#C3C8CA#C3C8CA

#C3C8CA is a very light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.006 H 223.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3C8CA
RGB	rgb(195, 200, 202)
HSL	hsl(197, 6%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(197, 3%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 1%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.28, -1.34, -1.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.28, 2.08, 230.00°)
OKLab	oklab(82.95% -0.0045 -0.0043)
OKLCH	oklch(82.95% 0.006 223.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.8186, 57.1747, 64.0661)
Luminance	0.5717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3C8CA #CAC5C3

analogous

#C3CAC8 #C3C8CA #C3C4CA

triadic

#C3C8CA #CAC3C8 #C8CAC3

tetradic

#C3C8CA #C8C3CA #CAC5C3 #C4CAC3

square

#C3C8CA #C8C3CA #CAC5C3 #C4CAC3

split-complementary

#C3C8CA #CAC3C4 #CAC8C3

monochromatic

#828C91 #A3AAAD #C3C8CA #E3E6E7 #EFF0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#C3C8CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.44

#C3C8CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3C8CA

12.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3C8CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3C8CA	1.00	1.69	12.44	12.44
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7C8CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6C7CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1C9C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3c8ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 200, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.006 223.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d8da',
    500: '#c3c8ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3c8ca;
$custom-light: #d5d8da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3c8ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 6.195,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82947,
    "c": 0.0062,
    "h": 223.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3C8CA

secondary

#9D9794

accent

#665590

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3C8CA

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

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