#C9BFBD#C9BFBD

#C9BFBD is a light, near-neutral red. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.012 H 31.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BFBD
RGB	rgb(201, 191, 189)
HSL	hsl(10, 10%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(10, 6%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.08, 3.15, 2.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.08, 3.88, 35.65°)
OKLab	oklab(81.23% 0.01 0.006)
OKLCH	oklch(81.23% 0.012 31.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.9024, 53.3537, 55.6983)
Luminance	0.5335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BFBD #BDC7C9

analogous

#C9BDC1 #C9BFBD #C9C5BD

triadic

#C9BFBD #BDC9BF #BFBDC9

tetradic

#C9BFBD #C1C9BD #BDC7C9 #C5BDC9

square

#C9BFBD #C1C9BD #BDC7C9 #C5BDC9

split-complementary

#C9BFBD #BDC9C5 #BDC1C9

monochromatic

#927E7A #AD9E9B #C9BFBD #E5E0DF #F1EFEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#C9BFBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.67

#C9BFBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BFBD

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BFBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BFBD	1.00	1.80	11.67	11.67
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C0BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3C2BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCBEBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9bfbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 191, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.012 31.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d2d0',
    500: '#c9bfbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9bfbd;
$custom-light: #d9d2d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9bfbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10,
    "s": 10,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81226,
    "c": 0.01166,
    "h": 31.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BFBD

secondary

#8E9A9D

accent

#899451

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BFBD

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

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