#C4C6CE#C4C6CE

#C4C6CE is a very light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.011 H 274.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4C6CE
RGB	rgb(196, 198, 206)
HSL	hsl(228, 9%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(228, 5%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.9%, 3.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.94, 0.82, -4.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.94, 4.31, 280.96°)
OKLab	oklab(82.74% 0.001 -0.0113)
OKLCH	oklch(82.74% 0.011 274.9)
XYZ	xyz(54.0975, 56.5799, 66.4516)
Luminance	0.5658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4C6CE #CECCC4

analogous

#C4CBCE #C4C6CE #C7C4CE

triadic

#C4C6CE #CEC4C6 #C6CEC4

tetradic

#C4C6CE #CEC4CB #CECCC4 #C4CEC7

square

#C4C6CE #CEC4CB #CECCC4 #C4CEC7

split-complementary

#C4C6CE #CEC7C4 #CBCEC4

monochromatic

#818596 #A3A6B2 #C4C6CE #E5E6EA #EEEFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#C4C6CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.32

#C4C6CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4C6CE

12.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4C6CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4C6CE	1.00	1.71	12.32	12.32
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4C7CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3C6CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2C7C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4c6ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 198, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.011 274.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d7dc',
    500: '#c4c6ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4c6ce;
$custom-light: #d5d7dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4c6ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228,
    "s": 9.259,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82738,
    "c": 0.01132,
    "h": 274.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4C6CE

secondary

#A29F95

accent

#865293

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4C6CE

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

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