Clair de Lune
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Muted moonlit gray with cool, airy undertone
About Clair de Lune
Clair de Lune sits lighter than Bath Bubbles and Candied Snow, but it's got more green than Beluga 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 Beluga 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
On Gray 100 #f5f5f5
On Gray 900 #18181b
On Black #000000
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