#C9BCBF#C9BCBF

#C9BCBF is a light, near-neutral red. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.015 H 1.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BCBF
RGB	rgb(201, 188, 191)
HSL	hsl(346, 11%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(346, 6%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 5%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.37, 5.10, 0.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.37, 5.11, 1.53°)
OKLab	oklab(80.68% 0.0152 0.0004)
OKLCH	oklch(80.68% 0.015 1.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.4734, 52.1461, 56.6337)
Luminance	0.5215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BCBF #BCC9C6

analogous

#C9BCC6 #C9BCBF #C9C0BC

triadic

#C9BCBF #BFC9BC #BCBFC9

tetradic

#C9BCBF #C6C9BC #BCC9C6 #C0BCC9

square

#C9BCBF #C6C9BC #BCC9C6 #C0BCC9

split-complementary

#C9BCBF #BCC9C0 #BCC6C9

monochromatic

#92787E #AE9A9F #C9BCBF #E4DEDF #F1EEEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#C9BCBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.43

#C9BCBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BCBF

11.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BCBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BCBF	1.00	1.84	11.43	11.43
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDBEBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0C0BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCBBBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9bcbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 188, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.015 1.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d0d2',
    500: '#c9bcbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9bcbf;
$custom-light: #d9d0d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9bcbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.154,
    "s": 10.744,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80683,
    "c": 0.01524,
    "h": 1.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BCBF

secondary

#8D9D99

accent

#958551

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BCBF

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

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