#C4BFBD#C4BFBD

#C4BFBD is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.006 H 43.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BFBD
RGB	rgb(196, 191, 189)
HSL	hsl(17, 6%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(17, 4%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 3.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.68, 1.38, 1.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.68, 2.14, 49.58°)
OKLab	oklab(80.81% 0.0046 0.0043)
OKLCH	oklch(80.81% 0.006 43.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.5797, 52.6718, 55.6363)
Luminance	0.5267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BFBD #BDC2C4

analogous

#C4BDBE #C4BFBD #C4C2BD

triadic

#C4BFBD #BDC4BF #BFBDC4

tetradic

#C4BFBD #BEC4BD #BDC2C4 #C2BDC4

square

#C4BFBD #BEC4BD #BDC2C4 #C2BDC4

split-complementary

#C4BFBD #BDC4C2 #BDBEC4

monochromatic

#8A807C #A7A09D #C4BFBD #E1DEDD #F1EFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#C4BFBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.53

#C4BFBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BFBD

11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BFBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BFBD	1.00	1.82	11.53	11.53
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BFBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1C0BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6BEBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4bfbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 191, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.006 43.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d2d0',
    500: '#c4bfbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4bfbd;
$custom-light: #d5d2d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4bfbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.143,
    "s": 5.6,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80812,
    "c": 0.0063,
    "h": 43.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BFBD

secondary

#8E9497

accent

#7F8F56

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BFBD

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

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