#C9BBBB#C9BBBB

#C9BBBB is a light, near-neutral red. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.016 H 17.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BBBB
RGB	rgb(201, 187, 187)
HSL	hsl(0, 11%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(0, 7%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.01, 4.94, 1.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.01, 5.25, 19.84°)
OKLab	oklab(80.37% 0.0152 0.0048)
OKLCH	oklch(80.37% 0.016 17.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.8264, 51.5467, 54.2760)
Luminance	0.5155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BBBB #BBC9C9

analogous

#C9BBC2 #C9BBBB #C9C2BB

triadic

#C9BBBB #BBC9BB #BBBBC9

tetradic

#C9BBBB #C2C9BB #BBC9C9 #C2BBC9

square

#C9BBBB #C2C9BB #BBC9C9 #C2BBC9

split-complementary

#C9BBBB #BBC9C2 #BBC2C9

monochromatic

#937777 #AE9999 #C9BBBB #E4DDDD #F1EEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#C9BBBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.31

#C9BBBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BBBB

11.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BBBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BBBB	1.00	1.86	11.31	11.31
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDBDBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0BFBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCBABB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9bbbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 187, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.016 17.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9cfcf',
    500: '#c9bbbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9bbbb;
$custom-light: #d9cfcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9bbbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 11.475,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80367,
    "c": 0.01591,
    "h": 17.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BBBB

secondary

#8C9D9D

accent

#969650

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141313

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BBBB

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

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