#C5BEBF#C5BEBF

#C5BEBF is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.008 H 7.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BEBF
RGB	rgb(197, 190, 191)
HSL	hsl(351, 6%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(351, 4%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 3%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.55, 2.63, 0.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.55, 2.65, 8.01°)
OKLab	oklab(80.75% 0.0079 0.001)
OKLCH	oklch(80.75% 0.008 7.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.8420, 52.4591, 56.7273)
Luminance	0.5246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BEBF #BEC5C4

analogous

#C5BEC2 #C5BEBF #C5C0BE

triadic

#C5BEBF #BFC5BE #BEBFC5

tetradic

#C5BEBF #C2C5BE #BEC5C4 #C0BEC5

square

#C5BEBF #C2C5BE #BEC5C4 #C0BEC5

split-complementary

#C5BEBF #BEC5C0 #BEC2C5

monochromatic

#8B7D7F #A89E9F #C5BEBF #E2DEDF #F1EFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#C5BEBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.49

#C5BEBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BEBF

11.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BEBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BEBF	1.00	1.83	11.49	11.49
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFBFBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0C0BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7BEBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5bebf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 190, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.008 7.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6d1d2',
    500: '#c5bebf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5bebf;
$custom-light: #d6d1d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5bebf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.429,
    "s": 5.691,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8075,
    "c": 0.00799,
    "h": 7.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BEBF

secondary

#8F9897

accent

#908756

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BEBF

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

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