#C5C8CA#C5C8CA

#C5C8CA is a very light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.004 H 236.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5C8CA
RGB	rgb(197, 200, 202)
HSL	hsl(204, 5%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(204, 2%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 1%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.43, -0.66, -1.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.43, 1.51, 244.15°)
OKLab	oklab(83.1% -0.0024 -0.0036)
OKLCH	oklch(83.1% 0.004 236.5)
XYZ	xyz(54.3390, 57.4430, 64.0905)
Luminance	0.5744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5C8CA #CAC7C5

analogous

#C5CAC9 #C5C8CA #C5C5CA

triadic

#C5C8CA #CAC5C8 #C8CAC5

tetradic

#C5C8CA #C9C5CA #CAC7C5 #C5CAC5

square

#C5C8CA #C9C5CA #CAC7C5 #C5CAC5

split-complementary

#C5C8CA #CAC5C5 #CAC9C5

monochromatic

#858B90 #A5AAAD #C5C8CA #E5E6E7 #EFF0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#C5C8CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.49

#C5C8CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5C8CA

12.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5C8CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5C8CA	1.00	1.68	12.49	12.49
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7C8CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6C7CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4C9C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5c8ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 200, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.004 236.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6d8da',
    500: '#c5c8ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5c8ca;
$custom-light: #d6d8da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5c8ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204,
    "s": 4.505,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83102,
    "c": 0.00434,
    "h": 236.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5C8CA

secondary

#9D9996

accent

#6D578E

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5C8CA

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

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