#C8CDC5#C8CDC5

#C8CDC5 is a very light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.600; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.012 H 133.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8CDC5
RGB	rgb(200, 205, 197)
HSL	hsl(98, 7%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(98, 4%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 0%, 3.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.82, -3.17, 3.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.82, 4.63, 133.15°)
OKLab	oklab(84.21% -0.0084 0.0089)
OKLCH	oklch(84.21% 0.012 133.4)
XYZ	xyz(55.7271, 59.9731, 61.4526)
Luminance	0.5997 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8CDC5 #CAC5CD

analogous

#CCCDC5 #C8CDC5 #C5CDC6

triadic

#C8CDC5 #C5C8CD #CDC5C8

tetradic

#C8CDC5 #C5CCCD #CAC5CD #CDC6C5

square

#C8CDC5 #C5CCCD #CAC5CD #CDC6C5

split-complementary

#C8CDC5 #C6C5CD #CDC5CC

monochromatic

#8A9483 #A9B1A4 #C8CDC5 #E7E9E6 #EFF1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#C8CDC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.99

#C8CDC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8CDC5

12.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8CDC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8CDC5	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)

#CECCC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDCBC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8CCCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8cdc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 205, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.012 133.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8dcd6',
    500: '#c8cdc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8cdc5;
$custom-light: #d8dcd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8cdc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 97.5,
    "s": 7.407,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84214,
    "c": 0.01222,
    "h": 133.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.59973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8CDC5

secondary

#9C96A0

accent

#54917A

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFCFB

border

#D4D5D4

text

#141514

muted

#838483

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8CDC5

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

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