#C5BEBD#C5BEBD

#C5BEBD is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.008 H 27.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BEBD
RGB	rgb(197, 190, 189)
HSL	hsl(8, 6%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(8, 4%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 4.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.50, 2.27, 1.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.50, 2.65, 31.23°)
OKLab	oklab(80.69% 0.0071 0.0037)
OKLCH	oklch(80.69% 0.008 27.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.6235, 52.3717, 55.5761)
Luminance	0.5237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BEBD #BDC4C5

analogous

#C5BDC0 #C5BEBD #C5C2BD

triadic

#C5BEBD #BDC5BE #BEBDC5

tetradic

#C5BEBD #C0C5BD #BDC4C5 #C2BDC5

square

#C5BEBD #C0C5BD #BDC4C5 #C2BDC5

split-complementary

#C5BEBD #BDC5C2 #BDC0C5

monochromatic

#8C7E7C #A89E9C #C5BEBD #E2DEDE #F1EFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#C5BEBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.47

#C5BEBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BEBD

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BEBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BEBD	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)

#BFBFBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1C0BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7BDBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5bebd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 190, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.008 27.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6d1d0',
    500: '#c5bebd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5bebd;
$custom-light: #d6d1d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5bebd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.5,
    "s": 6.452,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80692,
    "c": 0.00803,
    "h": 27.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BEBD

secondary

#8E9798

accent

#899055

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BEBD

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

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