#C4BCBA#C4BCBA

#C4BCBA is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.009 H 34.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BCBA
RGB	rgb(196, 188, 186)
HSL	hsl(12, 8%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(12, 5%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 5.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.83, 2.45, 2.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.83, 3.17, 39.37°)
OKLab	oklab(80.12% 0.0078 0.0054)
OKLCH	oklch(80.12% 0.009 34.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.6099, 51.2478, 53.7232)
Luminance	0.5125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BCBA #BAC2C4

analogous

#C4BABD #C4BCBA #C4C1BA

triadic

#C4BCBA #BAC4BC #BCBAC4

tetradic

#C4BCBA #BDC4BA #BAC2C4 #C1BAC4

square

#C4BCBA #BDC4BA #BAC2C4 #C1BAC4

split-complementary

#C4BCBA #BAC4C1 #BABDC4

monochromatic

#8C7C78 #A89C99 #C4BCBA #E0DCDB #F1EFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#C4BCBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.25

#C4BCBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BCBA

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BCBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BCBA	1.00	1.87	11.25	11.25
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBDBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBEBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6BBBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4bcba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 188, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.009 34.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d0ce',
    500: '#c4bcba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4bcba;
$custom-light: #d5d0ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4bcba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12,
    "s": 7.813,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80118,
    "c": 0.00949,
    "h": 34.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BCBA

secondary

#8B9597

accent

#859254

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141413

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BCBA

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

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