About Material Color Palette

Google Material 2014 palette — families with 50–900 + A100–A700 shades. Part of the DevTools Surf developer suite. Browse more tools in the Color collection.

Use Cases

• Android developers selecting theme colors that follow Material guidelines
• Web designers quickly referencing Google's official color palette
• UI teams ensuring consistent color usage across Material-based products
• Frontend developers copying hex values for Material UI component themes

Tips

• Browse all 19 color families with shades from 50 (lightest) to 900 (darkest)
• Accent shades A100-A700 are available for 16 of the 19 color families
• Click any swatch to copy its hex value for immediate use in code

Fun Facts

• Google's Material Design color system was launched in June 2014 and defines exactly 256 colors across 19 hue families plus 10 accent shades each.
• Material Design was created by Matias Duarte, who previously designed webOS for Palm — the card-based UI metaphor carried over from Palm to Android.
• The Material palette was scientifically calibrated so that the 500 shade of each color family serves as the primary brand color with guaranteed WCAG contrast ratios.

FAQ

Which Material version?

Material 2014 (the original colorful palette). Material You (2021, adaptive color) uses a different system and is in separate tooling.

What are the A- colors?

Accent colors — A100, A200, A400, A700. Used for call-to-action buttons and emphasis. More saturated than the regular scale.

Is Material Design still relevant?

Material 2014's color palette is still widely used in Android apps, web designs, and non-Google systems. Material 3 (You) is Google's current system.

Can I pick colors for a brand?

Yes — the palette gives 19 base hues each with 14 shades. Plenty of choice for primary, secondary, and utility color roles.