#C4BDBA#C4BDBA

#C4BDBA is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.009 H 44.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BDBA
RGB	rgb(196, 189, 186)
HSL	hsl(18, 8%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(18, 5%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 5.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.09, 1.92, 2.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.09, 3.06, 51.22°)
OKLab	oklab(80.32% 0.0064 0.0063)
OKLCH	oklch(80.32% 0.009 44.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.8243, 51.6765, 53.7946)
Luminance	0.5168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BDBA #BAC1C4

analogous

#C4BABC #C4BDBA #C4C2BA

triadic

#C4BDBA #BAC4BD #BDBAC4

tetradic

#C4BDBA #BCC4BA #BAC1C4 #C2BAC4

square

#C4BDBA #BCC4BA #BAC1C4 #C2BAC4

split-complementary

#C4BDBA #BAC4C2 #BABCC4

monochromatic

#8C7E78 #A89D99 #C4BDBA #E0DDDB #F1EFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#C4BDBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.34

#C4BDBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BDBA

11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BDBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BDBA	1.00	1.85	11.34	11.34
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFBEBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0BFBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6BCBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4bdba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 189, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.009 44.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d0ce',
    500: '#c4bdba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4bdba;
$custom-light: #d5d0ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4bdba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18,
    "s": 7.813,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80321,
    "c": 0.00897,
    "h": 44.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BDBA

secondary

#8B9497

accent

#7F9254

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141413

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BDBA

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

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