#C5BCBD#C5BCBD

#C5BCBD is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.010 H 9.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BCBD
RGB	rgb(197, 188, 189)
HSL	hsl(353, 7%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(353, 5%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 4.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.99, 3.34, 0.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.99, 3.40, 10.62°)
OKLab	oklab(80.29% 0.0101 0.0017)
OKLCH	oklch(80.29% 0.01 9.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.1933, 51.5113, 55.4327)
Luminance	0.5151 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BCBD #BCC5C4

analogous

#C5BCC1 #C5BCBD #C5BFBC

triadic

#C5BCBD #BDC5BC #BCBDC5

tetradic

#C5BCBD #C1C5BC #BCC5C4 #BFBCC5

square

#C5BCBD #C1C5BC #BCC5C4 #BFBCC5

split-complementary

#C5BCBD #BCC5BF #BCC1C5

monochromatic

#8C7A7C #A99B9D #C5BCBD #E1DDDD #F1EFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#C5BCBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.30

#C5BCBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BCBD

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BCBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BCBD	1.00	1.86	11.30	11.30
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDBDBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBFBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7BBBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5bcbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 188, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.010 9.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6d0d0',
    500: '#c5bcbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5bcbd;
$custom-light: #d6d0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5bcbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.333,
    "s": 7.2,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80288,
    "c": 0.01024,
    "h": 9.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BCBD

secondary

#8D9897

accent

#918A54

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BCBD

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

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