#C4C4BE#C4C4BE

#C4C4BE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.008 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4C4BE
RGB	rgb(196, 196, 190)
HSL	hsl(60, 5%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(60, 3%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 3.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.00, -1.09, 3.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.00, 3.20, 109.88°)
OKLab	oklab(81.86% -0.0024 0.0079)
OKLCH	oklch(81.86% 0.008 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.7977, 54.9334, 56.5796)
Luminance	0.5493 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4C4BE #BEBEC4

analogous

#C4C1BE #C4C4BE #C1C4BE

triadic

#C4C4BE #BEC4C4 #C4BEC4

tetradic

#C4C4BE #BEC4C1 #BEBEC4 #C4BEC1

square

#C4C4BE #BEC4C1 #BEBEC4 #C4BEC1

split-complementary

#C4C4BE #BEC1C4 #C1BEC4

monochromatic

#8A8A7E #A7A79E #C4C4BE #E1E1DE #F0F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#C4C4BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.99

#C4C4BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4C4BE

11.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4C4BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4C4BE	1.00	1.75	11.99	11.99
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5C3BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5C4BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5C3C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4c4be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 196, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.008 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d5d1',
    500: '#c4c4be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4c4be;
$custom-light: #d5d5d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4c4be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 4.839,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8186,
    "c": 0.00826,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4C4BE

secondary

#8F8F97

accent

#578F57

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4C4BE

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

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