#C5CECE#C5CECE

#C5CECE is a very light, near-neutral teal. Relative luminance 0.605; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.010 H 196.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5CECE
RGB	rgb(197, 206, 206)
HSL	hsl(180, 8%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(180, 4%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 0%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.09, -3.06, -1.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.09, 3.24, 199.17°)
OKLab	oklab(84.45% -0.0094 -0.0029)
OKLCH	oklch(84.45% 0.01 196.9)
XYZ	xyz(56.2357, 60.4687, 67.0895)
Luminance	0.6047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5CECE #CEC5C5

analogous

#C5CECA #C5CECE #C5CACE

triadic

#C5CECE #CEC5CE #CECEC5

tetradic

#C5CECE #CAC5CE #CEC5C5 #CACEC5

square

#C5CECE #CAC5CE #CEC5C5 #CACEC5

split-complementary

#C5CECE #CEC5CA #CECAC5

monochromatic

#839696 #A4B2B2 #C5CECE #E6EAEA #EEF1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#C5CECE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.09

#C5CECE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5CECE

13.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5CECE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5CECE	1.00	1.60	13.09	13.09
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDCDCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBCCCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3CFCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5cece;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 206, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.010 196.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6dcdc',
    500: '#c5cece',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5cece;
$custom-light: #d6dcdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5cece",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 8.411,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84447,
    "c": 0.00985,
    "h": 196.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.60469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5CECE

secondary

#A19696

accent

#535392

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFCFC

border

#D4D5D5

text

#141515

muted

#838484

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5CECE

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

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