Eyeball
#fffbf8
Soft cool near-white for crisp, neutral UI
About Eyeball
Eyeball is almost nothing. It's so close to pure white that on most screens it reads as colorless, no warmth hiding underneath, no cream trying to soften the blow, just the faintest whisper of beige so you don't mistake it for the display's default background. It's the lightest thing in this family, and it knows it.
You land on it when you need a backdrop that genuinely disappears. Product interfaces, SaaS dashboards, fintech apps, minimal publishing layouts, anywhere the content matters more than the container. Dark text reads cleanly against it. Photography doesn't fight it. Unlike Alpaca, which demands to be noticed as a deliberate warm choice, or Angelic White, which softens everything around it, Eyeball just gets out of the way. It pairs naturally with cool grays and bright whites without creating tension.
The trade-off: pair it with warm neutrals and it'll feel slightly cold by comparison. It's not unfriendly, just matter-of-fact. Test it on your actual display first, on paper it pulls warmer than it ever will on screen.
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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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