#C9BCBE#C9BCBE

#C9BCBE is a light, near-neutral red. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.015 H 6.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BCBE
RGB	rgb(201, 188, 190)
HSL	hsl(351, 11%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(351, 6%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 5.5%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.34, 4.93, 0.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.34, 4.97, 7.40°)
OKLab	oklab(80.65% 0.0148 0.0018)
OKLCH	oklch(80.65% 0.015 6.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.3638, 52.1022, 56.0561)
Luminance	0.5210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BCBE #BCC9C7

analogous

#C9BCC5 #C9BCBE #C9C1BC

triadic

#C9BCBE #BEC9BC #BCBEC9

tetradic

#C9BCBE #C5C9BC #BCC9C7 #C1BCC9

square

#C9BCBE #C5C9BC #BCC9C7 #C1BCC9

split-complementary

#C9BCBE #BCC9C1 #BCC5C9

monochromatic

#92787C #AE9A9D #C9BCBE #E4DEDF #F1EEEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#C9BCBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.42

#C9BCBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BCBE

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BCBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BCBE	1.00	1.84	11.42	11.42
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBEBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0C0BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCBBBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9bcbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 188, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.015 6.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d0d1',
    500: '#c9bcbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9bcbe;
$custom-light: #d9d0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9bcbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.769,
    "s": 10.744,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80654,
    "c": 0.01495,
    "h": 6.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BCBE

secondary

#8D9D9A

accent

#958A51

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BCBE

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

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