#CBC9CE#CBC9CE

#CBC9CE is a very light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.007 H 304.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC9CE
RGB	rgb(203, 201, 206)
HSL	hsl(264, 5%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(264, 2%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 2.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.25, 1.61, -2.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.25, 2.76, 305.61°)
OKLab	oklab(83.9% 0.0041 -0.006)
OKLCH	oklch(83.9% 0.007 304.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.6539, 58.9260, 66.7698)
Luminance	0.5893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC9CE #CCCEC9

analogous

#C9CACE #CBC9CE #CEC9CE

triadic

#CBC9CE #CECBC9 #C9CECB

tetradic

#CBC9CE #CEC9CA #CCCEC9 #C9CECE

square

#CBC9CE #CEC9CA #CCCEC9 #C9CECE

split-complementary

#CBC9CE #CECEC9 #CACEC9

monochromatic

#8D8994 #ACA9B1 #CBC9CE #EAE9EB #F0EFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#CBC9CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.79

#CBC9CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC9CE

12.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC9CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC9CE	1.00	1.64	12.79	12.79
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8CACE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9CACE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBCACB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc9ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 201, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.007 304.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad9dc',
    500: '#cbc9ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc9ce;
$custom-light: #dad9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc9ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 4.854,
    "l": 79.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83897,
    "c": 0.0072,
    "h": 304.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC9CE

secondary

#9EA19A

accent

#8F5778

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC9CE

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

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