#C2BDBD#C2BDBD

#C2BDBD is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.006 H 17.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2BDBD
RGB	rgb(194, 189, 189)
HSL	hsl(0, 4%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(0, 3%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 2.6%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.00, 1.75, 0.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.00, 1.85, 19.56°)
OKLab	oklab(80.24% 0.0054 0.0017)
OKLCH	oklch(80.24% 0.006 17.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.6297, 51.5389, 55.4677)
Luminance	0.5154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#C2BDBD #BDC2C2

analogous

#C2BDBF #C2BDBD #C2BFBD

triadic

#C2BDBD #BDC2BD #BDBDC2

tetradic

#C2BDBD #BFC2BD #BDC2C2 #BFBDC2

square

#C2BDBD #BFC2BD #BDC2C2 #BFBDC2

split-complementary

#C2BDBD #BDC2BF #BDBFC2

monochromatic

#877D7D #A59D9D #C2BDBD #DFDDDD #F0EFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#C2BDBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.31

#C2BDBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2BDBD

11.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2BDBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2BDBD	1.00	1.86	11.31	11.31
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBEBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBEBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3BDBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2bdbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 189, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.006 17.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d0d0',
    500: '#c2bdbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2bdbd;
$custom-light: #d4d0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2bdbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 3.937,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80242,
    "c": 0.00563,
    "h": 17.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2BDBD

secondary

#8F9595

accent

#8E8E58

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2BDBD

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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