Colour
#C5BFBE
- #C5BFBE
- Grey
- Light
- Nearest: Silver
#C5BFBE is a grey with RGB values 197, 191, 190 and HSL 9°, 6%, 76%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Silver.
Colour values
#C5BFBE#C5BFBE
HEX#C5BFBE
RGBrgb(197, 191, 190)
RGB (0–1)0.7725, 0.749, 0.7451
RGB percentages77.3%, 74.9%, 74.5%
HSLhsl(8.6, 5.7%, 75.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(8.6, 3.6%, 77.3%)
CMYK0%, 3%, 3.6%, 22.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,959,678
CSS custom property--colour: #C5BFBE;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.5285WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness192.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.57:1
Contrast with white1.82:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.57:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C0C0C0
Inverted#3A4041
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.82:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.57:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familygrey
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#BEC4C5
Analogous#C5BEC1, #C5C3BE
Triadic#BEC5BF, #BFBEC5
Split complementary#BEC5C3, #BEC1C5
Tetradic#C1C5BE, #BEC4C5, #C3BEC5
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R197
G191
B190
Red197 (77.3%)
Green191 (74.9%)
Blue190 (74.5%)
Hue8.57°
Saturation (HSL)5.69%
Lightness75.88%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR C5 · G BF · B BE
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