#CBC9CA#CBC9CA

#CBC9CA is a very light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.003 H 345.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC9CA
RGB	rgb(203, 201, 202)
HSL	hsl(330, 2%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(330, 1%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 0.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.15, 0.87, -0.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.15, 0.91, 343.74°)
OKLab	oklab(83.78% 0.0025 -0.0007)
OKLCH	oklch(83.78% 0.003 345.3)
XYZ	xyz(56.1742, 58.7342, 64.2431)
Luminance	0.5873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC9CA #C9CBCA

analogous

#CBC9CB #CBC9CA #CBC9C9

triadic

#CBC9CA #CACBC9 #C9CACB

tetradic

#CBC9CA #CBCBC9 #C9CBCA #C9C9CB

square

#CBC9CA #CBCBC9 #C9CBCA #C9C9CB

split-complementary

#CBC9CA #C9CBC9 #C9CBCB

monochromatic

#8F8B8D #ADAAAB #CBC9CA #E9E8E9 #F0EFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#CBC9CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.75

#CBC9CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC9CA

12.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC9CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC9CA	1.00	1.65	12.75	12.75
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9C9CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CACACA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBC9C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc9ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 201, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.003 345.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad9da',
    500: '#cbc9ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc9ca;
$custom-light: #dad9da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc9ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 330,
    "s": 1.887,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83779,
    "c": 0.0026,
    "h": 345.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.58734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC9CA

secondary

#9B9D9C

accent

#8C735A

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC9CA

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

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