#C4BDBD#C4BDBD

#C4BDBD is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.008 H 17.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BDBD
RGB	rgb(196, 189, 189)
HSL	hsl(0, 6%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(0, 4%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 3.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.16, 2.45, 0.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.16, 2.60, 19.62°)
OKLab	oklab(80.41% 0.0075 0.0024)
OKLCH	oklch(80.41% 0.008 17.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.1466, 51.8054, 55.4919)
Luminance	0.5181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BDBD #BDC4C4

analogous

#C4BDC0 #C4BDBD #C4C0BD

triadic

#C4BDBD #BDC4BD #BDBDC4

tetradic

#C4BDBD #C0C4BD #BDC4C4 #C0BDC4

square

#C4BDBD #C0C4BD #BDC4C4 #C0BDC4

split-complementary

#C4BDBD #BDC4C0 #BDC0C4

monochromatic

#8A7C7C #A79D9D #C4BDBD #E1DDDD #F1EFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#C4BDBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.36

#C4BDBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BDBD

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BDBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BDBD	1.00	1.85	11.36	11.36
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBEBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0BFBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6BCBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4bdbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 189, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.008 17.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d0d0',
    500: '#c4bdbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4bdbd;
$custom-light: #d5d0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4bdbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 5.6,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80407,
    "c": 0.0079,
    "h": 17.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BDBD

secondary

#8E9797

accent

#8F8F56

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BDBD

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

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