#CBC9CC#CBC9CC

#CBC9CC is a very light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.005 H 314.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC9CC
RGB	rgb(203, 201, 204)
HSL	hsl(280, 3%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(280, 1%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 1.5%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.20, 1.24, -1.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.20, 1.76, 314.73°)
OKLab	oklab(83.84% 0.0033 -0.0033)
OKLCH	oklch(83.84% 0.005 314.8)
XYZ	xyz(56.4125, 58.8295, 65.4983)
Luminance	0.5883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC9CC #CACCC9

analogous

#CAC9CC #CBC9CC #CCC9CC

triadic

#CBC9CC #CCCBC9 #C9CCCB

tetradic

#CBC9CC #CCCAC9 #CACCC9 #C9CCCC

square

#CBC9CC #CCCAC9 #CACCC9 #C9CCCC

split-complementary

#CBC9CC #CCCCC9 #C9CCCA

monochromatic

#8E8A91 #ADAAAE #CBC9CC #E9E8EA #F0EFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#CBC9CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.77

#CBC9CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC9CC

12.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC9CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC9CC	1.00	1.65	12.77	12.77
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9CACC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9CACC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBC9CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc9cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 201, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.005 314.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad9db',
    500: '#cbc9cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc9cc;
$custom-light: #dad9db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc9cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 2.857,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83837,
    "c": 0.00465,
    "h": 314.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.58829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC9CC

secondary

#9C9F9B

accent

#8D596A

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC9CC

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

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