#C9BCBC#C9BCBC

#C9BCBC is a light, near-neutral red. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.015 H 17.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BCBC
RGB	rgb(201, 188, 188)
HSL	hsl(0, 11%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(0, 6%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 6.5%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.29, 4.58, 1.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.29, 4.86, 19.80°)
OKLab	oklab(80.6% 0.0141 0.0044)
OKLCH	oklch(80.6% 0.015 17.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.1467, 52.0154, 54.9128)
Luminance	0.5202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BCBC #BCC9C9

analogous

#C9BCC3 #C9BCBC #C9C3BC

triadic

#C9BCBC #BCC9BC #BCBCC9

tetradic

#C9BCBC #C3C9BC #BCC9C9 #C3BCC9

square

#C9BCBC #C3C9BC #BCC9C9 #C3BCC9

split-complementary

#C9BCBC #BCC9C3 #BCC3C9

monochromatic

#927878 #AE9A9A #C9BCBC #E4DEDE #F1EEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#C9BCBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.40

#C9BCBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BCBC

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BCBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BCBC	1.00	1.84	11.40	11.40
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBEBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1C0BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCBBBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9bcbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 188, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.015 17.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d0d0',
    500: '#c9bcbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9bcbc;
$custom-light: #d9d0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9bcbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 10.744,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80596,
    "c": 0.01475,
    "h": 17.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BCBC

secondary

#8D9D9D

accent

#959551

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BCBC

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

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