#C5C2BB#C5C2BB

#C5C2BB is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.010 H 87.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5C2BB
RGB	rgb(197, 194, 187)
HSL	hsl(42, 8%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(42, 5%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 5.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.49, -0.21, 3.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.49, 3.89, 93.09°)
OKLab	oklab(81.45% 0.0005 0.0102)
OKLCH	oklch(81.45% 0.01 87.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.2861, 54.0420, 54.7334)
Luminance	0.5404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5C2BB #BBBEC5

analogous

#C5BDBB #C5C2BB #C3C5BB

triadic

#C5C2BB #BBC5C2 #C2BBC5

tetradic

#C5C2BB #BBC5BD #BBBEC5 #C5BBC3

square

#C5C2BB #BBC5BD #BBBEC5 #C5BBC3

split-complementary

#C5C2BB #BBC3C5 #BDBBC5

monochromatic

#8D8779 #A9A49A #C5C2BB #E1E0DC #F1F0EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#C5C2BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.81

#C5C2BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5C2BB

11.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5C2BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5C2BB	1.00	1.78	11.81	11.81
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4C2BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5C3BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7C1C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5c2bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 194, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.010 87.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6d4cf',
    500: '#c5c2bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5c2bb;
$custom-light: #d6d4cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5c2bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42,
    "s": 7.937,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81448,
    "c": 0.01025,
    "h": 87.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5C2BB

secondary

#8C9098

accent

#669254

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141413

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5C2BB

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

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