Ant Design Color Palette — Accessibility & Quality Audit
Ant Design ships 12 color ramps with 12 shades each. Chromametry scores it 78.76 / 100, ranking #8 of 11 design systems in the palette benchmark.
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Is the Ant Design palette WCAG accessible?
Any two Ant Design shades that are at least 9 steps apart reach 4.5:1 contrast in every ramp — that is the palette's contrast span (K). Pick text and background 9 or more steps apart and you never need to check a pair by hand.
| Contrast target | Used for | Steps apart needed (K) |
|---|---|---|
| 3:1 | large text, icons, UI borders (WCAG AA) | 8 of 11 |
| 4.5:1 | body text (WCAG AA) | 9 of 11 |
| 7:1 | body text (WCAG AAA) | 10 of 11 |
Quality metrics
Each metric is 0–1 (higher is better); the composite score is their geometric mean × 100.
| Metric | Ant Design | What it measures |
|---|---|---|
| Contrast efficiency | 0.665 | how much of the ramp the WCAG contrast span consumes |
| Lightness linearity | 0.859 | whether perceived lightness steps evenly |
| Chroma smoothness | 0.873 | whether saturation changes without kinks |
| Hue stability | 0.928 | whether each ramp keeps its hue from light to dark |
| Spacing uniformity | 0.655 | whether adjacent shades are equally distinct (CIEDE2000) |
All 12 ramps
red
#ffffff · #fff1f0 · #ffccc7 · #ffa39e · #ff7875 · #ff4d4f · #f5222d · #cf1322 · #a8071a · #820014 · #5c0011 · #000000
volcano
#ffffff · #fff2e8 · #ffd8bf · #ffbb96 · #ff9c6e · #ff7a45 · #fa541c · #d4380d · #ad2102 · #871400 · #610b00 · #000000
gold
#ffffff · #fffbe6 · #fff1b8 · #ffe58f · #ffd666 · #ffc53d · #faad14 · #d48806 · #ad6800 · #874d00 · #613400 · #000000
yellow
#ffffff · #feffe6 · #ffffb8 · #fffb8f · #fff566 · #ffec3d · #fadb14 · #d4b106 · #ad8b00 · #876800 · #614700 · #000000
lime
#ffffff · #fcffe6 · #f4ffb8 · #eaff8f · #d3f261 · #bae637 · #a0d911 · #7cb305 · #5b8c00 · #3f6600 · #254000 · #000000
green
#ffffff · #f6ffed · #d9f7be · #b7eb8f · #95de64 · #73d13d · #52c41a · #389e0d · #237804 · #135200 · #092b00 · #000000
cyan
#ffffff · #e6fffb · #b5f5ec · #87e8de · #5cdbd3 · #36cfc9 · #13c2c2 · #08979c · #006d75 · #00474f · #002329 · #000000
blue
#ffffff · #e6f4ff · #bae0ff · #91caff · #69b1ff · #4096ff · #1677ff · #0958d9 · #003eb3 · #002c8c · #001d66 · #000000
geekblue
#ffffff · #f0f5ff · #d6e4ff · #adc6ff · #85a5ff · #597ef7 · #2f54eb · #1d39c4 · #10239e · #061178 · #030852 · #000000
purple
#ffffff · #f9f0ff · #efdbff · #d3adf7 · #b37feb · #9254de · #722ed1 · #531dab · #391085 · #22075e · #120338 · #000000
magenta
#ffffff · #fff0f6 · #ffd6e7 · #ffadd2 · #ff85c0 · #f759ab · #eb2f96 · #c41d7f · #9e1068 · #780650 · #520339 · #000000
grey
#ffffff · #a6a6a6 · #999999 · #8c8c8c · #808080 · #737373 · #666666 · #404040 · #1a1a1a · #000000 · #000000 · #000000
How Ant Design compares
Design systems that score higher: Adobe Spectrum (88.59), IBM Carbon (88.46), U.S. Web Design System (87.67), Salesforce Lightning 2 (86.31), GitHub Primer (85.45), Atlassian (84.23), Tailwind CSS (81.04).
Other audits: Adobe Spectrum · IBM Carbon · U.S. Web Design System · Salesforce Lightning 2 · GitHub Primer · Atlassian · Tailwind CSS · Material UI v4 · Radix UI · Shopify Polaris — or see the full ranking.
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