White Sand

#f5ebd8

Brighter, neutral sand gray for airy backgrounds

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About White Sand

I keep noticing White Sand in mockups that feel "lightly weathered" rather than creamy. It's not as gray-cast and grounded as , and it doesn't carry the extra beige weight that has. Compared to , this one reads warmer and more paper-like, not just a cool, near-neutral that vanishes next to true white.

Use it where you want brightness without turning the page into loud parchment: typography-heavy product pages, documentation hubs, and layout backgrounds for publishing that need to stay calm for long reads. It also works in UI surfaces for SaaS and content libraries, where you want photography to sit naturally and type contrast to stay crisp. I like it when the interface needs to feel tidy, not soft.

Quirk: on very warm displays it can drift a touch toward honey sand, so I treat it like a "check-before-you-ship" background when the rest of the theme is cool.

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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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14.98:1AAA

On Black #000000

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17.76:1AAA

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