#C5CDCB#C5CDCB

#C5CDCB is a very light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.009 H 179.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5CDCB
RGB	rgb(197, 205, 203)
HSL	hsl(165, 7%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(165, 4%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.75, -3.10, 0.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.75, 3.10, 179.17°)
OKLab	oklab(84.15% -0.0092 0.0001)
OKLCH	oklch(84.15% 0.009 179.6)
XYZ	xyz(55.6347, 59.8444, 65.1084)
Luminance	0.5985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5CDCB #CDC5C7

analogous

#C5CDC7 #C5CDCB #C5CBCD

triadic

#C5CDCB #CBC5CD #CDCBC5

tetradic

#C5CDCB #C7C5CD #CDC5C7 #CBCDC5

square

#C5CDCB #C7C5CD #CDC5C7 #CBCDC5

split-complementary

#C5CDCB #CDC5CB #CDC7C5

monochromatic

#839490 #A4B1AE #C5CDCB #E6E9E8 #EFF1F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#C5CDCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.97

#C5CDCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5CDCB

12.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5CDCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5CDCB	1.00	1.62	12.97	12.97
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCCCCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBCBCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3CDCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5cdcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 205, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.009 179.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6dcda',
    500: '#c5cdcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5cdcb;
$custom-light: #d6dcda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5cdcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165,
    "s": 7.407,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84154,
    "c": 0.00917,
    "h": 179.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.59845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5CDCB

secondary

#A09699

accent

#546391

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFCFB

border

#D4D5D4

text

#141514

muted

#838483

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5CDCB

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

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