Colour
#C3C3C5
- #C3C3C5
- Grey
- Light
- Nearest: Silver
#C3C3C5 is a grey with RGB values 195, 195, 197 and HSL 240°, 2%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Silver.
Colour values
#C3C3C5#C3C3C5
HEX#C3C3C5
RGBrgb(195, 195, 197)
RGB (0–1)0.7647, 0.7647, 0.7725
RGB percentages76.5%, 76.5%, 77.3%
HSLhsl(240, 1.7%, 76.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(240, 1%, 77.3%)
CMYK1%, 1%, 0%, 22.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,829,637
CSS custom property--colour: #C3C3C5;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.54664WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness195.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.93:1
Contrast with white1.76:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.93:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C3C3C3
Inverted#3C3C3A
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.76:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.93:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familygrey
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#C5C5C3
Analogous#C3C4C5, #C4C3C5
Triadic#C5C3C3, #C3C5C3
Split complementary#C5C4C3, #C4C5C3
Tetradic#C5C3C4, #C5C5C3, #C3C5C4
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R195
G195
B197
Red195 (76.5%)
Green195 (76.5%)
Blue197 (77.3%)
Hue240°
Saturation (HSL)1.69%
Lightness76.86%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C3 · G C3 · B C5
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