Tailwind Zinc

Tailwind CSS's zinc hue family — 11 stops from 50 (lightest) to 950 (darkest), forming a cool-leaning neutral scale. Use directly as a brand palette or pair with an accent hue from another tailwind-* atom.

13 swatches 14 light roles 14 dark roles tailwindneutral

Swatches

zinc-50
#FAFAFA
Lightest stop — page background in light mode.
zinc-100
#F4F4F5
Very light surface — cards and panels on light background.
zinc-200
#E4E4E7
Light divider, hairline, or subtle fill.
zinc-300
#D4D4D8
Muted accent or disabled-state foreground in light mode.
zinc-400
#9F9FA9
Mid-light tint — soft accent, hover wash, decorative fill.
zinc-500
#71717B
Mid stop — the canonical brand hue for chromatic palettes.
zinc-600
#52525C
Mid-dark stop — primary action in light mode for chromatic palettes.
zinc-700
#3F3F46
Dark stop — pressed states, deeper emphasis.
zinc-800
#27272A
Very dark stop — heavy emphasis, secondary text on light.
zinc-900
#18181B
Near-darkest stop — body text on light, surface on dark.
zinc-950
#09090B
Darkest stop — page background in dark mode.
pure-white
#FFFFFF
Maximum-elevation surface and high-contrast text in dark mode.
pure-black
#000000
High-contrast text on light chromatic hues where the deepest stop reads as the hue, not black.

Mode role mappings

Light mode (14 roles)

accent → zinc-600
accent-hover → zinc-500
background → zinc-50
error → zinc-700
primary → zinc-900
primary-hover → zinc-800
success → zinc-600
surface → zinc-100
surface-elevated → pure-white
text-primary → zinc-900
text-secondary → zinc-700
text-tertiary → zinc-500
warning → zinc-500
warning-hover → zinc-400

Dark mode (14 roles)

accent → zinc-400
accent-hover → zinc-300
background → zinc-950
error → zinc-300
primary → zinc-100
primary-hover → zinc-200
success → zinc-400
surface → zinc-900
surface-elevated → zinc-800
text-primary → zinc-50
text-secondary → zinc-300
text-tertiary → zinc-500
warning → zinc-400
warning-hover → zinc-500

Provenance

Source
https://tailwindcss.com/docs/colors
License
MIT
Attribution
Tailwind CSS colors, Copyright Tailwind Labs Inc., MIT licensed. Hex values derived from canonical OKLCH definitions in packages/tailwindcss/theme.css via the W3C CSS Color Module Level 4 OKLCH → sRGB conversion.
Imported
2026-05-17 (upstream version 4.3.0)