#C3C8D2

Closest named color: Light Blue Grey (#B7C9E2). oklch(83.2% 0.015 264.5), rgb(195, 200, 210).

Black text reads best on this color (12.51:1).

About this color

#C3C8D2 is a light close to neutral grey. In OKLCH its lightness is 83%, its chroma 0.015. It has too little chroma to lean warm or cool. The nearest named color is Light Blue Grey (#B7C9E2), ΔE 0.026 away. Black text reads best on it, at 12.51:1.

Hue family	Neutrals
Lightness	light (83%)
Chroma	close to neutral grey (0.015)
Temperature	neutral
Nearest name	Light Blue Grey (#B7C9E2)
Black text	12.51:1
White text	1.67:1

Values

HEX	#C3C8D2
RGB	rgb(195, 200, 210)
HSL	hsl(220, 14%, 79%)
OKLCH	oklch(83.2% 0.015 264.5)

Contrast

WCAG 2 contrast ratios are the conformance target: AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1. APCA Lc values are supplementary guidance from the WCAG 3 drafts.

Pair	WCAG 2	Result	APCA	APCA guidance
White text on #C3C8D2	1.67:1	Fails	Lc -33.4	Non-text elements, placeholder text
Black text on #C3C8D2	12.51:1	AAA	Lc 74.1	Content text, not long reading
#C3C8D2 text on white	1.67:1	Fails	Lc 29.7	Dividers and decoration only
#C3C8D2 text on black	12.51:1	AAA	Lc -73.1	Content text, not long reading

Tints and shades

A 50–950 scale built in OKLCH: the hue is held, lightness follows a Tailwind v4-like curve, and every step is kept inside the sRGB gamut. This color sits at step 300.

Step 50
50

#F5F5F7

oklch(97.1% 0.003 286.4)
Step 100
100

#E8EAED

oklch(93.6% 0.005 258.3)
Step 200
200

#D6D9DF

oklch(88.5% 0.009 264.5)
Step 300
300 (this color)

#C3C8D2

oklch(83.2% 0.015 264.5)
Step 400
400

#99A1B0

oklch(70.7% 0.024 263.2)
Step 500
500

#808A9D

oklch(63.2% 0.031 263.3)
Step 600
600

#6A7387

oklch(55.5% 0.033 266.1)
Step 700
700

#586173

oklch(49.2% 0.031 264.2)
Step 800
800

#484F5D

oklch(42.7% 0.025 264.3)
Step 900
900

#3C424D

oklch(37.8% 0.02 262.6)
Step 950
950

#23262D

oklch(26.9% 0.014 267)

Export this scale for Tailwind in the Tailwind colors tool

#C3C8D2 with color blindness

Simulated with the Machado et al. (2009) model. ΔE is how far the color moves: below about 0.02 you would not notice a change.

Vision	Seen as	Shift (ΔE)
Protanopia (no red cones)	#C5C8D3	0.003
Deuteranopia (no green cones)	#C4C7D2	0.003
Tritanopia (no blue cones)	#C0CACB	0.014
Achromatopsia (no color)	#C8C8C8	0.015

Harmonies

Hue rotations in OKLCH that keep this color's lightness and chroma.

This color is close to neutral, so it has no meaningful hue to rotate. Hue harmonies are omitted.

Palettes with this color

Curated palettes that contain a color within ΔE 0.04 (OKLab) of #C3C8D2, closest first.

Similar named colors

The eight closest entries in our named color list, with their ΔE distance.

Use #C3C8D2 in your product

Turn it into light and dark UI roles checked for contrast, then export to Tailwind v4, shadcn/ui, CSS or design tokens.

Build a color system from this color Generate a palette