#C5BEBC#C5BEBC

#C5BEBC is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.008 H 36.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BEBC
RGB	rgb(197, 190, 188)
HSL	hsl(13, 7%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(13, 5%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 4.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.48, 2.09, 1.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.48, 2.81, 41.94°)
OKLab	oklab(80.66% 0.0068 0.005)
OKLCH	oklch(80.66% 0.008 36.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.5153, 52.3284, 55.0064)
Luminance	0.5233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BEBC #BCC3C5

analogous

#C5BCBE #C5BEBC #C5C2BC

triadic

#C5BEBC #BCC5BE #BEBCC5

tetradic

#C5BEBC #BEC5BC #BCC3C5 #C2BCC5

square

#C5BEBC #BEC5BC #BCC3C5 #C2BCC5

split-complementary

#C5BEBC #BCC5C2 #BCBEC5

monochromatic

#8C7E7A #A99E9B #C5BEBC #E1DEDD #F1EFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#C5BEBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.47

#C5BEBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BEBC

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BEBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BEBC	1.00	1.83	11.47	11.47
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFBFBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1C0BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7BDBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5bebc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 190, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.008 36.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6d1d0',
    500: '#c5bebc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5bebc;
$custom-light: #d6d1d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5bebc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.333,
    "s": 7.2,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80663,
    "c": 0.0084,
    "h": 36.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BEBC

secondary

#8D9698

accent

#849154

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BEBC

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

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