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Linear brand colors

Linear publishes two colours and describes its primary as "a subtle desaturated blue" without giving that description a value of its own. Nordic Gray is the near-black the wordmark actually uses, and Mercury White the off-white behind it.

Official site: linear.app

Every color

ColorRoleHexRGBHSLPantoneCMYKPreview
Nordic Grayprimary#22232634, 35, 38225, 6%, 14%----Fill screen
Mercury Whitesecondary#F4F5F8244, 245, 248225, 22%, 96%----Fill screen

Contrast pairs

Nordic Gray passes AA for body text on white, at 15.7 to 1.

Of 12 ordered pairs in this palette, 8 clear 4.5 to 1 for body text and 8 clear 3 to 1 for large text. Row is the text color, column is the background.

Text colorNordic GrayMercury WhiteWhiteBlack
Nordic Gray14.4Nordic Gray on Mercury White, passes AA for body text15.7Nordic Gray on White, passes AA for body text1.3Nordic Gray on Black, fails AA for body text
Mercury White14.4Mercury White on Nordic Gray, passes AA for body text1.1Mercury White on White, fails AA for body text19.3Mercury White on Black, passes AA for body text
White15.7White on Nordic Gray, passes AA for body text1.1White on Mercury White, fails AA for body text21.0White on Black, passes AA for body text
Black1.3Black on Nordic Gray, fails AA for body text19.3Black on Mercury White, passes AA for body text21.0Black on White, passes AA for body text

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