#C9CDC8#C9CDC8

#C9CDC8 is a very light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.603; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.008 H 139.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9CDC8
RGB	rgb(201, 205, 200)
HSL	hsl(108, 5%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(108, 2%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(2%, 0%, 2.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.97, -2.28, 2.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.97, 3.04, 138.71°)
OKLab	oklab(84.38% -0.0062 0.0053)
OKLCH	oklch(84.38% 0.008 139.5)
XYZ	xyz(56.3423, 60.2502, 63.2936)
Luminance	0.6025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9CDC8 #CCC8CD

analogous

#CCCDC8 #C9CDC8 #C8CDCA

triadic

#C9CDC8 #C8C9CD #CDC8C9

tetradic

#C9CDC8 #C8CCCD #CCC8CD #CDCAC8

square

#C9CDC8 #C8CCCD #CCC8CD #CDCAC8

split-complementary

#C9CDC8 #CAC8CD #CDC8CC

monochromatic

#8A9388 #AAB0A8 #C9CDC8 #E8EAE8 #EFF0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#C9CDC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.05

#C9CDC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9CDC8

13.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9CDC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9CDC8	1.00	1.61	13.05	13.05
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDCCC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDCCC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9CDCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9cdc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 205, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.008 139.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9dcd8',
    500: '#c9cdc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9cdc8;
$custom-light: #d9dcd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9cdc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 108,
    "s": 4.762,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84376,
    "c": 0.00811,
    "h": 139.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.6025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9CDC8

secondary

#9F99A0

accent

#578F83

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFCFB

border

#D4D5D4

text

#141514

muted

#838483

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9CDC8

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

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