#CAC8CE#CAC8CE

#CAC8CE is a very light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.009 H 301.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC8CE
RGB	rgb(202, 200, 206)
HSL	hsl(260, 6%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(260, 3%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.9%, 2.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.92, 1.79, -2.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.92, 3.28, 303.20°)
OKLab	oklab(83.62% 0.0044 -0.0073)
OKLCH	oklch(83.62% 0.009 301.3)
XYZ	xyz(56.1501, 58.3213, 66.6796)
Luminance	0.5832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC8CE #CCCEC8

analogous

#C8C9CE #CAC8CE #CDC8CE

triadic

#CAC8CE #CECAC8 #C8CECA

tetradic

#CAC8CE #CEC8C9 #CCCEC8 #C8CECD

square

#CAC8CE #CEC8C9 #CCCEC8 #C8CECD

split-complementary

#CAC8CE #CECDC8 #C9CEC8

monochromatic

#8C8794 #ABA8B1 #CAC8CE #E9E8EB #EFEFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#CAC8CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.66

#CAC8CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC8CE

12.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC8CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC8CE	1.00	1.66	12.66	12.66
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7C9CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7C9CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9C9CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac8ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 200, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.009 301.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad8dc',
    500: '#cac8ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac8ce;
$custom-light: #dad8dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac8ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 5.769,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83616,
    "c": 0.00852,
    "h": 301.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.58321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC8CE

secondary

#9EA199

accent

#90567C

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC8CE

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

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