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Storm Silver

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Storm silver draws from the chromatic range of storm-lit skies, brushed aluminum, polished concrete, and anodized titanium surfaces. Cobalt-pearl-faint opens at near-white with the faintest cool presence — the color of overcast daylight on white concrete. Cerulean-whisper-muted deepens to the first distinct cool-gray tone — the color of polished industrial stone or matte aluminum. Azure-silk-faint moves into a confident mid-gray that reads as technical and refined simultaneously. Cobalt-shadow-soft contributes a barely-perceptible cool-blue shadow depth — the hue that natural metal surfaces show when lit from above. Cobalt-shadow-muted anchors as the deep storm-silver — near-dark neutral with a precise, metallic character.

Storm silver suits enterprise software, professional SaaS tools, advanced consumer technology, industrial design, and any brand that wants to communicate precision and technical credibility without warmth. It is the palette of high-quality German engineering, precision optical instruments, premium industrial hardware, and high-specification manufacturing. Photography direction: brushed aluminum and titanium surfaces, architectural concrete, precision machined metal parts, overcast industrial environments, technical product photography on gray and white backgrounds. Typography: a geometric or industrial sans (Helvetica, Inter, Aktiv Grotesk) in storm silver reads as precision-engineered; a compressed condensed grotesque reads as technical and performance-focused.

CoolTechnicalSophisticated
Why this set works

Cool graphite, silver-gray, and storm-cloud tones — precise, technical, and quietly sophisticated. For professional tools, enterprise software, and premium industrial design.

Enterprise software and B2B SaaS platforms
Precision manufacturing and industrial brands
Advanced consumer technology and hardware
Professional tools and high-specification equipment
Architecture, engineering, and technical consulting
Prompt words
enterprise software or SaaS brand in storm silver paletteprecision technology brand in brushed aluminum and cool grayindustrial design or engineering brand in graphite palettepremium consumer electronics in storm silver tonesprofessional tools brand in technical cool-gray palette
Export ready
1. Cobalt Pearl Faint #D2D5DA
2. Cerulean Whisper Muted #EDF2F2
3. Azure Silk Faint #A5B0B6
4. Cobalt Shadow Soft #2F3F60
5. Cobalt Shadow Muted #3B4354
:root {
  --storm-silver-1: #D2D5DA;
  --storm-silver-2: #EDF2F2;
  --storm-silver-3: #A5B0B6;
  --storm-silver-4: #2F3F60;
  --storm-silver-5: #3B4354;
}
Dark mode pairs
#D2D5DA
#1A1B1E
#EDF2F2
#161D1D
#A5B0B6
#596369
#2F3F60
#B3BFD5
#3B4354
#BCC1CD
WCAG contrast audit

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

#D2D5DA
1.5:1 Fail
14.3:1 AAA
#EDF2F2
1.1:1 Fail
18.6:1 AAA
#A5B0B6
2.2:1 Fail
9.5:1 AAA
#2F3F60
10.5:1 AAA
2:1 Fail
#3B4354
9.9:1 AAA
2.1:1 Fail

Color-on-color pairs:

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1.3:1 Fail
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1.5:1 Fail
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7.1:1 AAA
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6.7:1 AA
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2:1 Fail
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9.3:1 AAA
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8.8:1 AAA
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4.7:1 AA
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4.5:1 AA
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1.1:1 Fail

Palette

Each swatch links back to its individual archive detail page.

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1
Cobalt Pearl Faint
#D2D5DA
Blue · hsl(220, 10%, 84%)
2
Cerulean Whisper Muted
#EDF2F2
Blue · hsl(190, 18%, 94%)
3
Azure Silk Faint
#A5B0B6
Blue · hsl(200, 10%, 68%)
4
Cobalt Shadow Soft
#2F3F60
Blue · hsl(220, 34%, 28%)
5
Cobalt Shadow Muted
#3B4354
Blue · hsl(220, 18%, 28%)

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