#C8BDBD#C8BDBD

#C8BDBD is a light, near-neutral red. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.012 H 17.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BDBD
RGB	rgb(200, 189, 189)
HSL	hsl(0, 9%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(0, 6%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 5.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.49, 3.86, 1.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.49, 4.10, 19.74°)
OKLab	oklab(80.74% 0.0119 0.0037)
OKLCH	oklch(80.74% 0.012 17.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.2012, 52.3492, 55.5413)
Luminance	0.5235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BDBD #BDC8C8

analogous

#C8BDC3 #C8BDBD #C8C3BD

triadic

#C8BDBD #BDC8BD #BDBDC8

tetradic

#C8BDBD #C3C8BD #BDC8C8 #C3BDC8

square

#C8BDBD #C3C8BD #BDC8C8 #C3BDC8

split-complementary

#C8BDBD #BDC8C3 #BDC3C8

monochromatic

#907A7A #AC9C9C #C8BDBD #E4DEDE #F1EEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#C8BDBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.47

#C8BDBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BDBD

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BDBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BDBD	1.00	1.83	11.47	11.47
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFBEBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1C0BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBBCBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bdbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 189, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.012 17.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d0d0',
    500: '#c8bdbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bdbd;
$custom-light: #d8d0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bdbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 9.091,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80741,
    "c": 0.01245,
    "h": 17.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BDBD

secondary

#8E9B9B

accent

#939352

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BDBD

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

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