Diamond Cut
#e9e9f0
Bright cool gray with faint diamond-lilac undertone
About Diamond Cut
Diamond Cut is the one that sits between white and gray without fully committing to either. It's got enough gray in it that you'll clock it as intentional, but it doesn't pull toward warm or cool, it just stays put. Lighter than Foundation White, more neutral than Errigal White, it reads as cleaner than Ghost White without feeling like it's trying so hard to disappear.
Reach for this in interfaces where you need a soft, uncolored backdrop: design tools, light mode dashboards, admin panels, content management systems. It works for body text, form fields, sidebars, anywhere you want the background to recede without going invisible. Unlike Ghost White's absolute neutrality or Foundation White's lavender whisper, Diamond Cut gives you plainness without coldness, it's just a step away from white, nothing more.
Pair it with warm grays and it sits quiet. Push it next to cool blues and it won't fight back. That's the whole thing: it's agreeable enough that you won't need to think about it much, but specific enough that it's clearly not just white.
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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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