#C4BFC4

Closest named color: Silver (#C0C0C0). oklch(81% 0.009 325.7), rgb(196, 191, 196).

Black text reads best on this color (11.59:1).

About this color

#C4BFC4 is a light close to neutral grey. In OKLCH its lightness is 81%, its chroma 0.009. It has too little chroma to lean warm or cool. The nearest named color is Silver (#C0C0C0), ΔE 0.009 away. Black text reads best on it, at 11.59:1.

Hue family	Neutrals
Lightness	light (81%)
Chroma	close to neutral grey (0.009)
Temperature	neutral
Nearest name	Silver (#C0C0C0)
Black text	11.59:1
White text	1.81:1

Values

HEX	#C4BFC4
RGB	rgb(196, 191, 196)
HSL	hsl(300, 4%, 76%)
OKLCH	oklch(81% 0.009 325.7)

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 #C4BFC4	1.81:1	Fails	Lc -37.8	Non-text elements, placeholder text
Black text on #C4BFC4	11.59:1	AAA	Lc 70.1	Content text, not long reading
#C4BFC4 text on white	1.81:1	Fails	Lc 33.7	Non-text elements, placeholder text
#C4BFC4 text on black	11.59:1	AAA	Lc -68.9	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

#DBD8DB

oklch(88.5% 0.005 325.6)
Step 300
300 (this color)

#C4BFC4

oklch(81% 0.009 325.7)
Step 400
400

#A59EA5

oklch(70.7% 0.013 325.7)
Step 500
500

#8F868F

oklch(63.1% 0.017 325.8)
Step 600
600

#7A707A

oklch(55.8% 0.019 325.8)
Step 700
700

#665D66

oklch(49% 0.018 325.8)
Step 800
800

#534C54

oklch(42.6% 0.016 322)
Step 900
900

#453F45

oklch(37.6% 0.013 325.8)
Step 950
950

#282528

oklch(26.9% 0.007 325.8)

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#C4BFC4 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)	#BFC0C4	0.007
Deuteranopia (no green cones)	#C0C1C4	0.007
Tritanopia (no blue cones)	#C4BFC1	0.004
Achromatopsia (no color)	#C0C0C0	0.009

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 #C4BFC4, closest first.

Similar named colors

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

Use #C4BFC4 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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