#CBCBC9#CBCBC9

#CBCBC9 is a very light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.596; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.003 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBCBC9
RGB	rgb(203, 203, 201)
HSL	hsl(60, 2%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(60, 1%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.63, -0.36, 0.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.63, 1.06, 110.09°)
OKLab	oklab(84.15% -0.0008 0.0026)
OKLCH	oklch(84.15% 0.003 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(56.5254, 59.6255, 63.7780)
Luminance	0.5962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBCBC9 #C9C9CB

analogous

#CBCAC9 #CBCBC9 #CACBC9

triadic

#CBCBC9 #C9CBCB #CBC9CB

tetradic

#CBCBC9 #C9CBCA #C9C9CB #CBC9CA

square

#CBCBC9 #C9CBCA #C9C9CB #CBC9CA

split-complementary

#CBCBC9 #C9CACB #CAC9CB

monochromatic

#8F8F8B #ADADAA #CBCBC9 #E9E9E8 #F0F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#CBCBC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.93

#CBCBC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBCBC9

12.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBCBC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBCBC9	1.00	1.62	12.93	12.93
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBCBC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBCBC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBCBCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbcbc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 203, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.003 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dadad9',
    500: '#cbcbc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbcbc9;
$custom-light: #dadad9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbcbc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 1.887,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84154,
    "c": 0.00274,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.59625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBCBC9

secondary

#9B9B9D

accent

#5A8C5A

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBCBC9

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

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