#C5CDC8#C5CDC8

#C5CDC8 is a very light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.597; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.011 H 158.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5CDC8
RGB	rgb(197, 205, 200)
HSL	hsl(143, 7%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(143, 4%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 2.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.68, -3.65, 1.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.68, 3.96, 157.21°)
OKLab	oklab(84.07% -0.0103 0.004)
OKLCH	oklch(84.07% 0.011 158.8)
XYZ	xyz(55.2807, 59.7028, 63.2438)
Luminance	0.5970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5CDC8 #CDC5CA

analogous

#C6CDC5 #C5CDC8 #C5CDCC

triadic

#C5CDC8 #C8C5CD #CDC8C5

tetradic

#C5CDC8 #C5C6CD #CDC5CA #CDCCC5

square

#C5CDC8 #C5C6CD #CDC5CA #CDCCC5

split-complementary

#C5CDC8 #CCC5CD #CDC5C6

monochromatic

#83948A #A4B1A9 #C5CDC8 #E6E9E7 #EFF1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#C5CDC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.94

#C5CDC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5CDC8

12.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5CDC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5CDC8	1.00	1.62	12.94	12.94
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDCCC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBCBC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4CDCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5cdc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 205, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.011 158.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6dcd8',
    500: '#c5cdc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5cdc8;
$custom-light: #d6dcd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5cdc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 142.5,
    "s": 7.407,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84068,
    "c": 0.0111,
    "h": 158.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.59703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5CDC8

secondary

#A0969C

accent

#547A91

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFCFB

border

#D4D5D4

text

#141514

muted

#838483

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5CDC8

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

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