Here is a color palette based on the material design base colors. Each of these colors is defined with a base color class and an optional lighten or darken class.
Background Color
To apply a background color, just add the color name and light/darkness as a class to the element.
This is a card panel with a teal lighten-2 class
Text Color
To apply a text color, just append -text to the color class like this:
This is a card panel with dark blue text
Color Palette
#ffebee red lighten-5
#ffcdd2 red lighten-4
#ef9a9a red lighten-3
#e57373 red lighten-2
#ef5350 red lighten-1
#f44336 red
#e53935 red darken-1
#d32f2f red darken-2
#c62828 red darken-3
#b71c1c red darken-4
#ff8a80 red accent-1
#ff5252 red accent-2
#ff1744 red accent-3
#d50000 red accent-4
#fce4ec pink lighten-5
#f8bbd0 pink lighten-4
#f48fb1 pink lighten-3
#f06292 pink lighten-2
#ec407a pink lighten-1
#e91e63 pink
#d81b60 pink darken-1
#c2185b pink darken-2
#ad1457 pink darken-3
#880e4f pink darken-4
#ff80ab pink accent-1
#ff4081 pink accent-2
#f50057 pink accent-3
#c51162 pink accent-4
#f3e5f5 purple lighten-5
#e1bee7 purple lighten-4
#ce93d8 purple lighten-3
#ba68c8 purple lighten-2
#ab47bc purple lighten-1
#9c27b0 purple
#8e24aa purple darken-1
#7b1fa2 purple darken-2
#6a1b9a purple darken-3
#4a148c purple darken-4
#ea80fc purple accent-1
#e040fb purple accent-2
#d500f9 purple accent-3
#aa00ff purple accent-4
#ede7f6 deep-purple lighten-5
#d1c4e9 deep-purple lighten-4
#b39ddb deep-purple lighten-3
#9575cd deep-purple lighten-2
#7e57c2 deep-purple lighten-1
#673ab7 deep-purple
#5e35b1 deep-purple darken-1
#512da8 deep-purple darken-2
#4527a0 deep-purple darken-3
#311b92 deep-purple darken-4
#b388ff deep-purple accent-1
#7c4dff deep-purple accent-2
#651fff deep-purple accent-3
#6200ea deep-purple accent-4
#e8eaf6 indigo lighten-5
#c5cae9 indigo lighten-4
#9fa8da indigo lighten-3
#7986cb indigo lighten-2
#5c6bc0 indigo lighten-1
#3f51b5 indigo
#3949ab indigo darken-1
#303f9f indigo darken-2
#283593 indigo darken-3
#1a237e indigo darken-4
#8c9eff indigo accent-1
#536dfe indigo accent-2
#3d5afe indigo accent-3
#304ffe indigo accent-4
#e3f2fd blue lighten-5
#bbdefb blue lighten-4
#90caf9 blue lighten-3
#64b5f6 blue lighten-2
#42a5f5 blue lighten-1
#2196f3 blue
#1e88e5 blue darken-1
#1976d2 blue darken-2
#1565c0 blue darken-3
#0d47a1 blue darken-4
#82b1ff blue accent-1
#448aff blue accent-2
#2979ff blue accent-3
#2962ff blue accent-4
#e1f5fe light-blue lighten-5
#b3e5fc light-blue lighten-4
#81d4fa light-blue lighten-3
#4fc3f7 light-blue lighten-2
#29b6f6 light-blue lighten-1
#03a9f4 light-blue
#039be5 light-blue darken-1
#0288d1 light-blue darken-2
#0277bd light-blue darken-3
#01579b light-blue darken-4
#80d8ff light-blue accent-1
#40c4ff light-blue accent-2
#00b0ff light-blue accent-3
#0091ea light-blue accent-4
#e0f7fa cyan lighten-5
#b2ebf2 cyan lighten-4
#80deea cyan lighten-3
#4dd0e1 cyan lighten-2
#26c6da cyan lighten-1
#00bcd4 cyan
#00acc1 cyan darken-1
#0097a7 cyan darken-2
#00838f cyan darken-3
#006064 cyan darken-4
#84ffff cyan accent-1
#18ffff cyan accent-2
#00e5ff cyan accent-3
#00b8d4 cyan accent-4
#e0f2f1 teal lighten-5
#b2dfdb teal lighten-4
#80cbc4 teal lighten-3
#4db6ac teal lighten-2
#26a69a teal lighten-1
#009688 teal
#00897b teal darken-1
#00796b teal darken-2
#00695c teal darken-3
#004d40 teal darken-4
#a7ffeb teal accent-1
#64ffda teal accent-2
#1de9b6 teal accent-3
#00bfa5 teal accent-4
#e8f5e9 green lighten-5
#c8e6c9 green lighten-4
#a5d6a7 green lighten-3
#81c784 green lighten-2
#66bb6a green lighten-1
#4caf50 green
#43a047 green darken-1
#388e3c green darken-2
#2e7d32 green darken-3
#1b5e20 green darken-4
#b9f6ca green accent-1
#69f0ae green accent-2
#00e676 green accent-3
#00c853 green accent-4
#f1f8e9 light-green lighten-5
#dcedc8 light-green lighten-4
#c5e1a5 light-green lighten-3
#aed581 light-green lighten-2
#9ccc65 light-green lighten-1
#8bc34a light-green
#7cb342 light-green darken-1
#689f38 light-green darken-2
#558b2f light-green darken-3
#33691e light-green darken-4
#ccff90 light-green accent-1
#b2ff59 light-green accent-2
#76ff03 light-green accent-3
#64dd17 light-green accent-4
#f9fbe7 lime lighten-5
#f0f4c3 lime lighten-4
#e6ee9c lime lighten-3
#dce775 lime lighten-2
#d4e157 lime lighten-1
#cddc39 lime
#c0ca33 lime darken-1
#afb42b lime darken-2
#9e9d24 lime darken-3
#827717 lime darken-4
#f4ff81 lime accent-1
#eeff41 lime accent-2
#c6ff00 lime accent-3
#aeea00 lime accent-4
#fffde7 yellow lighten-5
#fff9c4 yellow lighten-4
#fff59d yellow lighten-3
#fff176 yellow lighten-2
#ffee58 yellow lighten-1
#ffeb3b yellow
#fdd835 yellow darken-1
#fbc02d yellow darken-2
#f9a825 yellow darken-3
#f57f17 yellow darken-4
#ffff8d yellow accent-1
#ffff00 yellow accent-2
#ffea00 yellow accent-3
#ffd600 yellow accent-4
#fff8e1 amber lighten-5
#ffecb3 amber lighten-4
#ffe082 amber lighten-3
#ffd54f amber lighten-2
#ffca28 amber lighten-1
#ffc107 amber
#ffb300 amber darken-1
#ffa000 amber darken-2
#ff8f00 amber darken-3
#ff6f00 amber darken-4
#ffe57f amber accent-1
#ffd740 amber accent-2
#ffc400 amber accent-3
#ffab00 amber accent-4
#fff3e0 orange lighten-5
#ffe0b2 orange lighten-4
#ffcc80 orange lighten-3
#ffb74d orange lighten-2
#ffa726 orange lighten-1
#ff9800 orange
#fb8c00 orange darken-1
#f57c00 orange darken-2
#ef6c00 orange darken-3
#e65100 orange darken-4
#ffd180 orange accent-1
#ffab40 orange accent-2
#ff9100 orange accent-3
#ff6d00 orange accent-4
#fbe9e7 deep-orange lighten-5
#ffccbc deep-orange lighten-4
#ffab91 deep-orange lighten-3
#ff8a65 deep-orange lighten-2
#ff7043 deep-orange lighten-1
#ff5722 deep-orange
#f4511e deep-orange darken-1
#e64a19 deep-orange darken-2
#d84315 deep-orange darken-3
#bf360c deep-orange darken-4
#ff9e80 deep-orange accent-1
#ff6e40 deep-orange accent-2
#ff3d00 deep-orange accent-3
#dd2c00 deep-orange accent-4
#efebe9 brown lighten-5
#d7ccc8 brown lighten-4
#bcaaa4 brown lighten-3
#a1887f brown lighten-2
#8d6e63 brown lighten-1
#795548 brown
#6d4c41 brown darken-1
#5d4037 brown darken-2
#4e342e brown darken-3
#3e2723 brown darken-4
#fafafa grey lighten-5
#f5f5f5 grey lighten-4
#eeeeee grey lighten-3
#e0e0e0 grey lighten-2
#bdbdbd grey lighten-1
#9e9e9e grey
#757575 grey darken-1
#616161 grey darken-2
#424242 grey darken-3
#212121 grey darken-4