#C5BFBF#C5BFBF

#C5BFBF is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.007 H 17.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BFBF
RGB	rgb(197, 191, 191)
HSL	hsl(0, 5%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(0, 3%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 3%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.81, 2.09, 0.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.81, 2.22, 19.59°)
OKLab	oklab(80.95% 0.0064 0.002)
OKLCH	oklch(80.95% 0.007 17.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.0594, 52.8938, 56.7998)
Luminance	0.5289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BFBF #BFC5C5

analogous

#C5BFC2 #C5BFBF #C5C2BF

triadic

#C5BFBF #BFC5BF #BFBFC5

tetradic

#C5BFBF #C2C5BF #BFC5C5 #C2BFC5

square

#C5BFBF #C2C5BF #BFC5C5 #C2BFC5

split-complementary

#C5BFBF #BFC5C2 #BFC2C5

monochromatic

#8B7F7F #A89F9F #C5BFBF #E2DFDF #F0EFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#C5BFBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.58

#C5BFBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BFBF

11.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BFBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BFBF	1.00	1.81	11.58	11.58
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C0BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1C1BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6BFBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5bfbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 191, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.007 17.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6d2d2',
    500: '#c5bfbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5bfbf;
$custom-light: #d6d2d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5bfbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 4.918,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80952,
    "c": 0.00675,
    "h": 17.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BFBF

secondary

#909898

accent

#8F8F57

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BFBF

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

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