#C5BEBE#C5BEBE

#C5BEBE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.008 H 17.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BEBE
RGB	rgb(197, 190, 190)
HSL	hsl(0, 6%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(0, 4%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 3.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.53, 2.45, 0.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.53, 2.60, 19.62°)
OKLab	oklab(80.72% 0.0075 0.0024)
OKLCH	oklch(80.72% 0.008 17.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.7324, 52.4153, 56.1497)
Luminance	0.5242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BEBE #BEC5C5

analogous

#C5BEC1 #C5BEBE #C5C1BE

triadic

#C5BEBE #BEC5BE #BEBEC5

tetradic

#C5BEBE #C1C5BE #BEC5C5 #C1BEC5

square

#C5BEBE #C1C5BE #BEC5C5 #C1BEC5

split-complementary

#C5BEBE #BEC5C1 #BEC1C5

monochromatic

#8B7D7D #A89E9E #C5BEBE #E2DEDE #F1EFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#C5BEBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.48

#C5BEBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BEBE

11.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BEBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BEBE	1.00	1.83	11.48	11.48
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFBFBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1C0BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7BDBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5bebe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 190, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.008 17.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6d1d1',
    500: '#c5bebe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5bebe;
$custom-light: #d6d1d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5bebe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 5.691,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80721,
    "c": 0.00789,
    "h": 17.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BEBE

secondary

#8F9898

accent

#909056

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BEBE

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

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