Nordic Minimal

Four close-together grays and a single restrained blue accent — Scandinavian minimalism as a color system. The point is what it leaves out; resist adding a second accent.

Colors

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Snow #f8fafc

Mist #e2e8f0

Stone #90a1b9

Slate #314158

Fjord #0084d1

Accessibility snapshot

Each color's WCAG contrast ratio against white and black text — AA means it can carry normal-size text (≥4.5:1) on that background. Test your exact pairings in the contrast checker.

#f8fafc White text: 1.05:1 — Black text: 20.07:1 AA

#e2e8f0 White text: 1.23:1 — Black text: 17.03:1 AA

#90a1b9 White text: 2.63:1 — Black text: 7.98:1 AA

#314158 White text: 10.36:1 AA Black text: 2.03:1 —

#0084d1 White text: 4.02:1 — Black text: 5.22:1 AA

Color blindness safety

Every pair in this palette (10 pairs) checked with CIEDE2000 under normal vision plus the four strongest color vision deficiency types. A pair is flagged when it drops below ΔE 10 — the zone where colors get hard to tell apart at a glance.

#f8fafc vs #e2e8f0 Achromatopsia ΔE 4 Hard to distinguish

#f8fafc vs #e2e8f0 Normal vision ΔE 4.9 Hard to distinguish

#f8fafc vs #e2e8f0 Tritanopia ΔE 4.9 Hard to distinguish

#f8fafc vs #e2e8f0 Protanopia ΔE 5 Hard to distinguish

#f8fafc vs #e2e8f0 Deuteranopia ΔE 5.8 Hard to distinguish

Swatches show the pair as that viewer would see it. Flagged pairs are fine decoratively — just don’t make them the only difference between two states. Explore any pair in the simulator.

In a real interface

Roles assigned by lightness: the lightest color as background, the darkest as text, the first two palette colors as primary and accent.

Nordic Minimal

This is how the palette reads when its colors take on interface roles.

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CSS variables

CSS

--color-1: #f8fafc;
--color-2: #e2e8f0;
--color-3: #90a1b9;
--color-4: #314158;
--color-5: #0084d1;

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