#C5BEC4

Closest named color: Silver (#C0C0C0). oklch(80.9% 0.011 330.2), rgb(197, 190, 196).

Black text reads best on this color (11.53:1).

About this color

#C5BEC4 is a light close to neutral grey. In OKLCH its lightness is 81%, its chroma 0.011. It has too little chroma to lean warm or cool. The nearest named color is Silver (#C0C0C0), ΔE 0.011 away. Black text reads best on it, at 11.53:1.

Hue family	Neutrals
Lightness	light (81%)
Chroma	close to neutral grey (0.011)
Temperature	neutral
Nearest name	Silver (#C0C0C0)
Black text	11.53:1
White text	1.82:1

Values

HEX	#C5BEC4
RGB	rgb(197, 190, 196)
HSL	hsl(309, 6%, 76%)
OKLCH	oklch(80.9% 0.011 330.2)

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 #C5BEC4	1.82:1	Fails	Lc -38.1	Non-text elements, placeholder text
Black text on #C5BEC4	11.53:1	AAA	Lc 69.9	Content text, not long reading
#C5BEC4 text on white	1.82:1	Fails	Lc 34.0	Non-text elements, placeholder text
#C5BEC4 text on black	11.53:1	AAA	Lc -68.6	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

#DCD8DB

oklch(88.6% 0.006 334)
Step 300
300 (this color)

#C5BEC4

oklch(80.9% 0.011 330.2)
Step 400
400

#A79DA6

oklch(70.7% 0.017 328.9)
Step 500
500

#928590

oklch(63.2% 0.022 330.8)
Step 600
600

#7C6E7A

oklch(55.5% 0.025 330.6)
Step 700
700

#695C67

oklch(49.1% 0.024 331)
Step 800
800

#554B54

oklch(42.6% 0.02 329.1)
Step 900
900

#463F45

oklch(37.7% 0.014 330.5)
Step 950
950

#292529

oklch(27% 0.009 325.8)

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#C5BEC4 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)	#BEBFC4	0.010
Deuteranopia (no green cones)	#BFC0C4	0.009
Tritanopia (no blue cones)	#C6BEC0	0.006
Achromatopsia (no color)	#C0C0C0	0.011

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 #C5BEC4, closest first.

Similar named colors

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

Use #C5BEC4 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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