#C3BCBC#C3BCBC

#C3BCBC is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.008 H 17.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3BCBC
RGB	rgb(195, 188, 188)
HSL	hsl(0, 6%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(0, 4%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 3.6%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.80, 2.45, 0.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.80, 2.60, 19.62°)
OKLab	oklab(80.09% 0.0075 0.0024)
OKLCH	oklch(80.09% 0.008 17.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.5647, 51.1997, 54.8386)
Luminance	0.5120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3BCBC #BCC3C3

analogous

#C3BCBF #C3BCBC #C3BFBC

triadic

#C3BCBC #BCC3BC #BCBCC3

tetradic

#C3BCBC #BFC3BC #BCC3C3 #BFBCC3

square

#C3BCBC #BFC3BC #BCC3C3 #BFBCC3

split-complementary

#C3BCBC #BCC3BF #BCBFC3

monochromatic

#897B7B #A69C9C #C3BCBC #E0DCDC #F1EFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#C3BCBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.24

#C3BCBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3BCBC

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3BCBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3BCBC	1.00	1.87	11.24	11.24
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDBDBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBEBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5BBBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3bcbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 188, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.008 17.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d0d0',
    500: '#c3bcbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3bcbc;
$custom-light: #d5d0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3bcbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 5.512,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80093,
    "c": 0.0079,
    "h": 17.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3BCBC

secondary

#8D9696

accent

#8F8F56

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3BCBC

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

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