#C5BBBB#C5BBBB

#C5BBBB is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.011 H 17.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BBBB
RGB	rgb(197, 187, 187)
HSL	hsl(0, 8%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(0, 5%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 5.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.68, 3.52, 1.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.68, 3.74, 19.71°)
OKLab	oklab(80.03% 0.0108 0.0034)
OKLCH	oklch(80.03% 0.011 17.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.7648, 50.9993, 54.2263)
Luminance	0.5100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BBBB #BBC5C5

analogous

#C5BBC0 #C5BBBB #C5C0BB

triadic

#C5BBBB #BBC5BB #BBBBC5

tetradic

#C5BBBB #C0C5BB #BBC5C5 #C0BBC5

square

#C5BBBB #C0C5BB #BBC5C5 #C0BBC5

split-complementary

#C5BBBB #BBC5C0 #BBC0C5

monochromatic

#8D7979 #A99A9A #C5BBBB #E1DCDC #F1EEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#C5BBBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20

#C5BBBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BBBB

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BBBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BBBB	1.00	1.88	11.20	11.20
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDBCBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBEBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7BABB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5bbbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 187, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.011 17.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6cfcf',
    500: '#c5bbbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5bbbb;
$custom-light: #d6cfcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5bbbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 7.937,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80029,
    "c": 0.01133,
    "h": 17.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BBBB

secondary

#8C9898

accent

#929254

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141313

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BBBB

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

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