#C3BCBA#C3BCBA

#C3BCBA is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.008 H 36.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3BCBA
RGB	rgb(195, 188, 186)
HSL	hsl(13, 7%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(13, 5%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 4.6%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.75, 2.10, 1.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.75, 2.82, 41.94°)
OKLab	oklab(80.04% 0.0068 0.005)
OKLCH	oklch(80.04% 0.008 36.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.3506, 51.1141, 53.7110)
Luminance	0.5111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3BCBA #BAC1C3

analogous

#C3BABD #C3BCBA #C3C1BA

triadic

#C3BCBA #BAC3BC #BCBAC3

tetradic

#C3BCBA #BDC3BA #BAC1C3 #C1BAC3

square

#C3BCBA #BDC3BA #BAC1C3 #C1BAC3

split-complementary

#C3BCBA #BAC3C1 #BABDC3

monochromatic

#8A7C79 #A79C99 #C3BCBA #DFDCDB #F1EFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#C3BCBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.22

#C3BCBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3BCBA

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3BCBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3BCBA	1.00	1.87	11.22	11.22
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDBDBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBEBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5BBBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3bcba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 188, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.008 36.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d0ce',
    500: '#c3bcba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3bcba;
$custom-light: #d5d0ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3bcba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.333,
    "s": 6.977,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80035,
    "c": 0.00841,
    "h": 36.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3BCBA

secondary

#8B9496

accent

#849155

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141413

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3BCBA

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

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