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Colors

The color system is designed to provide a consistent and scalable palette for your design system. It uses the Radix UI Colors tool to generate a range of shades (from light to dark) for each base color. These colors are then integrated into your project using CSS variables, prefixed with color- for easy usage.

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Create a custom palette

Key Features

Custom Color Palette: The Radix UI Colors tool generates a scale of shades for each base color, ensuring a harmonious range from light to dark.
CSS Variables: Colors are defined as CSS variables, prefixed with color- for easy reference and usage.
Tailwind CSS v4 Integration: Colors are initialized in your CSS file, making them available for use in your Tailwind CSS v4 project.

To create a custom color palette, follow these steps:

Visit the Radix UI Colors tool.
Input your Accent color (e.g., #3B82F6 for blue).
Input your Gray color (e.g., #E6E6F2 for gray).
Input your Background color (e.g., #FFFFFF for white).
Copy the generated CSS variables.

Example Output:

For a base color of #3B82F6 (blue), the tool might generate:

css

:root, .light, .light-theme {
  --blue-1: #fcfdff;
  --blue-2: #f5f9ff;
  --blue-3: #eaf2ff;
  --blue-4: #dcebff;
  --blue-5: #cbe1ff;
  --blue-6: #b8d4ff;
  --blue-7: #9fc2fb;
  --blue-8: #7baaf6;
  --blue-9: #3b82f6;
  --blue-10: #2c74e9;
  --blue-11: #256cde;
  --blue-12: #123164;

  --blue-a1: #0055ff03;
  --blue-a2: #0066ff0a;
  --blue-a3: #0062ff15;
  --blue-a4: #006eff23;
  --blue-a5: #006cff34;
  --blue-a6: #0065ff47;
  --blue-a7: #005df560;
  --blue-a8: #005bee84;
  --blue-a9: #005df3c4;
  --blue-a10: #0057e5d3;
  --blue-a11: #0053d8da;
  --blue-a12: #002158ed;

  --blue-contrast: #fff;
  --blue-surface: #f3f8ffcc;
  --blue-indicator: #3b82f6;
  --blue-track: #3b82f6;
}

@supports (color: color(display-p3 1 1 1)) {
  @media (color-gamut: p3) {
    :root, .light, .light-theme {
      --blue-1: oklch(99.3% 0.0032 259.8);
      --blue-2: oklch(98.2% 0.0096 259.8);
      --blue-3: oklch(96% 0.0199 259.8);
      --blue-4: oklch(93.7% 0.0373 259.8);
      --blue-5: oklch(90.6% 0.054 259.8);
      --blue-6: oklch(86.4% 0.0697 259.8);
      --blue-7: oklch(80.9% 0.0894 259.8);
      --blue-8: oklch(73.4% 0.1221 259.8);
      --blue-9: oklch(62.3% 0.188 259.8);
      --blue-10: oklch(58.2% 0.1913 259.8);
      --blue-11: oklch(55.4% 0.188 259.8);
      --blue-12: oklch(32.3% 0.0976 259.8);

      --blue-a1: color(display-p3 0.0235 0.349 1 / 0.012);
      --blue-a2: color(display-p3 0.0235 0.349 0.8941 / 0.036);
      --blue-a3: color(display-p3 0.0078 0.3569 0.9529 / 0.079);
      --blue-a4: color(display-p3 0.0078 0.3804 0.9412 / 0.126);
      --blue-a5: color(display-p3 0.0078 0.3569 0.9412 / 0.189);
      --blue-a6: color(display-p3 0.0039 0.3373 0.9412 / 0.259);
      --blue-a7: color(display-p3 0.0039 0.3059 0.898 / 0.35);
      --blue-a8: color(display-p3 0.0039 0.298 0.8784 / 0.479);
      --blue-a9: color(display-p3 0 0.2824 0.902 / 0.695);
      --blue-a10: color(display-p3 0 0.2627 0.8431 / 0.75);
      --blue-a11: color(display-p3 0 0.251 0.7961 / 0.773);
      --blue-a12: color(display-p3 0 0.098 0.3098 / 0.899);

      --blue-contrast: #fff;
      --blue-surface: color(display-p3 0.9569 0.9725 1 / 0.8);
      --blue-indicator: oklch(62.3% 0.188 259.8);
      --blue-track: oklch(62.3% 0.188 259.8);
    }
  }
}

Integrating Colors into Your CSS File

Once you have your color scales, integrate them into your CSS file. Define the colors as CSS variables under the @theme inline layer, prefixed with color-accent.

Color System Setup

Two Scales:

Solid colors (--accent-1 to --accent-12)
Transparent versions (--accent-a1 to --accent-a12)

Naming Logic

color-{purpose}-{value} (e.g., color-accent-9 for primary brand color)

css

@theme inline {
...
  --color-accent-track: var(--accent-track);
  --color-accent-indicator: var(--accent-indicator);
  --color-accent-surface: var(--accent-surface);
  --color-accent-contrast: var(--accent-contrast);
  --color-accent-a12: var(--accent-a12);
  --color-accent-a11: var(--accent-a11);
  --color-accent-a10: var(--accent-a10);
  --color-accent-a9: var(--accent-a9);
  --color-accent-a8: var(--accent-a8);
  --color-accent-a7: var(--accent-a7);
  --color-accent-a6: var(--accent-a6);
  --color-accent-a5: var(--accent-a5);
  --color-accent-a4: var(--accent-a4);
  --color-accent-a3: var(--accent-a3);
  --color-accent-a2: var(--accent-a2);
  --color-accent-a1: var(--accent-a1);
  --color-accent-12: var(--accent-12);
  --color-accent-11: var(--accent-11);
  --color-accent-10: var(--accent-10);
  --color-accent-9: var(--accent-9);
  --color-accent-8: var(--accent-8);
  --color-accent-7: var(--accent-7);
  --color-accent-6: var(--accent-6);
  --color-accent-5: var(--accent-5);
  --color-accent-4: var(--accent-4);
  --color-accent-3: var(--accent-3);
  --color-accent-2: var(--accent-2);
  --color-accent-1: var(--accent-1);
...
}

:root  {
  ...
  --accent-1: #fcfdff;
  --accent-2: #f3f9ff;
  --accent-3: #e8f3ff;
  --accent-4: #d8eaff;
  --accent-5: #c9e0ff;
  --accent-6: #b5d3ff;
  --accent-7: #9abfff;
  --accent-8: #73a3ff;
  --accent-9: #007;
  --accent-10: #042692;
  --accent-11: #2458de;
  --accent-12: #011d8a;
  --accent-a1: #0055ff03;
  --accent-a2: #0080ff0c;
  --accent-a3: #007aff17;
  --accent-a4: #0076ff27;
  --accent-a5: #006dff36;
  --accent-a6: #0168ff4a;
  --accent-a7: #005eff65;
  --accent-a8: #0058ff8c;
  --accent-a9: #000077;
  --accent-a10: #002390fb;
  --accent-a11: #003dd9db;
  --accent-a12: #001c8afe;
  --accent-contrast: #fff;
  --accent-surface: #f0f8ffcc;
  --accent-indicator: #007;
  --accent-track: #007;
  ...
}

Using Colors in Your Project

Once the colors are defined as CSS variables, you can use them in your HTML or JSX by referencing the variables.

jsx

...
<div className="text-accent-9">
  This is a blue box with dark blue text.
</div>
...