#C5BCBB#C5BCBB

#C5BCBB is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.010 H 25.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BCBB
RGB	rgb(197, 188, 187)
HSL	hsl(6, 8%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(6, 5%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 5.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.94, 2.98, 1.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.94, 3.40, 28.72°)
OKLab	oklab(80.23% 0.0093 0.0044)
OKLCH	oklch(80.23% 0.01 25.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.9777, 51.4250, 54.2972)
Luminance	0.5142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BCBB #BBC4C5

analogous

#C5BBBF #C5BCBB #C5C1BB

triadic

#C5BCBB #BBC5BC #BCBBC5

tetradic

#C5BCBB #BFC5BB #BBC4C5 #C1BBC5

square

#C5BCBB #BFC5BB #BBC4C5 #C1BBC5

split-complementary

#C5BCBB #BBC5C1 #BBBFC5

monochromatic

#8D7B79 #A99B9A #C5BCBB #E1DDDC #F1EFEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#C5BCBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.29

#C5BCBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BCBB

11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BCBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BCBB	1.00	1.86	11.29	11.29
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBDBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0BFBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7BBBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5bcbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 188, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.010 25.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6d0cf',
    500: '#c5bcbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5bcbb;
$custom-light: #d6d0cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5bcbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6,
    "s": 7.937,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8023,
    "c": 0.01029,
    "h": 25.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BCBB

secondary

#8C9798

accent

#8C9254

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141413

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BCBB

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

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