Fjord Light color palette
Fjord Light is a 5-color palette drawing on blues, teals and cyans and purples. In OKLCH its lightness runs from 30% (#1D313F, dark) to 94% (#C9F3FD, very light), and its most saturated color, #30635F, is muted. 4 of its 5 chromatic colors sit on the cool side of the hue wheel. 3 of its 10 color pairs reach the WCAG AA ratio of 4.5:1 for body text. It is tagged winter, cold, teal, muted, calm and colorblind-friendly.
- Gunmetal #1D313F
- Dark Cyan #30635F
- Silver Lake Blue #80889F
- French Gray #B8B4CD
- Diamond #C9F3FD
Color codes
| Color | HEX | RGB | HSL | OKLCH |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gunmetal | #1D313F | rgb(29, 49, 63) | hsl(205, 37%, 18%) | oklch(30.3% 0.036 240.1) |
| Dark Cyan | #30635F | rgb(48, 99, 95) | hsl(175, 35%, 29%) | oklch(46.3% 0.055 188.7) |
| Silver Lake Blue | #80889F | rgb(128, 136, 159) | hsl(225, 14%, 56%) | oklch(62.8% 0.036 270.2) |
| French Gray | #B8B4CD | rgb(184, 180, 205) | hsl(250, 20%, 75%) | oklch(78.1% 0.035 292.9) |
| Diamond | #C9F3FD | rgb(201, 243, 253) | hsl(192, 93%, 89%) | oklch(93.8% 0.045 213.8) |
Accessibility
The best text and background pairs in Fjord Light, by WCAG 2 contrast ratio, with the APCA lightness contrast (Lc) of the text on its background.
| Pair | WCAG 2 | Level | APCA Lc |
|---|---|---|---|
| #C9F3FD on #1D313F | 11.34:1 | AAA | Lc -90.4 |
| #1D313F on #B8B4CD | 6.68:1 | AA | Lc 58.7 |
| #C9F3FD on #30635F | 5.76:1 | AA | Lc -75.8 |
Color vision
No pair of colors comes within ΔE 0.06 of another under protanopia, deuteranopia, tritanopia or achromatopsia. It is tagged colorblind-friendly: every pair stays at least ΔE 0.14 apart.
Protanopia
Deuteranopia
Tritanopia
Achromatopsia
Use it in code
Install these colors as Tailwind CSS v4 theme colors with shadcn: npx shadcn@latest add https://getcolors.so/r/palette/1d313f-30635f-80889f-b8b4cd-c9f3fd.json.
Make it your own
Edit the colors, build a full light and dark color system from them, or see them on real UI.