#C4BCBD#C4BCBD

#C4BCBD is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.009 H 8.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BCBD
RGB	rgb(196, 188, 189)
HSL	hsl(353, 6%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(353, 4%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 3.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.91, 2.99, 0.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.91, 3.03, 9.47°)
OKLab	oklab(80.21% 0.009 0.0014)
OKLCH	oklch(80.21% 0.009 8.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.9322, 51.3767, 55.4205)
Luminance	0.5138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BCBD #BCC4C3

analogous

#C4BCC1 #C4BCBD #C4BFBC

triadic

#C4BCBD #BDC4BC #BCBDC4

tetradic

#C4BCBD #C1C4BC #BCC4C3 #BFBCC4

square

#C4BCBD #C1C4BC #BCC4C3 #BFBCC4

split-complementary

#C4BCBD #BCC4BF #BCC1C4

monochromatic

#8B7B7D #A79B9D #C4BCBD #E1DDDD #F1EFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#C4BCBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.28

#C4BCBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BCBD

11.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BCBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BCBD	1.00	1.86	11.28	11.28
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDBDBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBEBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6BCBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4bcbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 188, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.009 8.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d0d0',
    500: '#c4bcbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4bcbd;
$custom-light: #d5d0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4bcbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.5,
    "s": 6.349,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80205,
    "c": 0.00912,
    "h": 8.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BCBD

secondary

#8D9796

accent

#908955

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BCBD

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

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