#C9BCBD#C9BCBD

#C9BCBD is a light, near-neutral red. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.015 H 12.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BCBD
RGB	rgb(201, 188, 189)
HSL	hsl(355, 11%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(355, 6%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.32, 4.75, 1.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.32, 4.89, 13.54°)
OKLab	oklab(80.63% 0.0145 0.0031)
OKLCH	oklch(80.63% 0.015 12.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.2548, 52.0587, 55.4825)
Luminance	0.5206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BCBD #BCC9C8

analogous

#C9BCC4 #C9BCBD #C9C2BC

triadic

#C9BCBD #BDC9BC #BCBDC9

tetradic

#C9BCBD #C4C9BC #BCC9C8 #C2BCC9

square

#C9BCBD #C4C9BC #BCC9C8 #C2BCC9

split-complementary

#C9BCBD #BCC9C2 #BCC4C9

monochromatic

#92787A #AE9A9C #C9BCBD #E4DEDE #F1EEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#C9BCBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.41

#C9BCBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BCBD

11.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BCBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BCBD	1.00	1.84	11.41	11.41
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBEBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1C0BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCBBBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9bcbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 188, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.015 12.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d0d0',
    500: '#c9bcbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9bcbd;
$custom-light: #d9d0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9bcbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.385,
    "s": 10.744,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80625,
    "c": 0.01478,
    "h": 12.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BCBD

secondary

#8D9D9B

accent

#959051

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BCBD

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

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