#C9BFBE#C9BFBE

#C9BFBE is a light, near-neutral red. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.011 H 24.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BFBE
RGB	rgb(201, 191, 190)
HSL	hsl(5, 9%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(5, 5%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 5.5%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.11, 3.33, 1.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.11, 3.76, 27.85°)
OKLab	oklab(81.26% 0.0104 0.0047)
OKLCH	oklch(81.26% 0.011 24.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.0113, 53.3973, 56.2719)
Luminance	0.5340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BFBE #BEC8C9

analogous

#C9BEC3 #C9BFBE #C9C5BE

triadic

#C9BFBE #BEC9BF #BFBEC9

tetradic

#C9BFBE #C3C9BE #BEC8C9 #C5BEC9

square

#C9BFBE #C3C9BE #BEC8C9 #C5BEC9

split-complementary

#C9BFBE #BEC9C5 #BEC3C9

monochromatic

#917D7B #AD9E9D #C9BFBE #E5E0DF #F1EFEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#C9BFBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.68

#C9BFBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BFBE

11.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BFBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BFBE	1.00	1.80	11.68	11.68
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C0BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3C2BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCBEBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9bfbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 191, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.011 24.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d2d1',
    500: '#c9bfbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9bfbe;
$custom-light: #d9d2d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9bfbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.455,
    "s": 9.244,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81255,
    "c": 0.01139,
    "h": 24.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BFBE

secondary

#8F9B9C

accent

#8D9352

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BFBE

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

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