#C5CDCC#C5CDCC

#C5CDCC is a very light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.009 H 188.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5CDCC
RGB	rgb(197, 205, 204)
HSL	hsl(173, 7%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(173, 4%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 0.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.78, -2.91, -0.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.78, 2.95, 188.82°)
OKLab	oklab(84.18% -0.0088 -0.0012)
OKLCH	oklch(84.18% 0.009 188.1)
XYZ	xyz(55.7543, 59.8922, 65.7381)
Luminance	0.5989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5CDCC #CDC5C6

analogous

#C5CDC8 #C5CDCC #C5CACD

triadic

#C5CDCC #CCC5CD #CDCCC5

tetradic

#C5CDCC #C8C5CD #CDC5C6 #CACDC5

square

#C5CDCC #C8C5CD #CDC5C6 #CACDC5

split-complementary

#C5CDCC #CDC5CA #CDC8C5

monochromatic

#839492 #A4B1AF #C5CDCC #E6E9E9 #EFF1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#C5CDCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.98

#C5CDCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5CDCC

12.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5CDCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5CDCC	1.00	1.62	12.98	12.98
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCCCCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CACBCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3CDCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5cdcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 205, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.009 188.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6dcdb',
    500: '#c5cdcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5cdcc;
$custom-light: #d6dcdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5cdcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.5,
    "s": 7.407,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84183,
    "c": 0.00887,
    "h": 188.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.59893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5CDCC

secondary

#A09697

accent

#545C91

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFCFB

border

#D4D5D4

text

#141515

muted

#838484

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5CDCC

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

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