#CBC9C8#CBC9C8

#CBC9C8 is a very light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.003 H 48.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC9C8
RGB	rgb(203, 201, 200)
HSL	hsl(20, 3%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(20, 1%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 1.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.09, 0.51, 0.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.09, 0.90, 55.58°)
OKLab	oklab(83.72% 0.0017 0.002)
OKLCH	oklch(83.72% 0.003 48.7)
XYZ	xyz(55.9389, 58.6400, 63.0041)
Luminance	0.5864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC9C8 #C8CACB

analogous

#CBC8C9 #CBC9C8 #CBCBC8

triadic

#CBC9C8 #C8CBC9 #C9C8CB

tetradic

#CBC9C8 #C9CBC8 #C8CACB #CBC8CB

square

#CBC9C8 #C9CBC8 #C8CACB #CBC8CB

split-complementary

#CBC9C8 #C8CBCB #C8C9CB

monochromatic

#908B89 #ADAAA9 #CBC9C8 #E9E8E7 #F0F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#CBC9C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.73

#CBC9C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC9C8

12.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC9C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC9C8	1.00	1.65	12.73	12.73
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAC9C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CACAC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCC9C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc9c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 201, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.003 48.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad9d8',
    500: '#cbc9c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc9c8;
$custom-light: #dad9d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc9c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20,
    "s": 2.804,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83721,
    "c": 0.00262,
    "h": 48.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC9C8

secondary

#9A9C9E

accent

#7B8D59

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC9C8

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

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