Moonbeam

#c2b8ae

Lighter, neutral gray with a moon-cool drift

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About Moonbeam

I keep Moonbeam in mind when I'm staring at a grayscale mock and thinking the page feels a touch too chalky or too cold. This one lands between cool gray and soft warmth, so it reads light and steady rather than beige-y, and it doesn't carry the brown insistence of .

Compared to Dino­saur Egg, Moonbeam is gentler about its warmth, with less visual weight and no "midday sunlight" wobble. I use it in dashboards and finance apps where charts and tables need a calm surface that still feels composed up close, and in editorial reading views where images should look present without pressing forward. For UI, it's great behind cards, empty states, and secondary panels because it works harder than it looks.

One quirk: pair it with clean ink-black text and it stays crisp, but if you lean too far into warm saturated colors, it can start to look slightly dusty instead of clean.

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WCAG 2.1 contrast ratios. AA requires 4.5:1 for normal text, 3:1 for large. AAA requires 7:1 / 4.5:1.

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On Gray 100 #f5f5f5

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On Gray 900 #18181b

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On Black #000000

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