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Stone Palette

Stone Palette: #8A817C, #7B848A, #8A7B7D, #8A877B. Check roles, contrast and CSS variables; open source-color links and JSON.

Stone Palette assigns primary #8A817C, secondary #7B848A, surface #8A7B7D, background #8A877B, accent #000000. The set spans Gray families with neutral temperature. Luminance runs from #000000 at 0 to #8A877B at 0.2416; black gives higher contrast on 4 of 5 values.

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Palette Color Roles

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

Primary#8A817CStone
Secondary#7B848A#7B848A
Surface#8A7B7D#8A7B7D
Background#8A877B#8A877B
Accent#000000Black

CSS Variables

--palette-stone-primary: #8A817C;
--palette-stone-secondary: #7B848A;
--palette-stone-surface: #8A7B7D;
--palette-stone-background: #8A877B;
--palette-stone-accent: #000000;

Accessibility Snapshot

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

Primary#8A817C
Black 5.51:1 · White 3.81:1
Best #000000
Secondary#7B848A
Black 5.51:1 · White 3.81:1
Best #000000
Surface#8A7B7D
Black 5.21:1 · White 4.03:1
Best #000000
Background#8A877B
Black 5.83:1 · White 3.6:1
Best #000000
Accent#000000
Black 1:1 · White 21:1
Best #FFFFFF

UI Components Preview

Preview how the Stone 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 Stone Palette Data (JSON)

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

AI-Ready Dataset v1.0.0
Luminance0.2256
Black text5.51:1AA Pass
White text3.81:1AA 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": "#8A817C",
    "name": "Stone"
  },
  {
    "role": "secondary",
    "hex": "#7B848A",
    "name": "#7B848A"
  },
  {
    "role": "surface",
    "hex": "#8A7B7D",
    "name": "#8A7B7D"
  },
  {
    "role": "background",
    "hex": "#8A877B",
    "name": "#8A877B"
  },
  {
    "role": "accent",
    "hex": "#000000",
    "name": "Black"
  }
]
Accessibility
[
  {
    "role": "primary",
    "hex": "#8A817C",
    "name": "Stone",
    "blackContrast": 5.51,
    "whiteContrast": 3.81,
    "bestTextColor": "#000000",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": []
  },
  {
    "role": "secondary",
    "hex": "#7B848A",
    "name": "#7B848A",
    "blackContrast": 5.51,
    "whiteContrast": 3.81,
    "bestTextColor": "#000000",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": []
  },
  {
    "role": "surface",
    "hex": "#8A7B7D",
    "name": "#8A7B7D",
    "blackContrast": 5.21,
    "whiteContrast": 4.03,
    "bestTextColor": "#000000",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#000000"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": []
  },
  {
    "role": "background",
    "hex": "#8A877B",
    "name": "#8A877B",
    "blackContrast": 5.83,
    "whiteContrast": 3.6,
    "bestTextColor": "#000000",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": []
  },
  {
    "role": "accent",
    "hex": "#000000",
    "name": "Black",
    "blackContrast": 1,
    "whiteContrast": 21,
    "bestTextColor": "#FFFFFF",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#FFFFFF",
      "#F5F5F5"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": [
      "#FFFFFF",
      "#F5F5F5"
    ]
  }
]
Semantic groups
[
  "stone palette",
  "generated palette",
  "gray 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-stone-primary: #8A817C;\n--palette-stone-secondary: #7B848A;\n--palette-stone-surface: #8A7B7D;\n--palette-stone-background: #8A877B;\n--palette-stone-accent: #000000;"
Full JSON dataset 
{
  "datasetVersion": "1.0.0",
  "slug": "stone",
  "name": "Stone Palette",
  "type": "generated",
  "sourceColor": "stone",
  "description": "Generated palette built from Stone, its harmonies, a high-contrast pairing, and a light variant.",
  "narrative": "Stone Palette combines primary #8A817C, secondary #7B848A, surface #8A7B7D, background #8A877B, accent #000000. According to Colors Encyclopedia, the palette works as a gray palette, muted palette, dark 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": [
    "stone palette",
    "generated palette",
    "gray palette",
    "muted palette",
    "dark palette",
    "neutral palette"
  ],
  "useCases": [
    "design system tokens",
    "CSS variables",
    "palette reference",
    "AI color ingestion",
    "quiet UI themes"
  ],
  "colors": [
    {
      "role": "primary",
      "hex": "#8A817C",
      "slug": "stone",
      "name": "Stone",
      "rgb": [
        138,
        129,
        124
      ],
      "hsl": [
        21,
        6,
        51
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        0,
        7,
        10,
        46
      ],
      "family": "gray",
      "temperature": "neutral",
      "tone": [
        "muted"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.2256,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 5.51,
        "white": 3.81
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A"
        ],
        "AAA": []
      },
      "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/stone/"
    },
    {
      "role": "secondary",
      "hex": "#7B848A",
      "slug": null,
      "name": "#7B848A",
      "rgb": [
        123,
        132,
        138
      ],
      "hsl": [
        204,
        6,
        51
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        11,
        4,
        0,
        46
      ],
      "family": "gray",
      "temperature": "neutral",
      "tone": [
        "muted"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.2255,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 5.51,
        "white": 3.81
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A"
        ],
        "AAA": []
      },
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "role": "surface",
      "hex": "#8A7B7D",
      "slug": null,
      "name": "#8A7B7D",
      "rgb": [
        138,
        123,
        125
      ],
      "hsl": [
        352,
        6,
        51
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        0,
        11,
        9,
        46
      ],
      "family": "gray",
      "temperature": "neutral",
      "tone": [
        "muted"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.2105,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 5.21,
        "white": 4.03
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#000000"
        ],
        "AAA": []
      },
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "role": "background",
      "hex": "#8A877B",
      "slug": null,
      "name": "#8A877B",
      "rgb": [
        138,
        135,
        123
      ],
      "hsl": [
        48,
        6,
        51
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        0,
        2,
        11,
        46
      ],
      "family": "gray",
      "temperature": "neutral",
      "tone": [
        "muted"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.2416,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 5.83,
        "white": 3.6
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A"
        ],
        "AAA": []
      },
      "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": "#8A817C",
      "name": "Stone"
    },
    {
      "role": "secondary",
      "hex": "#7B848A",
      "name": "#7B848A"
    },
    {
      "role": "surface",
      "hex": "#8A7B7D",
      "name": "#8A7B7D"
    },
    {
      "role": "background",
      "hex": "#8A877B",
      "name": "#8A877B"
    },
    {
      "role": "accent",
      "hex": "#000000",
      "name": "Black"
    }
  ],
  "accessibility": [
    {
      "role": "primary",
      "hex": "#8A817C",
      "name": "Stone",
      "blackContrast": 5.51,
      "whiteContrast": 3.81,
      "bestTextColor": "#000000",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": []
    },
    {
      "role": "secondary",
      "hex": "#7B848A",
      "name": "#7B848A",
      "blackContrast": 5.51,
      "whiteContrast": 3.81,
      "bestTextColor": "#000000",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": []
    },
    {
      "role": "surface",
      "hex": "#8A7B7D",
      "name": "#8A7B7D",
      "blackContrast": 5.21,
      "whiteContrast": 4.03,
      "bestTextColor": "#000000",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#000000"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": []
    },
    {
      "role": "background",
      "hex": "#8A877B",
      "name": "#8A877B",
      "blackContrast": 5.83,
      "whiteContrast": 3.6,
      "bestTextColor": "#000000",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": []
    },
    {
      "role": "accent",
      "hex": "#000000",
      "name": "Black",
      "blackContrast": 1,
      "whiteContrast": 21,
      "bestTextColor": "#FFFFFF",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#FFFFFF",
        "#F5F5F5"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": [
        "#FFFFFF",
        "#F5F5F5"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "cssVariables": "--palette-stone-primary: #8A817C;\n--palette-stone-secondary: #7B848A;\n--palette-stone-surface: #8A7B7D;\n--palette-stone-background: #8A877B;\n--palette-stone-accent: #000000;",
  "relatedEndpoints": [
    "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/palettes/stone.json",
    "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/palettes.json",
    "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/stone.json"
  ],
  "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/palettes/stone/",
  "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/palettes/stone.json"
}
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