#C8C8CB#C8C8CB

#C8C8CB is a very light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.004 H 286.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C8CB
RGB	rgb(200, 200, 203)
HSL	hsl(240, 3%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(240, 1%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 1.5%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.68, 0.55, -1.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.68, 1.59, 290.31°)
OKLab	oklab(83.37% 0.0012 -0.004)
OKLCH	oklch(83.37% 0.004 286.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.2513, 57.8997, 64.7533)
Luminance	0.5790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C8CB #CBCBC8

analogous

#C8CACB #C8C8CB #CAC8CB

triadic

#C8C8CB #CBC8C8 #C8CBC8

tetradic

#C8C8CB #CBC8CA #CBCBC8 #C8CBCA

square

#C8C8CB #CBC8CA #CBCBC8 #C8CBCA

split-complementary

#C8C8CB #CBCAC8 #CACBC8

monochromatic

#898990 #A9A9AD #C8C8CB #E7E7E9 #EFEFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#C8C8CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.58

#C8C8CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C8CB

12.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C8CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C8CB	1.00	1.67	12.58	12.58
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7C8CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7C8CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7C8C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c8cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 200, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.004 286.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d8da',
    500: '#c8c8cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c8cb;
$custom-light: #d8d8da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c8cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 2.804,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83367,
    "c": 0.00414,
    "h": 286.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C8CB

secondary

#9E9E9A

accent

#8D598D

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C8CB

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

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