#C9C8CD#C9C8CD

#C9C8CD is a very light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.007 H 295.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9C8CD
RGB	rgb(201, 200, 205)
HSL	hsl(252, 5%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(252, 2%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(2%, 2.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.81, 1.27, -2.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.81, 2.68, 298.16°)
OKLab	oklab(83.51% 0.003 -0.0063)
OKLCH	oklch(83.51% 0.007 295.4)
XYZ	xyz(55.7592, 58.1338, 66.0292)
Luminance	0.5813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9C8CD #CCCDC8

analogous

#C8CACD #C9C8CD #CCC8CD

triadic

#C9C8CD #CDC9C8 #C8CDC9

tetradic

#C9C8CD #CDC8CA #CCCDC8 #C8CDCC

square

#C9C8CD #CDC8CA #CCCDC8 #C8CDCC

split-complementary

#C9C8CD #CDCCC8 #CACDC8

monochromatic

#8A8893 #AAA8B0 #C9C8CD #E8E8EA #EFEFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#C9C8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.63

#C9C8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C8CD

12.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9C8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9C8CD	1.00	1.66	12.63	12.63
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7C9CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7C9CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8C9CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9c8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 200, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.007 295.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d8dc',
    500: '#c9c8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9c8cd;
$custom-light: #d9d8dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9c8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252,
    "s": 4.762,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83506,
    "c": 0.00696,
    "h": 295.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9C8CD

secondary

#9FA099

accent

#8F5783

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9C8CD

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

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