#CDC8C8#CDC8C8

#CDC8C8 is a very light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.006 H 17.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC8C8
RGB	rgb(205, 200, 200)
HSL	hsl(0, 5%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(0, 2%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 2.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.99, 1.73, 0.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.99, 1.83, 19.55°)
OKLab	oklab(83.68% 0.0053 0.0017)
OKLCH	oklch(83.68% 0.006 17.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.2549, 58.4581, 62.9523)
Luminance	0.5846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC8C8 #C8CDCD

analogous

#CDC8CB #CDC8C8 #CDCBC8

triadic

#CDC8C8 #C8CDC8 #C8C8CD

tetradic

#CDC8C8 #CBCDC8 #C8CDCD #CBC8CD

square

#CDC8C8 #CBCDC8 #C8CDCD #CBC8CD

split-complementary

#CDC8C8 #C8CDCB #C8CBCD

monochromatic

#938888 #B0A8A8 #CDC8C8 #EAE8E8 #F0EFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#CDC8C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.69

#CDC8C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC8C8

12.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC8C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC8C8	1.00	1.65	12.69	12.69
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9C9C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAC9C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEC8C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc8c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 200, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.006 17.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd8d8',
    500: '#cdc8c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc8c8;
$custom-light: #dcd8d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc8c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 4.762,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8368,
    "c": 0.00557,
    "h": 17.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC8C8

secondary

#99A0A0

accent

#8F8F57

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FCFBFB

border

#D5D4D4

text

#151414

muted

#848383

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC8C8

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

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