#C5CDCD#C5CDCD

#C5CDCD is a very light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.009 H 197.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5CDCD
RGB	rgb(197, 205, 205)
HSL	hsl(180, 7%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(180, 4%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.81, -2.72, -0.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.81, 2.88, 199.19°)
OKLab	oklab(84.21% -0.0084 -0.0026)
OKLCH	oklch(84.21% 0.009 197)
XYZ	xyz(55.8746, 59.9404, 66.3718)
Luminance	0.5994 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5CDCD #CDC5C5

analogous

#C5CDC9 #C5CDCD #C5C9CD

triadic

#C5CDCD #CDC5CD #CDCDC5

tetradic

#C5CDCD #C9C5CD #CDC5C5 #C9CDC5

square

#C5CDCD #C9C5CD #CDC5C5 #C9CDC5

split-complementary

#C5CDCD #CDC5C9 #CDC9C5

monochromatic

#839494 #A4B1B1 #C5CDCD #E6E9E9 #EFF1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#C5CDCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.99

#C5CDCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5CDCD

12.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5CDCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5CDCD	1.00	1.62	12.99	12.99
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCCCCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CACBCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3CECD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5cdcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 205, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.009 197.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6dcdc',
    500: '#c5cdcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5cdcd;
$custom-light: #d6dcdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5cdcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 7.407,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84212,
    "c": 0.00877,
    "h": 197
  },
  "luminance": 0.59941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5CDCD

secondary

#A09696

accent

#545491

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFCFC

border

#D4D5D5

text

#141515

muted

#838484

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5CDCD

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

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