#C9BCBB#C9BCBB

#C9BCBB is a light, near-neutral red. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.015 H 22.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BCBB
RGB	rgb(201, 188, 187)
HSL	hsl(4, 11%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(4, 7%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.26, 4.40, 2.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.26, 4.90, 26.05°)
OKLab	oklab(80.57% 0.0137 0.0058)
OKLCH	oklch(80.57% 0.015 22.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.0392, 51.9724, 54.3470)
Luminance	0.5197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BCBB #BBC8C9

analogous

#C9BBC1 #C9BCBB #C9C3BB

triadic

#C9BCBB #BBC9BC #BCBBC9

tetradic

#C9BCBB #C1C9BB #BBC8C9 #C3BBC9

square

#C9BCBB #C1C9BB #BBC8C9 #C3BBC9

split-complementary

#C9BCBB #BBC9C3 #BBC1C9

monochromatic

#937977 #AE9A99 #C9BCBB #E4DEDD #F1EEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#C9BCBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.39

#C9BCBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BCBB

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BCBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BCBB	1.00	1.84	11.39	11.39
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBDBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1C0BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCBBBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9bcbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 188, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.015 22.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d0cf',
    500: '#c9bcbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9bcbb;
$custom-light: #d9d0cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9bcbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.286,
    "s": 11.475,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80567,
    "c": 0.01484,
    "h": 22.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BCBB

secondary

#8C9B9D

accent

#919650

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141413

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BCBB

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

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