#C4CAC8#C4CAC8

#C4CAC8 is a very light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.007 H 174.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4CAC8
RGB	rgb(196, 202, 200)
HSL	hsl(160, 5%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(160, 3%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 0%, 1%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.82, -2.42, 0.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.82, 2.44, 173.43°)
OKLab	oklab(83.38% -0.0071 0.0007)
OKLCH	oklch(83.38% 0.007 174.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.3089, 58.1467, 62.9947)
Luminance	0.5815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4CAC8 #CAC4C6

analogous

#C4CAC5 #C4CAC8 #C4C9CA

triadic

#C4CAC8 #C8C4CA #CAC8C4

tetradic

#C4CAC8 #C5C4CA #CAC4C6 #C9CAC4

square

#C4CAC8 #C5C4CA #CAC4C6 #C9CAC4

split-complementary

#C4CAC8 #CAC4C9 #CAC5C4

monochromatic

#84908C #A4ADAA #C4CAC8 #E4E7E6 #EFF1F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#C4CAC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.63

#C4CAC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4CAC8

12.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4CAC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4CAC8	1.00	1.66	12.63	12.63
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAC9C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8C8C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3CAC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4cac8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 202, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.007 174.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5dad8',
    500: '#c4cac8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4cac8;
$custom-light: #d5dad8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4cac8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160,
    "s": 5.357,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83375,
    "c": 0.00713,
    "h": 174.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4CAC8

secondary

#9D9598

accent

#56698F

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4CAC8

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

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