#C9BFBF#C9BFBF

#C9BFBF is a light, near-neutral red. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.011 H 17.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BFBF
RGB	rgb(201, 191, 191)
HSL	hsl(0, 8%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(0, 5%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 5%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.13, 3.50, 1.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.13, 3.72, 19.71°)
OKLab	oklab(81.28% 0.0108 0.0034)
OKLCH	oklch(81.28% 0.011 17.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.1210, 53.4412, 56.8495)
Luminance	0.5344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BFBF #BFC9C9

analogous

#C9BFC4 #C9BFBF #C9C4BF

triadic

#C9BFBF #BFC9BF #BFBFC9

tetradic

#C9BFBF #C4C9BF #BFC9C9 #C4BFC9

square

#C9BFBF #C4C9BF #BFC9C9 #C4BFC9

split-complementary

#C9BFBF #BFC9C4 #BFC4C9

monochromatic

#917D7D #AD9E9E #C9BFBF #E5E0E0 #F1EEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#C9BFBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.69

#C9BFBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BFBF

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BFBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BFBF	1.00	1.80	11.69	11.69
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C0BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3C2BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBBEBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9bfbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 191, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.011 17.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d2d2',
    500: '#c9bfbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9bfbf;
$custom-light: #d9d2d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9bfbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 8.475,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81283,
    "c": 0.01128,
    "h": 17.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BFBF

secondary

#909C9C

accent

#929253

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BFBF

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

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