#C4C0BA#C4C0BA

#C4C0BA is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.009 H 78.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4C0BA
RGB	rgb(196, 192, 186)
HSL	hsl(36, 8%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(36, 5%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 5.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.86, 0.32, 3.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.86, 3.53, 84.78°)
OKLab	oklab(80.93% 0.0019 0.0093)
OKLCH	oklch(80.93% 0.009 78.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.4763, 52.9805, 54.0120)
Luminance	0.5298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4C0BA #BABEC4

analogous

#C4BBBA #C4C0BA #C3C4BA

triadic

#C4C0BA #BAC4C0 #C0BAC4

tetradic

#C4C0BA #BAC4BB #BABEC4 #C4BAC3

square

#C4C0BA #BAC4BB #BABEC4 #C4BAC3

split-complementary

#C4C0BA #BAC3C4 #BBBAC4

monochromatic

#8C8478 #A8A299 #C4C0BA #E0DEDB #F1F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#C4C0BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.60

#C4C0BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4C0BA

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4C0BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4C0BA	1.00	1.81	11.60	11.60
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C0BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3C1BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6BFBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4c0ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 192, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.009 78.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d3ce',
    500: '#c4c0ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4c0ba;
$custom-light: #d5d3ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4c0ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 7.813,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80931,
    "c": 0.00947,
    "h": 78.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4C0BA

secondary

#8B9097

accent

#6D9254

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141413

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4C0BA

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

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