#C5BCBE#C5BCBE

#C5BCBE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.011 H 2.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BCBE
RGB	rgb(197, 188, 190)
HSL	hsl(347, 7%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(347, 5%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 3.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.01, 3.52, 0.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.01, 3.52, 1.99°)
OKLab	oklab(80.32% 0.0105 0.0004)
OKLCH	oklch(80.32% 0.011 2.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.3022, 51.5548, 56.0063)
Luminance	0.5155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BCBE #BCC5C3

analogous

#C5BCC2 #C5BCBE #C5BEBC

triadic

#C5BCBE #BEC5BC #BCBEC5

tetradic

#C5BCBE #C2C5BC #BCC5C3 #BEBCC5

square

#C5BCBE #C2C5BC #BCC5C3 #BEBCC5

split-complementary

#C5BCBE #BCC5BE #BCC2C5

monochromatic

#8C7A7E #A99B9E #C5BCBE #E1DDDE #F1EFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#C5BCBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.31

#C5BCBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BCBE

11.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BCBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BCBE	1.00	1.86	11.31	11.31
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDBDBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBFBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7BCBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5bcbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 188, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.011 2.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6d0d1',
    500: '#c5bcbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5bcbe;
$custom-light: #d6d0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5bcbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.667,
    "s": 7.2,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80317,
    "c": 0.0105,
    "h": 2.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BCBE

secondary

#8D9896

accent

#918454

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BCBE

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

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