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Raw Concrete

The spectrum of unfinished concrete: cool stone, warm aggregate, dark formwork shadows, and the chalk-pale of freshly cured surfaces. A grounding, structural palette for architecture, interior, and design-forward brands.

Raw Concrete takes its palette from the material character of exposed concrete surfaces, which are never truly neutral — they shift between warm aggregate tones and cool blue-gray stone, with deep formwork shadows and pale cured highlights. This palette works particularly well in architecture, interior, and product contexts where material authenticity and structural weight are the intended mood.

ArchitectureBrutalistIndustrial
Why this set works

Brutalist grays from warm to cool — the palette of exposed concrete, modernist architecture, and industrial materials.

Architecture and interior design
Industrial brand identity
Minimal design system backgrounds
Prompt words
brutalist architecture editorial in concrete gray tonesindustrial interior palette in warm and cool grayminimal design system in exposed concrete surface palette
Export ready
1. Cool Gray Whisper #EFF0F1
2. Warm Gray Silk #B2ADA9
3. Cool Gray Tone #93999F
4. Warm Gray Velvet #726B65
5. Cool Gray Shadow #43474C
6. Warm Gray Nocturne #363330
--raw-concrete-1: #EFF0F1;
--raw-concrete-2: #B2ADA9;
--raw-concrete-3: #93999F;
--raw-concrete-4: #726B65;
--raw-concrete-5: #43474C;
--raw-concrete-6: #363330;

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Dark mode pairs
#EFF0F1
#181A1B
#B2ADA9
#66605C
#93999F
#494D50
#726B65
#AFABA7
#43474C
#C1C4C7
#363330
#DBD9D7

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WCAG contrast audit

WCAG contrast ratios for all palette color pairs against white and black text.

#EFF0F1
1.1:1 Fail
18.4:1 AAA
#B2ADA9
2.2:1 Fail
9.4:1 AAA
#93999F
2.9:1 Fail
7.3:1 AAA
#726B65
5.2:1 AA
4:1 AA Large
#43474C
9.4:1 AAA
2.2:1 Fail
#363330
12.6:1 AAA
1.7:1 Fail

Color-on-color pairs:

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1.9:1 Fail
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2.5:1 Fail
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4.6:1 AA
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8.2:1 AAA
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1.3:1 Fail
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2.4:1 Fail
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4.2:1 AA Large
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1.8:1 Fail
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3.3:1 AA Large
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1.8:1 Fail

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Palette

Each swatch links back to its individual archive detail page.

Back to collections
1
Cool Gray Whisper
#EFF0F1
Blue · hsl(210, 6%, 94%)
2
Warm Gray Silk
#B2ADA9
Orange · hsl(30, 6%, 68%)
3
Cool Gray Tone
#93999F
Blue · hsl(210, 6%, 60%)
4
Warm Gray Velvet
#726B65
Orange · hsl(30, 6%, 42%)
5
Cool Gray Shadow
#43474C
Blue · hsl(210, 6%, 28%)
6
Warm Gray Nocturne
#363330
Orange · hsl(30, 6%, 20%)
Editorial direction

Collections should do more than group swatches. Each one should read like a usable design direction with a clear emotional lane and a real application surface.

This detail route is the missing layer between a generic palette gallery and a convincing design reference. It gives the set a specific point of view.

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