#C4BDBE#C4BDBE

#C4BDBE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.008 H 7.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BDBE
RGB	rgb(196, 189, 190)
HSL	hsl(351, 6%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(351, 4%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 3.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.19, 2.63, 0.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.19, 2.66, 8.01°)
OKLab	oklab(80.44% 0.0079 0.001)
OKLCH	oklch(80.44% 0.008 7.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.2555, 51.8490, 56.0655)
Luminance	0.5185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BDBE #BDC4C3

analogous

#C4BDC1 #C4BDBE #C4BFBD

triadic

#C4BDBE #BEC4BD #BDBEC4

tetradic

#C4BDBE #C1C4BD #BDC4C3 #BFBDC4

square

#C4BDBE #C1C4BD #BDC4C3 #BFBDC4

split-complementary

#C4BDBE #BDC4BF #BDC1C4

monochromatic

#8A7C7E #A79D9E #C4BDBE #E1DDDE #F1EFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#C4BDBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.37

#C4BDBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BDBE

11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BDBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BDBE	1.00	1.85	11.37	11.37
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBEBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBFBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6BDBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4bdbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 189, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.008 7.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d0d1',
    500: '#c4bdbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4bdbe;
$custom-light: #d5d0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4bdbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.429,
    "s": 5.6,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80436,
    "c": 0.008,
    "h": 7.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BDBE

secondary

#8E9796

accent

#8F8756

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BDBE

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

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