Silver Bird

#fbf5f0

Very pale neutral with cool, misty undertone

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About Silver Bird

I'll use Silver Bird when a UI needs to feel airy like printer paper, but without tipping into the pink-cream softness of . It's very light, yet it holds onto a faint, silvery coolness instead of going peachy. Compared to 's near-colorless vanish, Silver Bird doesn't disappear. It stays present, quietly, like a sheet that's been sitting under soft window light.

This is the one you reach for when the surface should look warm but controlled: dashboards and finance apps with lots of white cards, tabs, and dense tables, plus insurance and healthcare portals where you want less "clinical" than , but less rosy than . Pair it with mid-light grays and cool slate accents so charts and empty states read crisp, not flattered.

Quirk: because it leans slightly cool, it can make surrounding warm whites look more yellow. If your design leans heavily on warm creams, you'll want to tune the balance in your grays.

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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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1.08:1Fail

On Gray 100 #f5f5f5

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1.01:1Fail

On Gray 900 #18181b

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16.38:1AAA

On Black #000000

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19.42:1AAA

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