ColorScheme class

A set of 45 colors based on the Material spec that can be used to configure the color properties of most components.

Colors in Material 3

In Material 3, colors are represented using color roles and corresponding tokens. Each property in the ColorScheme class represents one color role as defined in the spec above.

The main accent color groups in the scheme are primary, secondary, and tertiary.

Primary colors are used for key components across the UI, such as the FAB, prominent buttons, and active states.
Secondary colors are used for less prominent components in the UI, such as filter chips, while expanding the opportunity for color expression.
Tertiary colors are used for contrasting accents that can be used to balance primary and secondary colors or bring heightened attention to an element, such as an input field. The tertiary colors are left for makers to use at their discretion and are intended to support broader color expression in products.

Each accent color group (primary, secondary and tertiary) includes '-Fixed' '-Dim' color roles, such as primaryFixed and primaryFixedDim. Fixed roles are appropriate to use in places where Container roles are normally used, but they stay the same color between light and dark themes. The '-Dim' roles provide a stronger, more emphasized color with the same fixed behavior.

The remaining colors of the scheme are composed of neutral colors used for backgrounds and surfaces, as well as specific colors for errors, dividers and shadows. Surface colors are used for backgrounds and large, low-emphasis areas of the screen.

Material 3 also introduces tone-based surfaces and surface containers. They replace the old opacity-based model which applied a tinted overlay on top of surfaces based on their elevation. These colors include: surfaceBright, surfaceDim, surfaceContainerLowest, surfaceContainerLow, surfaceContainer, surfaceContainerHigh, and surfaceContainerHighest.

Many of the colors have matching 'on' colors, which are used for drawing content on top of the matching color. For example, if something is using primary for a background color, onPrimary would be used to paint text and icons on top of it. For this reason, the 'on' colors should have a contrast ratio with their matching colors of at least 4.5:1 in order to be readable. On '-FixedVariant' roles, such as onPrimaryFixedVariant, also have the same color between light and dark themes, but compared with on '-Fixed' roles, such as onPrimaryFixed, they provide a lower-emphasis option for text and icons.

This example shows all Material ColorScheme roles in light and dark brightnesses.

To create a local project with this code sample, run:
flutter create --sample=material.ColorScheme.1 mysample

Setting Colors in Flutter

Flutter's Material widgets can be assigned colors at the widget level using widget properties, or at the app level using theme classes.

For example, you can set the background of the AppBar by setting the AppBar.backgroundColor to a specific Color value.

To globally set the AppBar background color for your app, you can set the ThemeData.appBarTheme property for your MaterialApp using the ThemeData class. You can also override the default appearance of all the AppBars in a widget subtree by placing the AppBarTheme at the root of the subtree.

Alternatively, you can set the ThemeData.colorScheme property to a custom ColorScheme. This creates a unified ColorScheme to be used across the app. The AppBar.backgroundColor uses the ColorScheme.surface by default.

Mixed-in types

Diagnosticable

Annotations

@immutable

Constructors

ColorScheme({required Brightness brightness, required Color primary, required Color onPrimary, Color? primaryContainer, Color? onPrimaryContainer, Color? primaryFixed, Color? primaryFixedDim, Color? onPrimaryFixed, Color? onPrimaryFixedVariant, required Color secondary, required Color onSecondary, Color? secondaryContainer, Color? onSecondaryContainer, Color? secondaryFixed, Color? secondaryFixedDim, Color? onSecondaryFixed, Color? onSecondaryFixedVariant, Color? tertiary, Color? onTertiary, Color? tertiaryContainer, Color? onTertiaryContainer, Color? tertiaryFixed, Color? tertiaryFixedDim, Color? onTertiaryFixed, Color? onTertiaryFixedVariant, required Color error, required Color onError, Color? errorContainer, Color? onErrorContainer, required Color surface, required Color onSurface, Color? surfaceDim, Color? surfaceBright, Color? surfaceContainerLowest, Color? surfaceContainerLow, Color? surfaceContainer, Color? surfaceContainerHigh, Color? surfaceContainerHighest, Color? onSurfaceVariant, Color? outline, Color? outlineVariant, Color? shadow, Color? scrim, Color? inverseSurface, Color? onInverseSurface, Color? inversePrimary, Color? surfaceTint, @Deprecated('Use surface instead. ' 'This feature was deprecated after v3.18.0-0.1.pre.') Color? background, @Deprecated('Use onSurface instead. ' 'This feature was deprecated after v3.18.0-0.1.pre.') Color? onBackground, @Deprecated('Use surfaceContainerHighest instead. ' 'This feature was deprecated after v3.18.0-0.1.pre.') Color? surfaceVariant}): Create a ColorScheme instance from the given colors.
const
ColorScheme.dark({Brightness brightness = Brightness.dark, Color primary = const Color(0xffbb86fc), Color onPrimary = Colors.black, Color? primaryContainer, Color? onPrimaryContainer, Color? primaryFixed, Color? primaryFixedDim, Color? onPrimaryFixed, Color? onPrimaryFixedVariant, Color secondary = const Color(0xff03dac6), Color onSecondary = Colors.black, Color? secondaryContainer, Color? onSecondaryContainer, Color? secondaryFixed, Color? secondaryFixedDim, Color? onSecondaryFixed, Color? onSecondaryFixedVariant, Color? tertiary, Color? onTertiary, Color? tertiaryContainer, Color? onTertiaryContainer, Color? tertiaryFixed, Color? tertiaryFixedDim, Color? onTertiaryFixed, Color? onTertiaryFixedVariant, Color error = const Color(0xffcf6679), Color onError = Colors.black, Color? errorContainer, Color? onErrorContainer, Color surface = const Color(0xff121212), Color onSurface = Colors.white, Color? surfaceDim, Color? surfaceBright, Color? surfaceContainerLowest, Color? surfaceContainerLow, Color? surfaceContainer, Color? surfaceContainerHigh, Color? surfaceContainerHighest, Color? onSurfaceVariant, Color? outline, Color? outlineVariant, Color? shadow, Color? scrim, Color? inverseSurface, Color? onInverseSurface, Color? inversePrimary, Color? surfaceTint, @Deprecated('Use surface instead. ' 'This feature was deprecated after v3.18.0-0.1.pre.') Color? background = const Color(0xff121212), @Deprecated('Use onSurface instead. ' 'This feature was deprecated after v3.18.0-0.1.pre.') Color? onBackground = Colors.white, @Deprecated('Use surfaceContainerHighest instead. ' 'This feature was deprecated after v3.18.0-0.1.pre.') Color? surfaceVariant}): Create the dark color scheme that matches the baseline Material 2 color scheme.
const
ColorScheme.fromSeed({required Color seedColor, Brightness brightness = Brightness.light, DynamicSchemeVariant dynamicSchemeVariant = DynamicSchemeVariant.tonalSpot, double contrastLevel = 0.0, Color? primary, Color? onPrimary, Color? primaryContainer, Color? onPrimaryContainer, Color? primaryFixed, Color? primaryFixedDim, Color? onPrimaryFixed, Color? onPrimaryFixedVariant, Color? secondary, Color? onSecondary, Color? secondaryContainer, Color? onSecondaryContainer, Color? secondaryFixed, Color? secondaryFixedDim, Color? onSecondaryFixed, Color? onSecondaryFixedVariant, Color? tertiary, Color? onTertiary, Color? tertiaryContainer, Color? onTertiaryContainer, Color? tertiaryFixed, Color? tertiaryFixedDim, Color? onTertiaryFixed, Color? onTertiaryFixedVariant, Color? error, Color? onError, Color? errorContainer, Color? onErrorContainer, Color? outline, Color? outlineVariant, Color? surface, Color? onSurface, Color? surfaceDim, Color? surfaceBright, Color? surfaceContainerLowest, Color? surfaceContainerLow, Color? surfaceContainer, Color? surfaceContainerHigh, Color? surfaceContainerHighest, Color? onSurfaceVariant, Color? inverseSurface, Color? onInverseSurface, Color? inversePrimary, Color? shadow, Color? scrim, Color? surfaceTint, @Deprecated('Use surface instead. ' 'This feature was deprecated after v3.18.0-0.1.pre.') Color? background, @Deprecated('Use onSurface instead. ' 'This feature was deprecated after v3.18.0-0.1.pre.') Color? onBackground, @Deprecated('Use surfaceContainerHighest instead. ' 'This feature was deprecated after v3.18.0-0.1.pre.') Color? surfaceVariant}): Generate a ColorScheme derived from the given seedColor.
factory
ColorScheme.fromSwatch({MaterialColor primarySwatch = Colors.blue, Color? accentColor, Color? cardColor, Color? backgroundColor, Color? errorColor, Brightness brightness = Brightness.light}): Creates a color scheme from a MaterialColor swatch.
factory
ColorScheme.highContrastDark({Brightness brightness = Brightness.dark, Color primary = const Color(0xffefb7ff), Color onPrimary = Colors.black, Color? primaryContainer, Color? onPrimaryContainer, Color? primaryFixed, Color? primaryFixedDim, Color? onPrimaryFixed, Color? onPrimaryFixedVariant, Color secondary = const Color(0xff66fff9), Color onSecondary = Colors.black, Color? secondaryContainer, Color? onSecondaryContainer, Color? secondaryFixed, Color? secondaryFixedDim, Color? onSecondaryFixed, Color? onSecondaryFixedVariant, Color? tertiary, Color? onTertiary, Color? tertiaryContainer, Color? onTertiaryContainer, Color? tertiaryFixed, Color? tertiaryFixedDim, Color? onTertiaryFixed, Color? onTertiaryFixedVariant, Color error = const Color(0xff9b374d), Color onError = Colors.black, Color? errorContainer, Color? onErrorContainer, Color surface = const Color(0xff121212), Color onSurface = Colors.white, Color? surfaceDim, Color? surfaceBright, Color? surfaceContainerLowest, Color? surfaceContainerLow, Color? surfaceContainer, Color? surfaceContainerHigh, Color? surfaceContainerHighest, Color? onSurfaceVariant, Color? outline, Color? outlineVariant, Color? shadow, Color? scrim, Color? inverseSurface, Color? onInverseSurface, Color? inversePrimary, Color? surfaceTint, @Deprecated('Use surface instead. ' 'This feature was deprecated after v3.18.0-0.1.pre.') Color? background = const Color(0xff121212), @Deprecated('Use onSurface instead. ' 'This feature was deprecated after v3.18.0-0.1.pre.') Color? onBackground = Colors.white, @Deprecated('Use surfaceContainerHighest instead. ' 'This feature was deprecated after v3.18.0-0.1.pre.') Color? surfaceVariant}): Create a high contrast ColorScheme based on the dark baseline Material 2 color scheme.
const
ColorScheme.highContrastLight({Brightness brightness = Brightness.light, Color primary = const Color(0xff0000ba), Color onPrimary = Colors.white, Color? primaryContainer, Color? onPrimaryContainer, Color? primaryFixed, Color? primaryFixedDim, Color? onPrimaryFixed, Color? onPrimaryFixedVariant, Color secondary = const Color(0xff66fff9), Color onSecondary = Colors.black, Color? secondaryContainer, Color? onSecondaryContainer, Color? secondaryFixed, Color? secondaryFixedDim, Color? onSecondaryFixed, Color? onSecondaryFixedVariant, Color? tertiary, Color? onTertiary, Color? tertiaryContainer, Color? onTertiaryContainer, Color? tertiaryFixed, Color? tertiaryFixedDim, Color? onTertiaryFixed, Color? onTertiaryFixedVariant, Color error = const Color(0xff790000), Color onError = Colors.white, Color? errorContainer, Color? onErrorContainer, Color surface = Colors.white, Color onSurface = Colors.black, Color? surfaceDim, Color? surfaceBright, Color? surfaceContainerLowest, Color? surfaceContainerLow, Color? surfaceContainer, Color? surfaceContainerHigh, Color? surfaceContainerHighest, Color? onSurfaceVariant, Color? outline, Color? outlineVariant, Color? shadow, Color? scrim, Color? inverseSurface, Color? onInverseSurface, Color? inversePrimary, Color? surfaceTint, @Deprecated('Use surface instead. ' 'This feature was deprecated after v3.18.0-0.1.pre.') Color? background = Colors.white, @Deprecated('Use onSurface instead. ' 'This feature was deprecated after v3.18.0-0.1.pre.') Color? onBackground = Colors.black, @Deprecated('Use surfaceContainerHighest instead. ' 'This feature was deprecated after v3.18.0-0.1.pre.') Color? surfaceVariant}): Create a high contrast ColorScheme based on a purple primary color that matches the baseline Material 2 color scheme.
const
ColorScheme.light({Brightness brightness = Brightness.light, Color primary = const Color(0xff6200ee), Color onPrimary = Colors.white, Color? primaryContainer, Color? onPrimaryContainer, Color? primaryFixed, Color? primaryFixedDim, Color? onPrimaryFixed, Color? onPrimaryFixedVariant, Color secondary = const Color(0xff03dac6), Color onSecondary = Colors.black, Color? secondaryContainer, Color? onSecondaryContainer, Color? secondaryFixed, Color? secondaryFixedDim, Color? onSecondaryFixed, Color? onSecondaryFixedVariant, Color? tertiary, Color? onTertiary, Color? tertiaryContainer, Color? onTertiaryContainer, Color? tertiaryFixed, Color? tertiaryFixedDim, Color? onTertiaryFixed, Color? onTertiaryFixedVariant, Color error = const Color(0xffb00020), Color onError = Colors.white, Color? errorContainer, Color? onErrorContainer, Color surface = Colors.white, Color onSurface = Colors.black, Color? surfaceDim, Color? surfaceBright, Color? surfaceContainerLowest, Color? surfaceContainerLow, Color? surfaceContainer, Color? surfaceContainerHigh, Color? surfaceContainerHighest, Color? onSurfaceVariant, Color? outline, Color? outlineVariant, Color? shadow, Color? scrim, Color? inverseSurface, Color? onInverseSurface, Color? inversePrimary, Color? surfaceTint, @Deprecated('Use surface instead. ' 'This feature was deprecated after v3.18.0-0.1.pre.') Color? background = Colors.white, @Deprecated('Use onSurface instead. ' 'This feature was deprecated after v3.18.0-0.1.pre.') Color? onBackground = Colors.black, @Deprecated('Use surfaceContainerHighest instead. ' 'This feature was deprecated after v3.18.0-0.1.pre.') Color? surfaceVariant}): Create a light ColorScheme based on a purple primary color that matches the baseline Material 2 color scheme.
const

Properties

background → Color: A color that typically appears behind scrollable content.
no setter
brightness → Brightness: The overall brightness of this color scheme.
final
error → Color: The color to use for input validation errors, e.g. for InputDecoration.errorText.
final
errorContainer → Color: A color used for error elements needing less emphasis than error.
no setter
hashCode → int: The hash code for this object.
no setteroverride
inversePrimary → Color: An accent color used for displaying a highlight color on inverseSurface backgrounds, like button text in a SnackBar.
no setter
inverseSurface → Color: A surface color used for displaying the reverse of what’s seen in the surrounding UI, for example in a SnackBar to bring attention to an alert.
no setter
onBackground → Color: A color that's clearly legible when drawn on background.
no setter
onError → Color: A color that's clearly legible when drawn on error.
final
onErrorContainer → Color: A color that's clearly legible when drawn on errorContainer.
no setter
onInverseSurface → Color: A color that's clearly legible when drawn on inverseSurface.
no setter
onPrimary → Color: A color that's clearly legible when drawn on primary.
final
onPrimaryContainer → Color: A color that's clearly legible when drawn on primaryContainer.
no setter
onPrimaryFixed → Color: A color that is used for text and icons that exist on top of elements having primaryFixed color.
no setter
onPrimaryFixedVariant → Color: A color that provides a lower-emphasis option for text and icons than onPrimaryFixed.
no setter
onSecondary → Color: A color that's clearly legible when drawn on secondary.
final
onSecondaryContainer → Color: A color that's clearly legible when drawn on secondaryContainer.
no setter
onSecondaryFixed → Color: A color that is used for text and icons that exist on top of elements having secondaryFixed color.
no setter
onSecondaryFixedVariant → Color: A color that provides a lower-emphasis option for text and icons than onSecondaryFixed.
no setter
onSurface → Color: A color that's clearly legible when drawn on surface.
final
onSurfaceVariant → Color: A color that's clearly legible when drawn on surfaceVariant.
no setter
onTertiary → Color: A color that's clearly legible when drawn on tertiary.
no setter
onTertiaryContainer → Color: A color that's clearly legible when drawn on tertiaryContainer.
no setter
onTertiaryFixed → Color: A color that is used for text and icons that exist on top of elements having tertiaryFixed color.
no setter
onTertiaryFixedVariant → Color: A color that provides a lower-emphasis option for text and icons than onTertiaryFixed.
no setter
outline → Color: A utility color that creates boundaries and emphasis to improve usability.
no setter
outlineVariant → Color: A utility color that creates boundaries for decorative elements when a 3:1 contrast isn’t required, such as for dividers or decorative elements.
no setter
primary → Color: The color displayed most frequently across your app’s screens and components.
final
primaryContainer → Color: A color used for elements needing less emphasis than primary.
no setter
primaryFixed → Color: A substitute for primaryContainer that's the same color for the dark and light themes.
no setter
primaryFixedDim → Color: A color used for elements needing more emphasis than primaryFixed.
no setter
runtimeType → Type: A representation of the runtime type of the object.
no setterinherited
scrim → Color: A color use to paint the scrim around of modal components.
no setter
secondary → Color: An accent color used for less prominent components in the UI, such as filter chips, while expanding the opportunity for color expression.
final
secondaryContainer → Color: A color used for elements needing less emphasis than secondary.
no setter
secondaryFixed → Color: A substitute for secondaryContainer that's the same color for the dark and light themes.
no setter
secondaryFixedDim → Color: A color used for elements needing more emphasis than secondaryFixed.
no setter
shadow → Color: A color use to paint the drop shadows of elevated components.
no setter
surface → Color: The background color for widgets like Scaffold.
final
surfaceBright → Color: A color that's always the lightest in the dark or light theme.
no setter
surfaceContainer → Color: A recommended color role for a distinct area within the surface.
no setter
surfaceContainerHigh → Color: A surface container color with a darker tone. It is used to create more emphasis than surfaceContainer but less emphasis than surfaceContainerHighest.
no setter
surfaceContainerHighest → Color: A surface container color with the darkest tone. It is used to create the most emphasis against the surface.
no setter
surfaceContainerLow → Color: A surface container color with a lighter tone that creates less emphasis than surfaceContainer but more emphasis than surfaceContainerLowest.
no setter
surfaceContainerLowest → Color: A surface container color with the lightest tone and the least emphasis relative to the surface.
no setter
surfaceDim → Color: A color that's always darkest in the dark or light theme.
no setter
surfaceTint → Color: A color used as an overlay on a surface color to indicate a component's elevation.
no setter
surfaceVariant → Color: A color variant of surface that can be used for differentiation against a component using surface.
no setter
tertiary → Color: A color used as a contrasting accent that can balance primary and secondary colors or bring heightened attention to an element, such as an input field.
no setter
tertiaryContainer → Color: A color used for elements needing less emphasis than tertiary.
no setter
tertiaryFixed → Color: A substitute for tertiaryContainer that's the same color for dark and light themes.
no setter
tertiaryFixedDim → Color: A color used for elements needing more emphasis than tertiaryFixed.
no setter

Methods

copyWith({Brightness? brightness, Color? primary, Color? onPrimary, Color? primaryContainer, Color? onPrimaryContainer, Color? primaryFixed, Color? primaryFixedDim, Color? onPrimaryFixed, Color? onPrimaryFixedVariant, Color? secondary, Color? onSecondary, Color? secondaryContainer, Color? onSecondaryContainer, Color? secondaryFixed, Color? secondaryFixedDim, Color? onSecondaryFixed, Color? onSecondaryFixedVariant, Color? tertiary, Color? onTertiary, Color? tertiaryContainer, Color? onTertiaryContainer, Color? tertiaryFixed, Color? tertiaryFixedDim, Color? onTertiaryFixed, Color? onTertiaryFixedVariant, Color? error, Color? onError, Color? errorContainer, Color? onErrorContainer, Color? surface, Color? onSurface, Color? surfaceDim, Color? surfaceBright, Color? surfaceContainerLowest, Color? surfaceContainerLow, Color? surfaceContainer, Color? surfaceContainerHigh, Color? surfaceContainerHighest, Color? onSurfaceVariant, Color? outline, Color? outlineVariant, Color? shadow, Color? scrim, Color? inverseSurface, Color? onInverseSurface, Color? inversePrimary, Color? surfaceTint, Color? background, Color? onBackground, Color? surfaceVariant}) → ColorScheme: Creates a copy of this color scheme with the given fields replaced by the non-null parameter values.
debugFillProperties(DiagnosticPropertiesBuilder properties) → void: Add additional properties associated with the node.
override
noSuchMethod(Invocation invocation) → dynamic: Invoked when a nonexistent method or property is accessed.
inherited
toDiagnosticsNode({String? name, DiagnosticsTreeStyle? style}) → DiagnosticsNode: Returns a debug representation of the object that is used by debugging tools and by DiagnosticsNode.toStringDeep.
inherited
toString({DiagnosticLevel minLevel = DiagnosticLevel.info}) → String: A string representation of this object.
inherited
toStringShort() → String: A brief description of this object, usually just the runtimeType and the hashCode.
inherited

Operators

operator ==(Object other) → bool: The equality operator.
override

Static Methods

fromImageProvider({required ImageProvider<Object> provider, Brightness brightness = Brightness.light, DynamicSchemeVariant dynamicSchemeVariant = DynamicSchemeVariant.tonalSpot, double contrastLevel = 0.0, Color? primary, Color? onPrimary, Color? primaryContainer, Color? onPrimaryContainer, Color? primaryFixed, Color? primaryFixedDim, Color? onPrimaryFixed, Color? onPrimaryFixedVariant, Color? secondary, Color? onSecondary, Color? secondaryContainer, Color? onSecondaryContainer, Color? secondaryFixed, Color? secondaryFixedDim, Color? onSecondaryFixed, Color? onSecondaryFixedVariant, Color? tertiary, Color? onTertiary, Color? tertiaryContainer, Color? onTertiaryContainer, Color? tertiaryFixed, Color? tertiaryFixedDim, Color? onTertiaryFixed, Color? onTertiaryFixedVariant, Color? error, Color? onError, Color? errorContainer, Color? onErrorContainer, Color? outline, Color? outlineVariant, Color? surface, Color? onSurface, Color? surfaceDim, Color? surfaceBright, Color? surfaceContainerLowest, Color? surfaceContainerLow, Color? surfaceContainer, Color? surfaceContainerHigh, Color? surfaceContainerHighest, Color? onSurfaceVariant, Color? inverseSurface, Color? onInverseSurface, Color? inversePrimary, Color? shadow, Color? scrim, Color? surfaceTint, Color? background, Color? onBackground, Color? surfaceVariant}) → Future<ColorScheme>: Generate a ColorScheme derived from the given imageProvider.
lerp(ColorScheme a, ColorScheme b, double t) → ColorScheme: Linearly interpolate between two ColorScheme objects.
of(BuildContext context) → ColorScheme: The ThemeData.colorScheme of the ambient Theme.