#C5BFBC#C5BFBC

#C5BFBC is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.008 H 48.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BFBC
RGB	rgb(197, 191, 188)
HSL	hsl(20, 7%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(20, 5%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 4.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.73, 1.56, 2.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.73, 2.74, 55.34°)
OKLab	oklab(80.87% 0.0053 0.006)
OKLCH	oklch(80.87% 0.008 48.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.7326, 52.7631, 55.0788)
Luminance	0.5276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BFBC #BCC2C5

analogous

#C5BCBD #C5BFBC #C5C3BC

triadic

#C5BFBC #BCC5BF #BFBCC5

tetradic

#C5BFBC #BDC5BC #BCC2C5 #C3BCC5

square

#C5BFBC #BDC5BC #BCC2C5 #C3BCC5

split-complementary

#C5BFBC #BCC5C3 #BCBDC5

monochromatic

#8C807A #A9A09B #C5BFBC #E1DEDD #F1EFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#C5BFBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.55

#C5BFBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BFBC

11.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BFBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BFBC	1.00	1.82	11.55	11.55
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1BFBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2C1BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7BEBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5bfbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 191, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.008 48.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6d2d0',
    500: '#c5bfbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5bfbc;
$custom-light: #d6d2d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5bfbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20,
    "s": 7.2,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80866,
    "c": 0.00797,
    "h": 48.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BFBC

secondary

#8D9498

accent

#7D9154

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BFBC

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

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