1. Brand colors 2. Neutrals colors (your grays) 3. Interface colors (your status alerts)

have `light` and `dark` variations of my core brand colors at a minimum. Light = decrease saturation to ~10 and brightness to ~99 Dark = decrease saturation to ~70 and brightness to ~50

But I also have a couple rules of thumb that help ensure cohesive colors: 1) Saturation values stay within 10 2) Brightness values stay within 10