#C5BDBE#C5BDBE

#C5BDBE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.009 H 8.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BDBE
RGB	rgb(197, 189, 190)
HSL	hsl(353, 6%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(353, 4%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 3.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.27, 2.98, 0.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.27, 3.02, 9.47°)
OKLab	oklab(80.52% 0.009 0.0014)
OKLCH	oklch(80.52% 0.009 8.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.5165, 51.9836, 56.0778)
Luminance	0.5198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BDBE #BDC5C4

analogous

#C5BDC2 #C5BDBE #C5C0BD

triadic

#C5BDBE #BEC5BD #BDBEC5

tetradic

#C5BDBE #C2C5BD #BDC5C4 #C0BDC5

square

#C5BDBE #C2C5BD #BDC5C4 #C0BDC5

split-complementary

#C5BDBE #BDC5C0 #BDC2C5

monochromatic

#8C7C7E #A89C9E #C5BDBE #E2DEDE #F1EFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#C5BDBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.40

#C5BDBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BDBE

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BDBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BDBE	1.00	1.84	11.40	11.40
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBEBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0BFBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7BDBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5bdbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 189, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.009 8.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6d0d1',
    500: '#c5bdbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5bdbe;
$custom-light: #d6d0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5bdbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.5,
    "s": 6.452,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80519,
    "c": 0.00911,
    "h": 8.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BDBE

secondary

#8E9897

accent

#908955

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BDBE

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

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