API
Structured sections
Roles
[
  {
    "role": "primary",
    "hex": "#FFFAFA",
    "name": "Snow"
  },
  {
    "role": "secondary",
    "hex": "#FAFFFF",
    "name": "#FAFFFF"
  },
  {
    "role": "surface",
    "hex": "#FFFAFC",
    "name": "#FFFAFC"
  },
  {
    "role": "background",
    "hex": "#FFFCFA",
    "name": "#FFFCFA"
  },
  {
    "role": "accent",
    "hex": "#000000",
    "name": "Black"
  }
]
Accessibility
[
  {
    "role": "primary",
    "hex": "#FFFAFA",
    "name": "Snow",
    "blackContrast": 20.31,
    "whiteContrast": 1.03,
    "bestTextColor": "#000000",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A",
      "#36454F"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A",
      "#36454F"
    ]
  },
  {
    "role": "secondary",
    "hex": "#FAFFFF",
    "name": "#FAFFFF",
    "blackContrast": 20.81,
    "whiteContrast": 1.01,
    "bestTextColor": "#000000",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A",
      "#36454F"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A",
      "#36454F"
    ]
  },
  {
    "role": "surface",
    "hex": "#FFFAFC",
    "name": "#FFFAFC",
    "blackContrast": 20.33,
    "whiteContrast": 1.03,
    "bestTextColor": "#000000",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A",
      "#36454F"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A",
      "#36454F"
    ]
  },
  {
    "role": "background",
    "hex": "#FFFCFA",
    "name": "#FFFCFA",
    "blackContrast": 20.56,
    "whiteContrast": 1.02,
    "bestTextColor": "#000000",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A",
      "#36454F"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A",
      "#36454F"
    ]
  },
  {
    "role": "accent",
    "hex": "#000000",
    "name": "Black",
    "blackContrast": 1,
    "whiteContrast": 21,
    "bestTextColor": "#FFFFFF",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#FFFFFF",
      "#F5F5F5"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": [
      "#FFFFFF",
      "#F5F5F5"
    ]
  }
]
Semantic groups
[
  "snow palette",
  "generated palette",
  "red palette",
  "cyan palette",
  "pink palette",
  "orange palette",
  "gray palette",
  "light palette",
  "pastel palette",
  "dark palette",
  "neutral palette",
  "warm palette",
  "cool palette"
]
Use cases
[
  "design system tokens",
  "CSS variables",
  "palette reference",
  "AI color ingestion",
  "soft backgrounds"
]
CSS variables
"--palette-snow-primary: #FFFAFA;\n--palette-snow-secondary: #FAFFFF;\n--palette-snow-surface: #FFFAFC;\n--palette-snow-background: #FFFCFA;\n--palette-snow-accent: #000000;"
Full JSON dataset 
{
  "datasetVersion": "1.0.0",
  "slug": "snow",
  "name": "Snow Palette",
  "type": "generated",
  "sourceColor": "snow",
  "description": "Generated palette built from Snow, its harmonies, a high-contrast pairing, and a light variant.",
  "narrative": "Snow Palette combines primary #FFFAFA, secondary #FAFFFF, surface #FFFAFC, background #FFFCFA, accent #000000. According to Colors Encyclopedia, the palette works as a red palette, cyan palette, pink 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": [
    "snow palette",
    "generated palette",
    "red palette",
    "cyan palette",
    "pink palette",
    "orange palette",
    "gray palette",
    "light palette",
    "pastel palette",
    "dark palette",
    "neutral palette",
    "warm palette",
    "cool palette"
  ],
  "useCases": [
    "design system tokens",
    "CSS variables",
    "palette reference",
    "AI color ingestion",
    "soft backgrounds"
  ],
  "colors": [
    {
      "role": "primary",
      "hex": "#FFFAFA",
      "slug": "snow",
      "name": "Snow",
      "rgb": [
        255,
        250,
        250
      ],
      "hsl": [
        0,
        100,
        99
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        0,
        2,
        2,
        0
      ],
      "family": "red",
      "temperature": "warm",
      "tone": [
        "light",
        "pastel"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.9653,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 20.31,
        "white": 1.03
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A",
          "#36454F"
        ],
        "AAA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A",
          "#36454F"
        ]
      },
      "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/snow/"
    },
    {
      "role": "secondary",
      "hex": "#FAFFFF",
      "slug": null,
      "name": "#FAFFFF",
      "rgb": [
        250,
        255,
        255
      ],
      "hsl": [
        180,
        100,
        99
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        2,
        0,
        0,
        0
      ],
      "family": "cyan",
      "temperature": "cool",
      "tone": [
        "light",
        "pastel"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.9906,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 20.81,
        "white": 1.01
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A",
          "#36454F"
        ],
        "AAA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A",
          "#36454F"
        ]
      },
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "role": "surface",
      "hex": "#FFFAFC",
      "slug": null,
      "name": "#FFFAFC",
      "rgb": [
        255,
        250,
        252
      ],
      "hsl": [
        336,
        100,
        99
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        0,
        2,
        1,
        0
      ],
      "family": "pink",
      "temperature": "warm",
      "tone": [
        "light",
        "pastel"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.9666,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 20.33,
        "white": 1.03
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A",
          "#36454F"
        ],
        "AAA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A",
          "#36454F"
        ]
      },
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "role": "background",
      "hex": "#FFFCFA",
      "slug": null,
      "name": "#FFFCFA",
      "rgb": [
        255,
        252,
        250
      ],
      "hsl": [
        24,
        100,
        99
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        0,
        1,
        2,
        0
      ],
      "family": "orange",
      "temperature": "warm",
      "tone": [
        "light",
        "pastel"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.9778,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 20.56,
        "white": 1.02
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A",
          "#36454F"
        ],
        "AAA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A",
          "#36454F"
        ]
      },
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "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": "#FFFAFA",
      "name": "Snow"
    },
    {
      "role": "secondary",
      "hex": "#FAFFFF",
      "name": "#FAFFFF"
    },
    {
      "role": "surface",
      "hex": "#FFFAFC",
      "name": "#FFFAFC"
    },
    {
      "role": "background",
      "hex": "#FFFCFA",
      "name": "#FFFCFA"
    },
    {
      "role": "accent",
      "hex": "#000000",
      "name": "Black"
    }
  ],
  "accessibility": [
    {
      "role": "primary",
      "hex": "#FFFAFA",
      "name": "Snow",
      "blackContrast": 20.31,
      "whiteContrast": 1.03,
      "bestTextColor": "#000000",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A",
        "#36454F"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A",
        "#36454F"
      ]
    },
    {
      "role": "secondary",
      "hex": "#FAFFFF",
      "name": "#FAFFFF",
      "blackContrast": 20.81,
      "whiteContrast": 1.01,
      "bestTextColor": "#000000",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A",
        "#36454F"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A",
        "#36454F"
      ]
    },
    {
      "role": "surface",
      "hex": "#FFFAFC",
      "name": "#FFFAFC",
      "blackContrast": 20.33,
      "whiteContrast": 1.03,
      "bestTextColor": "#000000",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A",
        "#36454F"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A",
        "#36454F"
      ]
    },
    {
      "role": "background",
      "hex": "#FFFCFA",
      "name": "#FFFCFA",
      "blackContrast": 20.56,
      "whiteContrast": 1.02,
      "bestTextColor": "#000000",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A",
        "#36454F"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A",
        "#36454F"
      ]
    },
    {
      "role": "accent",
      "hex": "#000000",
      "name": "Black",
      "blackContrast": 1,
      "whiteContrast": 21,
      "bestTextColor": "#FFFFFF",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#FFFFFF",
        "#F5F5F5"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": [
        "#FFFFFF",
        "#F5F5F5"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "cssVariables": "--palette-snow-primary: #FFFAFA;\n--palette-snow-secondary: #FAFFFF;\n--palette-snow-surface: #FFFAFC;\n--palette-snow-background: #FFFCFA;\n--palette-snow-accent: #000000;",
  "relatedEndpoints": [
    "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/palettes/snow.json",
    "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/palettes.json",
    "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/snow.json"
  ],
  "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/palettes/snow/",
  "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/palettes/snow.json"
}
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