#C5BFBE#C5BFBE

#C5BFBE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.007 H 28.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BFBE
RGB	rgb(197, 191, 190)
HSL	hsl(9, 6%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(9, 4%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 3.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.79, 1.92, 1.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.79, 2.29, 33.09°)
OKLab	oklab(80.92% 0.0061 0.0033)
OKLCH	oklch(80.92% 0.007 28.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.9497, 52.8499, 56.2222)
Luminance	0.5285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BFBE #BEC4C5

analogous

#C5BEC0 #C5BFBE #C5C2BE

triadic

#C5BFBE #BEC5BF #BFBEC5

tetradic

#C5BFBE #C0C5BE #BEC4C5 #C2BEC5

square

#C5BFBE #C0C5BE #BEC4C5 #C2BEC5

split-complementary

#C5BFBE #BEC5C2 #BEC0C5

monochromatic

#8B7F7D #A89F9E #C5BFBE #E2DFDE #F1EFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#C5BFBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.57

#C5BFBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BFBE

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BFBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BFBE	1.00	1.82	11.57	11.57
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C0BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1C1BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7BEBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5bfbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 191, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.007 28.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6d2d1',
    500: '#c5bfbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5bfbe;
$custom-light: #d6d2d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5bfbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.571,
    "s": 5.691,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80923,
    "c": 0.00691,
    "h": 28.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BFBE

secondary

#8F9798

accent

#879056

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BFBE

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

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