#C4BBC3

Closest named color: Silver (#C0C0C0). oklch(80.2% 0.015 329.2), rgb(196, 187, 195).

Black text reads best on this color (11.24:1).

About this color

#C4BBC3 is a light close to neutral grey. In OKLCH its lightness is 80%, its chroma 0.015. It has too little chroma to lean warm or cool. The nearest named color is Silver (#C0C0C0), ΔE 0.016 away. Black text reads best on it, at 11.24:1.

Hue family	Neutrals
Lightness	light (80%)
Chroma	close to neutral grey (0.015)
Temperature	neutral
Nearest name	Silver (#C0C0C0)
Black text	11.24:1
White text	1.86:1

Values

HEX	#C4BBC3
RGB	rgb(196, 187, 195)
HSL	hsl(307, 7%, 75%)
OKLCH	oklch(80.2% 0.015 329.2)

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 #C4BBC3	1.86:1	Fails	Lc -39.5	Non-text elements, placeholder text
Black text on #C4BBC3	11.24:1	AAA	Lc 68.6	Content text, not long reading
#C4BBC3 text on white	1.86:1	Fails	Lc 35.3	Non-text elements, placeholder text
#C4BBC3 text on black	11.24:1	AAA	Lc -67.2	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

#F6F5F6

oklch(97.1% 0.002 325.6)
Step 100
100

#EBE9EB

oklch(93.6% 0.003 325.6)
Step 200
200

#DCD7DC

oklch(88.5% 0.009 325.6)
Step 300
300 (this color)

#C4BBC3

oklch(80.2% 0.015 329.2)
Step 400
400

#A99CA8

oklch(70.8% 0.023 328.2)
Step 500
500

#948393

oklch(63% 0.031 327.8)
Step 600
600

#7F6D7D

oklch(55.7% 0.033 329.6)
Step 700
700

#6B5B69

oklch(49.2% 0.03 330.1)
Step 800
800

#574A56

oklch(42.7% 0.026 328.5)
Step 900
900

#483E47

oklch(37.7% 0.02 329.2)
Step 950
950

#2A2429

oklch(26.9% 0.013 331.4)

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#C4BBC3 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)	#BBBDC3	0.013
Deuteranopia (no green cones)	#BDBEC3	0.012
Tritanopia (no blue cones)	#C5BBBE	0.007
Achromatopsia (no color)	#BEBEBE	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 #C4BBC3, closest first.

Similar named colors

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

Use #C4BBC3 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.

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