#C5BFBD#C5BFBD

#C5BFBD is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.007 H 39.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BFBD
RGB	rgb(197, 191, 189)
HSL	hsl(15, 6%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(15, 4%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 4.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.76, 1.74, 1.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.76, 2.47, 45.24°)
OKLab	oklab(80.89% 0.0057 0.0047)
OKLCH	oklch(80.89% 0.007 39.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.8408, 52.8064, 55.6485)
Luminance	0.5281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BFBD #BDC3C5

analogous

#C5BDBF #C5BFBD #C5C3BD

triadic

#C5BFBD #BDC5BF #BFBDC5

tetradic

#C5BFBD #BFC5BD #BDC3C5 #C3BDC5

square

#C5BFBD #BFC5BD #BDC3C5 #C3BDC5

split-complementary

#C5BFBD #BDC5C3 #BDBFC5

monochromatic

#8C807C #A89F9C #C5BFBD #E2DFDE #F1EFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#C5BFBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.56

#C5BFBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BFBD

11.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BFBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BFBD	1.00	1.82	11.56	11.56
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C0BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2C1BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7BEBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5bfbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 191, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.007 39.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6d2d0',
    500: '#c5bfbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5bfbd;
$custom-light: #d6d2d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5bfbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15,
    "s": 6.452,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80894,
    "c": 0.00733,
    "h": 39.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BFBD

secondary

#8E9698

accent

#829055

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BFBD

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

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