Tailwind CSS v3 color

Tailwind stone-300 #D6D3D1

Tailwind CSS v3's stone-300 is #D6D3D1. It is a light gray in the neutral family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.869 with chroma 0.004, too low for hue to matter. The nearest CSS named color is lightgray (#D3D3D3), ΔE2000 1.6 away.

Relative luminance
0.6549
OKLCH L · C · h
0.869 · 0.004 · 56.4
Best text
Black 14.09:1
Hue family
Neutral
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#D6D3D1 color codes

HEX
#D6D3D1
RGB
rgb(214, 211, 209)
HSL
hsl(24, 6%, 83%)
OKLCH
oklch(0.869 0.004 56.4)
OKLab
oklab(0.869 0.002 0.004)
CIELAB (D65)
L* 84.73, a* 0.67, b* 1.35
XYZ (D65)
X 62.53, Y 65.49, Z 69.66
CMYK (naive)
cmyk(0%, 1%, 2%, 16%)

CIELAB and XYZ use the D65 white point; CSS lab() uses D50, so paste the OKLCH or HEX value into stylesheets. CMYK here is a plain formula with no press profile.

Legibility

Contrast: is #D6D3D1 accessible?

Black text on it reaches 14.09:1, passing AAA. White text fails at 1.48:1.

WCAG 2 gives the same ratio whichever color is the text; APCA does not, so its Lc changes sign and size with polarity.

Open the Contrast System

  • Black text on it

    14.09:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA passes
    • APCA Lc +80

  • White text on it

    1.48:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large fails
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc −26

    Text is here, unreadable at 1.48:1

  • As text on black

    14.09:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA passes
    • APCA Lc −80

  • As text on white

    1.48:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large fails
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc +23

    Text is here, unreadable at 1.48:1

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

  • For text on white

    #797674 4.50:1

    Darkening its OKLCH lightness from 0.87 to 0.57 reaches 4.50:1 on white, keeping the hue.

    Compare both in the Contrast System

  • For text on black

    #D6D3D1 14.09:1

    It already reaches 14.09:1 on black, so no change is needed.

Checking another pair? Use the Contrast Checker.

Studio

Adjust #D6D3D1 live

Move lightness, chroma and hue in OKLCH, or drag on the map. The map is every lightness and chroma at the current hue: sRGB inside the solid area, Display P3 out to the dashed line.

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Scale

Shades and tints of #D6D3D1

Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #D6D3D1 sits at step 200.

  1. 50#F7F4F3
    White
    1.09
    Black
    19.18
  2. 100#EDEAE9
    White
    1.19
    Black
    17.54
  3. 200This color#D6D3D1
    White
    1.48
    Black
    14.09
  4. 300#C0BDBB
    White
    1.86
    Black
    11.23
  5. 400#A4A19F
    White
    2.56
    Black
    8.17
  6. 500#888584
    White
    3.66
    Black
    5.73
  7. 600#716E6C
    White
    5.06
    Black
    4.14
  8. 700#5A5756
    White
    7.16
    Black
    2.93
  9. 800#413F3E
    White
    10.47
    Black
    2.00
  10. 900#2A2827
    White
    14.67
    Black
    1.43
  11. 950#171615
    White
    18.07
    Black
    1.16

Under each step, white and black text on it; a bold figure passes 4.5:1.

Tailwind CSS v3 stone scale

The real Tailwind palette, for comparison with the computed ramp above.

  1. 50#FAFAF9
    White
    1.04
    Black
    20.10
  2. 100#F5F5F4
    White
    1.09
    Black
    19.24
  3. 200#E7E5E4
    White
    1.25
    Black
    16.72
  4. 300This color#D6D3D1
    White
    1.48
    Black
    14.09
  5. 400#A8A29E
    White
    2.52
    Black
    8.32
  6. 500#78716C
    White
    4.79
    Black
    4.37
  7. 600#57534E
    White
    7.62
    Black
    2.75
  8. 700#44403C
    White
    10.27
    Black
    2.04
  9. 800#292524
    White
    15.16
    Black
    1.38
  10. 900#1C1917
    White
    17.48
    Black
    1.20
  11. 950#0C0A09
    White
    19.75
    Black
    1.06

Gamut

How vivid #D6D3D1 can get

A gray has no hue, so no gamut holds a more vivid version of #D6D3D1: more chroma would make it another color.

0.00.20.40.60.80.20.40.60.8 460480500520540560580600620
  • sRGB
  • Display P3
  • Rec. 2020
  • Dominant wavelength
OKLCH chroma
0.004
sRGB edge
No hue
Display P3 edge
No hue
Rec. 2020 edge
No hue
Dominant wavelength
None, near white
Excitation purity
2%
Chromaticity
x 0.3163, y 0.3313

Mixing

Mixing #D6D3D1

Each row is the same mix worked out in a different space, with the halfway color at its end. sRGB, which older CSS gradients use, can sag gray or dark in the middle; OKLab keeps the lightness steps even; OKLCH holds chroma and hue as it goes.

White #FFFFFF

  • sRGB50%#EBE9E8
  • OKLab50%#EAE9E8
  • OKLCH50%#EAE9E8

Black #000000

  • sRGB50%#6B6A69
  • OKLab50%#525150
  • OKLCH50%#525150
In CSS
/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #d6d3d1, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #d6d3d1 50%, white);

In use

#D6D3D1 in an interface

A button, a link, a heading, a focused field, an icon and a chart line in this color, on a light page and a dark one. Each check is a WCAG 2 contrast minimum: 1.4.3 for text, 1.4.11 for the rest.

Light page

  • Button labelText, 4.5:114.09:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:11.48:1 Fails
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:11.48:1 Fails
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:11.48:1 Fails

For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #797674 4.50:1

Dark page

  • Button labelText, 4.5:114.09:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:112.57:1 Passes
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:112.57:1 Passes
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:112.57:1 Passes

Color vision

How #D6D3D1 looks with color blindness

As a neutral it barely changes under any simulation, ΔE2000 1.7 at most.

Simulated with Machado et al. (2009) at full severity, in linear light.

Simulate a whole page What each type sees

  • Protanopia

    No working red (long-wavelength) cones

    #D4D3D1 ΔE2000 1.0

    Very close

    Reads as light gray

  • Deuteranopia

    No working green (medium-wavelength) cones

    #D5D4D1 ΔE2000 1.3

    Very close

    Reads as light gray

  • Tritanopia

    No working blue (short-wavelength) cones

    #D7D2D2 ΔE2000 1.7

    Very close

    Reads as light gray

  • Achromatopsia

    No cone color vision; lightness only

    #D3D3D3 ΔE2000 1.6

    Very close

    Reads as light gray

Pairing check

A near-neutral has no complementary hue to pair with, so tell it apart from neighboring grays by lightness contrast alone.

Harmony

Color harmonies for #D6D3D1

A neutral has no hue to rotate, so every harmony collapses back to the same gray. Pair it with an accent color instead.

Or pair it by lightness: steps of its own scale as text on it, and what each can carry.

Build a lightness scale in Harmony Studio

  • Step 950 #171615 · 12.13:1

    Body text, AAA

  • Step 700 #5A5756 · 4.80:1

    Body text, AA

  • Step 300 #C0BDBB · 1.25:1

    Decoration only, under 3:1

Code

Design tokens

Ready-to-paste tokens in six formats. Rename them to fit your system.

CSS custom property

:root {
  --color-stone-300: #d6d3d1;
}

Tailwind config

// tailwind.config.js — already built in as stone-300;
// pin the v3 value explicitly like this:
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        stone: { 300: '#d6d3d1' },
      },
    },
  },
};

Tailwind v4 theme

/* app.css — Tailwind CSS v4 */
@import "tailwindcss";

@theme {
  /* v4 has its own stone-300; this pins the v3 value. */
  --color-stone-300: oklch(0.869 0.004 56.4);
}

Design token (W3C DTCG)

{
  "color": {
    "stone-300": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [0.8392, 0.8275, 0.8196],
        "hex": "#d6d3d1"
      },
      "$description": "Tailwind CSS v3 stone-300"
    }
  }
}

SwiftUI color

import SwiftUI

enum Palette {
    static let stone300 = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.839, green: 0.827, blue: 0.820, opacity: 1)
}

Jetpack Compose color

import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color

object Palette {
    val Stone300 = Color(0xFFD6D3D1)
}

Matches

The nearest match in each system

The closest CSS name, Tailwind shade, RAL Classic paint and Crayola crayon by ΔE2000; under 2 is hard to tell apart side by side. RAL and Crayola values approximate physical colors.

Neighbors

The eight nearest colors on this site by ΔE2000, closest first. Under 2 is hard to tell apart side by side.

Tools

Open #D6D3D1 in the tools

Each opens over this page. More colors live in the Color Library, and every color page is listed on the hub.