#C9BFBC#C9BFBC

#C9BFBC is a light, near-neutral red. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.012 H 37.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BFBC
RGB	rgb(201, 191, 188)
HSL	hsl(14, 11%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(14, 6%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 6.5%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.06, 2.98, 2.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.06, 4.06, 42.88°)
OKLab	oklab(81.2% 0.0096 0.0073)
OKLCH	oklch(81.2% 0.012 37.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.7942, 53.3105, 55.1286)
Luminance	0.5331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BFBC #BCC6C9

analogous

#C9BCC0 #C9BFBC #C9C6BC

triadic

#C9BFBC #BCC9BF #BFBCC9

tetradic

#C9BFBC #C0C9BC #BCC6C9 #C6BCC9

square

#C9BFBC #C0C9BC #BCC6C9 #C6BCC9

split-complementary

#C9BFBC #BCC9C6 #BCC0C9

monochromatic

#927E78 #AE9F9A #C9BFBC #E4DFDE #F1EFEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#C9BFBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.66

#C9BFBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BFBC

11.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BFBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BFBC	1.00	1.80	11.66	11.66
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C0BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3C2BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCBEBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9bfbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 191, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.012 37.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d2d0',
    500: '#c9bfbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9bfbc;
$custom-light: #d9d2d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9bfbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.846,
    "s": 10.744,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81198,
    "c": 0.01208,
    "h": 37.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BFBC

secondary

#8D999D

accent

#859551

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BFBC

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →