Clair de Lune

#dbe9df

Muted moonlit gray with cool, airy undertone

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About Clair de Lune

Clair de Lune sits lighter than and , but it's got more green than without feeling like it's trying. It's the pale side of cool gray, the one where you actually notice the undertone because the color's so faint it becomes the whole personality. Not warm. Not clinical. Just there, with a hint of something mineral underneath.

Reach for it on dark mode dashboards in fintech, healthcare, and SaaS where you need a background that won't fight your information hierarchy but still feels intentional. Form fields, secondary panels, disabled states, body text in low-urgency contexts. It's light enough to recede but holds enough presence that pure white feels wrong by comparison.

Pair it with cool neutrals and blues. Avoid greens and teals in the same layout, it'll wash out faster than the other pale grays because there's less saturation to anchor it. If your contrast is weak, this one needs it more than does.

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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.

On White #ffffff

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1.25:1Fail

On Gray 100 #f5f5f5

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1.15:1Fail

On Gray 900 #18181b

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14.12:1AAA

On Black #000000

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16.73:1AAA

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