#C4BCBC#C4BCBC

#C4BCBC is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.009 H 17.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BCBC
RGB	rgb(196, 188, 188)
HSL	hsl(0, 6%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(0, 4%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 4.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.88, 2.81, 1.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.88, 2.98, 19.65°)
OKLab	oklab(80.18% 0.0086 0.0027)
OKLCH	oklch(80.18% 0.009 17.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.8240, 51.3334, 54.8508)
Luminance	0.5133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BCBC #BCC4C4

analogous

#C4BCC0 #C4BCBC #C4C0BC

triadic

#C4BCBC #BCC4BC #BCBCC4

tetradic

#C4BCBC #C0C4BC #BCC4C4 #C0BCC4

square

#C4BCBC #C0C4BC #BCC4C4 #C0BCC4

split-complementary

#C4BCBC #BCC4C0 #BCC0C4

monochromatic

#8B7B7B #A79B9B #C4BCBC #E1DDDD #F1EFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#C4BCBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.27

#C4BCBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BCBC

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BCBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BCBC	1.00	1.86	11.27	11.27
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDBDBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBEBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6BBBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4bcbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 188, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.009 17.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d0d0',
    500: '#c4bcbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4bcbc;
$custom-light: #d5d0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4bcbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 6.349,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80176,
    "c": 0.00904,
    "h": 17.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BCBC

secondary

#8D9797

accent

#909055

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BCBC

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

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