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Firefox colors are bold, vibrant, and attractive. They enhance the user experience by providing visual clues and bringing attention to primary actions.
Usage
Acorn's color palette is intended for styling Firefox user interfaces.
Acorn uses a subset of Mozilla's brand color palette, however, Mozilla's full color palette may be referred to and used for Firefox in-product illustrations—such as onboarding illustrations. You can reference Mozilla's color palette in Protocol, Mozilla's marketing website design system.
Example of the difference in color usage between illustrations and user interface elements within Firefox.
Full color palette
Below is Acorn's full color palette. Please refer to the semantic color palette below to learn the meaning behind our colors and when to use them.
Not all colors are listed and explained under the semantic color palette.
Our platforms are not fully aligned on color meaning, however iOS and Android have color design tokens in their codebases and we are actively working on adding design tokens for desktop.
Currently, this color documentation is lacking detailed information behind semantic color meanings for desktop and mobile platforms.
Blue
For the most part, blues apply to elements that use the Firefox brand primary accent color (e.g. primary button, links, focus outline) and element states that the primary accent color can adapt to (e.g. hover, active, disabled). Blues are also used to color elements that indicate an informative message or update on desktop and Android and to color-code tab collections on mobile.
05
#aaf2ff
10
#80ebff
20
#00ddff
30
#00b3f4
40
#0090ed
50
#0060df
60
#0250bb
70
#054096
Gray
Grays are used for the background color of pages and overlays (e.g. modals and panels), the background color of buttons, text colors, border colors, and icon colors.
Light
05
#fbfbfe
10
#f9f9fb
20
#f0f0f4
30
#e0e0e6
40
#cfcfd8
50
#bfbfc9
Dark
05
#5b5b66
10
#52525e
30
#42414d
40
#3a3944
60
#2b2a33
80
#1c1b22
90
#15141a
Green
On desktop, greens are used to indicate a new app update and to color elements that represent the concept of "success" and "new update".
On mobile, greens are used for color-coding tab collections.
20
#b3ffe3
40
#54ffbd
60
#2ac3a2
Orange
We use Acorn's lightest orange for the warm tone called "Sepia" in iOS's reading mode.
05
#fff4de
Pink
Pinks are used on mobile for color-coding tab collections.
20
#ff8ac5
60
#e21587
Purple
Purples are used as the private browsing mode accent colors.
60
#952bb9
70
#722291
Red
Reds are reserved for elements that are used to represent critical feedback, errors, or destructive actions.
05
#ffdfe7
10
#ffbdc5
20
#ff9aa2
60
#e22850
70
#c50042
80
#810220
Violet
Mobile platforms use violets for icons, borders, text, and for color-coding tab collections. Android uses violet as a primary accent color.
20
#cb9eff
40
#ab71ff
50
#9059ff
60
#7542e4
70
#592acb
Yellow
On desktop, yellows are used to accent elements that represent the concept of "warning."
On mobile, yellow is used for color-coding tab collections.
20
#ffea80
40
#ffbd4f
50
#ffa436
60
#e27f2e
Semantic color palette
Acorn's semantic color palette correspond to the semantic color concepts used throughout the product (e.g. Blue 50 = Color Accent Primary). This is the palette designers and developers refer to when styling our user interfaces. All of our semantic colors are aliases of the colors from the full color palette above.
Throughout Acorn's documentation—when appropriate and available—you'll see a semantic color value alongside its corresponding dark theme value. You can identify the dark theme color values through this symbol:
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Accent
Primary
A primary brand accent color is used on re-ocurring user interface elements to give Firefox a distinct look. Therefore you'll see each platform's primary brand accent color used on primary buttons, focus outlines, links, toggles, checkboxes, and radio buttons.
While desktop and iOS share the same shade for light mode's primary accent color, we are currently improving accent color parity between platforms. Android's primary accent color is currently a violet shade. iOS also has implemented a new dark mode primary accent color shade of blue and desktop is expected to follow suit.
Desktop's primary accent color has diverged a little throughout the codebase. The CSS variable responsible for our primary accent color is --in-content-accent-color which results in #0061e0. We are currently creating design tokens for desktop. In the future, we should be able to resolve accent color issues.
Acorn / Desktop / Color / Accent
#0060df
#00ddff
Primary
#0060df
Acorn / Mobile / Color / iOS / Accent
#0060df
#00b3f4
Primary
#0060df
iOS Name
ActionPrimary
Acorn / Mobile / Color / Android / Accent
#312a64
#7542e4
Primary
#312a64
Android Name
fx_mobile_action_color_primary
Background
Mobile platforms share background colors but apply them towards different page and overlays contexts. Desktop uses these background colors, but doesn't currently follow this layer system.
#f9f9fb
#2b2a33
1
#f9f9fb
iOS Name
Layer1
Android Name
fx_mobile_layer_color_1
#ffffff
#42414d
2
#ffffff
iOS Name
Layer2
Android Name
fx_mobile_layer_color_2
#f0f0f4
#1c1b22
3
#f0f0f4
iOS Name
Layer3
Android Name
fx_mobile_layer_color_3
Text
Desktop and mobile platforms share some color values for text.
#15141a
#fbfbfe
Primary
#15141a
iOS Name
TextPrimary
Android Name
fx_mobile_text_color_primary
Desktop Name
--in-content-text-color
#5b5b66
#cfcfd8
Secondary
#5b5b66
iOS Name
TextSecondary
Android Name
fx_mobile_text_color_secondary
Desktop Name
--in-content-deemphasized-text
rgba(21,20,26,0.4)
rgba(251,251,254,0.4)
Disabled
rgba(21,20,26,0.4)
iOS Name
TextDisabled
Android Name
fx_mobile_text_color_disabled
Desktop Name
N/A
#c50042
#ff9aa2
Error
#c50042
iOS Name
TextWarning
Android Name
fx_mobile_text_color_warning
Desktop Name
--in-content-error-text-color
Border
Android and iOS share a default border color.
#e0e0e6
Primary
#e0e0e6
iOS Name
BorderPrimary
Android Name
fx_mobile_border_color_primary
Themes
Acorn supports light and dark modes. Desktop and mobile share some of the same light and dark mode colors, but apply them towards different user interface elements.
Firefox's light and dark modes are also treated as themes and correspond to Firefox's light and dark themes. While users can freely choose between the light or dark theme, their devices will default to the light or dark theme depending on what mode their operating system is set to.
You can read about Firefox's support for certain high contrast mode themes in this guide's accessibility section below.
You can find background color values for light and dark themes under backgrounds.
Accessibility
Don't use color alone for "conveying information, indicating an action, prompting a response, or distinguishing a visual element." (WCAG 2.1).
Further WCAG resources:
Color contrast
Acorn strives for WCAG 2.1 minimum contrast guidelines.
Color blindness
There are different types of color blindness that makes people see colors differently. Color blindness also affects 1 in 12 people that were assigned male at birth.
Ensure that adjacent color shades are distinguishable for color blind people.
High contrast mode
Every operating system's high contrast mode behaves differently. Some operating systems have default high contrast mode color palettes, with some palettes being capable of user overrides. Other operating systems will simply increase the contrast on the existing interface colors.
You can learn how high contrast mode themes work on Firefox for desktop in Firefox's source docs.
Need more guidance? Check #accessibility in Slack.
Status checklist
All States
Includes all applicable states (hover, focus, disabled, etc...)
All Themes
Works properly across all themes (theme name, theme name, etc...)
All Modes
Works properly across all modes (light, dark, high contrast)
All Desktop Environments
Works properly across all environments (Windows, MacOS, Linux)
All Mobile Environments
Works properly across all environments (iOS, Android)
Accessibility
Has been tested and reviewed by A11y Team.
Color / Accessibility
All color has been tested against and passed all the latest WCAG 2.1 A & AA standards.
Text / Accessibility
All text has been tested against and passed all the latest WCAG 2.1 A & AA standards.
Contrast / Accessibility
All contrast has been tested against and passed all the latest WCAG 2.1 A & AA standards.
Interaction / Accessibility
All interactions have been tested against and passed all the latest WCAG 2.1 A & AA standards.
Content Design Review
Has been tested and reviewed by Content Design Team.
Writing Guidelines
Follows guidance for writing and language use.
Localization
Works properly across locales, and includes guidance for RTL languages.
Defined Behavior
Guidance for behavior when interacted with.
Defined Interactions
Guidance for interaction capabilities, ie. keyboard interactions.
Usage Guidelines
Includes guidance for usage, dos and don'ts, best practices.
Tokens
All attributes are available as tokens.
Figma Library
Has a reusable Figma component.
Storybook
Is documented in Storybook.
Code
Has a code counterpart.
Status
Known issues
Changelog
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Version |
Notes |
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Feb 14, 2023 |
1.0.0 |
Introduced color overview. |