#C4BEBE#C4BEBE

#C4BEBE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.007 H 17.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BEBE
RGB	rgb(196, 190, 190)
HSL	hsl(0, 5%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(0, 3%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 3.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.45, 2.10, 0.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.45, 2.23, 19.59°)
OKLab	oklab(80.64% 0.0065 0.002)
OKLCH	oklch(80.64% 0.007 17.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.4713, 52.2807, 56.1375)
Luminance	0.5228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BEBE #BEC4C4

analogous

#C4BEC1 #C4BEBE #C4C1BE

triadic

#C4BEBE #BEC4BE #BEBEC4

tetradic

#C4BEBE #C1C4BE #BEC4C4 #C1BEC4

square

#C4BEBE #C1C4BE #BEC4C4 #C1BEC4

split-complementary

#C4BEBE #BEC4C1 #BEC1C4

monochromatic

#8A7E7E #A79E9E #C4BEBE #E1DEDE #F0EFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#C4BEBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.46

#C4BEBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BEBE

11.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BEBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BEBE	1.00	1.83	11.46	11.46
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFBFBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0C0BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5BEBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4bebe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 190, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.007 17.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d1d1',
    500: '#c4bebe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4bebe;
$custom-light: #d5d1d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4bebe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 4.839,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80638,
    "c": 0.00676,
    "h": 17.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BEBE

secondary

#8F9797

accent

#8F8F57

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BEBE

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

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