#C5BCBC#C5BCBC

#C5BCBC is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.010 H 17.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BCBC
RGB	rgb(197, 188, 188)
HSL	hsl(0, 7%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(0, 5%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 4.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.96, 3.16, 1.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.96, 3.36, 19.68°)
OKLab	oklab(80.26% 0.0097 0.003)
OKLCH	oklch(80.26% 0.01 17.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.0851, 51.4680, 54.8630)
Luminance	0.5147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BCBC #BCC5C5

analogous

#C5BCC0 #C5BCBC #C5C0BC

triadic

#C5BCBC #BCC5BC #BCBCC5

tetradic

#C5BCBC #C0C5BC #BCC5C5 #C0BCC5

square

#C5BCBC #C0C5BC #BCC5C5 #C0BCC5

split-complementary

#C5BCBC #BCC5C0 #BCC0C5

monochromatic

#8C7A7A #A99B9B #C5BCBC #E1DDDD #F1EFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#C5BCBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.29

#C5BCBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BCBC

11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BCBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BCBC	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)

#BDBDBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBFBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7BBBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5bcbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 188, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.010 17.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6d0d0',
    500: '#c5bcbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5bcbc;
$custom-light: #d6d0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5bcbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 7.2,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80259,
    "c": 0.01017,
    "h": 17.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BCBC

secondary

#8D9898

accent

#919154

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BCBC

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

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