#C5C8CD#C5C8CD

#C5C8CD is a very light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.008 H 260.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5C8CD
RGB	rgb(197, 200, 205)
HSL	hsl(218, 7%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(218, 4%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 2.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.51, -0.09, -2.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.51, 2.85, 268.14°)
OKLab	oklab(83.19% -0.0012 -0.0076)
OKLCH	oklch(83.19% 0.008 260.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.6976, 57.5864, 65.9794)
Luminance	0.5759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5C8CD #CDCAC5

analogous

#C5CCCD #C5C8CD #C6C5CD

triadic

#C5C8CD #CDC5C8 #C8CDC5

tetradic

#C5C8CD #CDC5CC #CDCAC5 #C5CDC6

square

#C5C8CD #CDC5CC #CDCAC5 #C5CDC6

split-complementary

#C5C8CD #CDC6C5 #CCCDC5

monochromatic

#838A94 #A4A9B1 #C5C8CD #E6E7E9 #EFEFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#C5C8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.52

#C5C8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5C8CD

12.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5C8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5C8CD	1.00	1.68	12.52	12.52
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6C8CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6C7CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3C9CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5c8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 200, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.008 260.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6d8dc',
    500: '#c5c8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5c8cd;
$custom-light: #d6d8dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5c8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.5,
    "s": 7.407,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83192,
    "c": 0.0077,
    "h": 260.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.57587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5C8CD

secondary

#A09C96

accent

#7A5491

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5C8CD

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

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