#C9BEBE#C9BEBE

#C9BEBE is a light, near-neutral red. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.012 H 17.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BEBE
RGB	rgb(201, 190, 190)
HSL	hsl(0, 9%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(0, 5%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 5.5%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.85, 3.86, 1.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.85, 4.10, 19.74°)
OKLab	oklab(81.05% 0.0119 0.0037)
OKLCH	oklch(81.05% 0.012 17.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.7940, 52.9626, 56.1995)
Luminance	0.5296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BEBE #BEC9C9

analogous

#C9BEC4 #C9BEBE #C9C4BE

triadic

#C9BEBE #BEC9BE #BEBEC9

tetradic

#C9BEBE #C4C9BE #BEC9C9 #C4BEC9

square

#C9BEBE #C4C9BE #BEC9C9 #C4BEC9

split-complementary

#C9BEBE #BEC9C4 #BEC4C9

monochromatic

#917B7B #AD9D9D #C9BEBE #E5DFDF #F1EEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#C9BEBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.59

#C9BEBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BEBE

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BEBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BEBE	1.00	1.81	11.59	11.59
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BFBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2C1BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCBDBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9bebe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 190, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.012 17.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d1d1',
    500: '#c9bebe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9bebe;
$custom-light: #d9d1d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9bebe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 9.244,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81054,
    "c": 0.01243,
    "h": 17.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BEBE

secondary

#8F9C9C

accent

#939352

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BEBE

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

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