Nothing would stop them from choosing to use cloud vs. link gray but it's far easier to identify and fix those cases than it is to have #CCC, lighten(#CCC, 10%)

Nothing would stop them from choosing to use cloud vs. link gray but it's far easier to identify and fix those cases than it is to have #CCC, lighten(#CCC, 10%), etc. around the codebase. This doesn't fix human error, just reduces it.