#C4C2BE#C4C2BE

#C4C2BE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.006 H 84.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4C2BE
RGB	rgb(196, 194, 190)
HSL	hsl(40, 5%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(40, 3%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 3.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.48, -0.03, 2.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.48, 2.25, 90.75°)
OKLab	oklab(81.45% 0.0006 0.006)
OKLCH	oklch(81.45% 0.006 84.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.3496, 54.0372, 56.4303)
Luminance	0.5404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4C2BE #BEC0C4

analogous

#C4BFBE #C4C2BE #C3C4BE

triadic

#C4C2BE #BEC4C2 #C2BEC4

tetradic

#C4C2BE #BEC4BF #BEC0C4 #C4BEC3

square

#C4C2BE #BEC4BF #BEC0C4 #C4BEC3

split-complementary

#C4C2BE #BEC3C4 #BFBEC4

monochromatic

#8A867E #A7A49E #C4C2BE #E1E0DE #F0F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#C4C2BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.81

#C4C2BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4C2BE

11.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4C2BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4C2BE	1.00	1.78	11.81	11.81
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C2BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4C2BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5C1C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4c2be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 194, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.006 84.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d4d1',
    500: '#c4c2be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4c2be;
$custom-light: #d5d4d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4c2be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 4.839,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81451,
    "c": 0.00598,
    "h": 84.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4C2BE

secondary

#8F9297

accent

#698F57

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4C2BE

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

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