#C4BCBE#C4BCBE

#C4BCBE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.009 H 0.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BCBE
RGB	rgb(196, 188, 190)
HSL	hsl(345, 6%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(345, 4%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 3.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.93, 3.17, -0.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.93, 3.17, 359.89°)
OKLab	oklab(80.23% 0.0094 0)
OKLCH	oklch(80.23% 0.009 0.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.0411, 51.4202, 55.9941)
Luminance	0.5142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BCBE #BCC4C2

analogous

#C4BCC2 #C4BCBE #C4BEBC

triadic

#C4BCBE #BEC4BC #BCBEC4

tetradic

#C4BCBE #C2C4BC #BCC4C2 #BEBCC4

square

#C4BCBE #C2C4BC #BCC4C2 #BEBCC4

split-complementary

#C4BCBE #BCC4BE #BCC2C4

monochromatic

#8B7B7F #A79B9E #C4BCBE #E1DDDE #F1EFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#C4BCBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.28

#C4BCBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BCBE

11.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BCBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BCBE	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)

#BDBDBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBEBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6BCBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4bcbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 188, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.009 0.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d0d1',
    500: '#c4bcbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4bcbe;
$custom-light: #d5d0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4bcbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345,
    "s": 6.349,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80234,
    "c": 0.00941,
    "h": 0.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BCBE

secondary

#8D9795

accent

#908255

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BCBE

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

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