#C9CDBE#C9CDBE

#C9CDBE is a very light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.021 H 119.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9CDBE
RGB	rgb(201, 205, 190)
HSL	hsl(76, 13%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(76, 7%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(2%, 0%, 7.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.73, -4.05, 6.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.73, 8.08, 120.10°)
OKLab	oklab(84.1% -0.0101 0.0183)
OKLCH	oklch(84.1% 0.021 119)
XYZ	xyz(55.2116, 59.7979, 57.3387)
Luminance	0.5980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Color harmonies

complementary

#C9CDBE #C2BECD

analogous

#CDC9BE #C9CDBE #C2CDBE

triadic

#C9CDBE #BEC9CD #CDBEC9

tetradic

#C9CDBE #BECDC9 #C2BECD #CDBEC2

square

#C9CDBE #BECDC9 #C2BECD #CDBEC2

split-complementary

#C9CDBE #BEC2CD #C9BECD

monochromatic

#909879 #ACB29B #C9CDBE #E6E8E1 #F1F2EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#C9CDBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.96

#C9CDBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9CDBE

12.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9CDBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9CDBE	1.00	1.62	12.96	12.96
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFCBBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFCBBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBCBC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9cdbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 205, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.021 119.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9dcd1',
    500: '#c9cdbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9cdbe;
$custom-light: #d9dcd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9cdbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76,
    "s": 13.043,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84101,
    "c": 0.0209,
    "h": 119
  },
  "luminance": 0.59798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9CDBE

secondary

#938EA1

accent

#4E9762

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFCFB

border

#D4D5D4

text

#141514

muted

#838483

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9CDBE

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

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