#C9CDCD#C9CDCD

#C9CDCD is a very light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.605; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.004 H 197.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9CDCD
RGB	rgb(201, 205, 205)
HSL	hsl(180, 4%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(180, 2%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(2%, 0%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.10, -1.37, -0.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.10, 1.45, 199.30°)
OKLab	oklab(84.52% -0.0042 -0.0013)
OKLCH	oklch(84.52% 0.004 197)
XYZ	xyz(56.9362, 60.4877, 66.4215)
Luminance	0.6049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9CDCD #CDC9C9

analogous

#C9CDCB #C9CDCD #C9CBCD

triadic

#C9CDCD #CDC9CD #CDCDC9

tetradic

#C9CDCD #CBC9CD #CDC9C9 #CBCDC9

square

#C9CDCD #CBC9CD #CDC9C9 #CBCDC9

split-complementary

#C9CDCD #CDC9CB #CDCBC9

monochromatic

#899292 #A9B0B0 #C9CDCD #E9EAEA #EFF0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#C9CDCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.10

#C9CDCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9CDCD

13.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9CDCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9CDCD	1.00	1.60	13.10	13.10
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCCDCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCCCCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8CDCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9cdcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 205, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.004 197.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9dcdc',
    500: '#c9cdcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9cdcd;
$custom-light: #d9dcdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9cdcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 3.846,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84519,
    "c": 0.0044,
    "h": 197
  },
  "luminance": 0.60488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9CDCD

secondary

#A09A9A

accent

#58588E

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFCFC

border

#D4D5D5

text

#141515

muted

#838484

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9CDCD

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

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