#CDC9C8#CDC9C8

#CDC9C8 is a very light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.005 H 34.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC9C8
RGB	rgb(205, 201, 200)
HSL	hsl(12, 5%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(12, 2%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 2.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.25, 1.20, 0.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.25, 1.56, 39.43°)
OKLab	oklab(83.88% 0.0039 0.0026)
OKLCH	oklch(83.88% 0.005 34.3)
XYZ	xyz(56.4872, 58.9228, 63.0298)
Luminance	0.5892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC9C8 #C8CCCD

analogous

#CDC8CA #CDC9C8 #CDCCC8

triadic

#CDC9C8 #C8CDC9 #C9C8CD

tetradic

#CDC9C8 #CACDC8 #C8CCCD #CCC8CD

square

#CDC9C8 #CACDC8 #C8CCCD #CCC8CD

split-complementary

#CDC9C8 #C8CDCC #C8CACD

monochromatic

#938A88 #B0AAA8 #CDC9C8 #EAE8E8 #F0EFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#CDC9C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.78

#CDC9C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC9C8

12.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC9C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC9C8	1.00	1.64	12.78	12.78
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAC9C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBCAC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEC9C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc9c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 201, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.005 34.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd9d8',
    500: '#cdc9c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc9c8;
$custom-light: #dcd9d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc9c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12,
    "s": 4.762,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83881,
    "c": 0.00467,
    "h": 34.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.58923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC9C8

secondary

#999FA0

accent

#838F57

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FCFBFB

border

#D5D4D4

text

#151414

muted

#848383

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC9C8

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

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