#C8BDBF

Closest named color: Silver (#C0C0C0). oklch(80.8% 0.013 4.8), rgb(200, 189, 191).

Black text reads best on this color (11.48:1).

About this color

#C8BDBF is a light close to neutral grey. In OKLCH its lightness is 81%, its chroma 0.013. It has too little chroma to lean warm or cool. The nearest named color is Silver (#C0C0C0), ΔE 0.013 away. Black text reads best on it, at 11.48:1.

Hue family	Neutrals
Lightness	light (81%)
Chroma	close to neutral grey (0.013)
Temperature	neutral
Nearest name	Silver (#C0C0C0)
Black text	11.48:1
White text	1.82:1

Values

HEX	#C8BDBF
RGB	rgb(200, 189, 191)
HSL	hsl(349, 9%, 76%)
OKLCH	oklch(80.8% 0.013 4.8)

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 #C8BDBF	1.82:1	Fails	Lc -38.3	Non-text elements, placeholder text
Black text on #C8BDBF	11.48:1	AAA	Lc 69.7	Content text, not long reading
#C8BDBF text on white	1.82:1	Fails	Lc 34.2	Non-text elements, placeholder text
#C8BDBF text on black	11.48:1	AAA	Lc -68.4	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

#F6F5F5

oklch(97.1% 0.001 17.2)
Step 100
100

#ECE9E9

oklch(93.6% 0.003 17.2)
Step 200
200

#DDD7D8

oklch(88.4% 0.007 5.6)
Step 300
300 (this color)

#C8BDBF

oklch(80.8% 0.013 4.8)
Step 400
400

#AC9C9F

oklch(70.7% 0.019 4.7)
Step 500
500

#988387

oklch(63% 0.026 4.9)
Step 600
600

#836D71

oklch(55.7% 0.028 5.7)
Step 700
700

#6E5B5F

oklch(49.1% 0.025 3.9)
Step 800
800

#5A4A4D

oklch(42.6% 0.022 5.4)
Step 900
900

#4A3E40

oklch(37.7% 0.017 6.6)
Step 950
950

#2B2426

oklch(26.9% 0.011 358.7)

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#C8BDBF 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)	#BEBEBF	0.014
Deuteranopia (no green cones)	#C1C0BF	0.012
Tritanopia (no blue cones)	#CABCBE	0.003
Achromatopsia (no color)	#C0C0C0	0.013

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 #C8BDBF, closest first.

Similar named colors

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

Use #C8BDBF in your product

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