#CDC5C8#CDC5C8

#CDC5C8 is a very light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.010 H 352.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC5C8
RGB	rgb(205, 197, 200)
HSL	hsl(338, 7%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(338, 4%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 2.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.23, 3.32, -0.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.23, 3.36, 351.33°)
OKLab	oklab(83.08% 0.0097 -0.0013)
OKLCH	oklch(83.08% 0.01 352.4)
XYZ	xyz(55.5669, 57.0821, 62.7230)
Luminance	0.5708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC5C8 #C5CDCA

analogous

#CDC5CC #CDC5C8 #CDC6C5

triadic

#CDC5C8 #C8CDC5 #C5C8CD

tetradic

#CDC5C8 #CCCDC5 #C5CDCA #C6C5CD

square

#CDC5C8 #CCCDC5 #C5CDCA #C6C5CD

split-complementary

#CDC5C8 #C5CDC6 #C5CCCD

monochromatic

#94838A #B1A4A9 #CDC5C8 #E9E6E7 #F1EFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#CDC5C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.42

#CDC5C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC5C8

12.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC5C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC5C8	1.00	1.69	12.42	12.42
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6C6C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7C7C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEC5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc5c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 197, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.010 352.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd6d8',
    500: '#cdc5c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc5c8;
$custom-light: #dcd6d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc5c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 337.5,
    "s": 7.407,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83078,
    "c": 0.0098,
    "h": 352.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC5C8

secondary

#96A09C

accent

#917A54

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FCFBFB

border

#D5D4D4

text

#151414

muted

#848383

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC5C8

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

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