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Monogreymid

Soft Stone Tin

#c3bbc4
Notes

Soft Stone Tin (#C3BBC4) is a pale neutral with a mono character. It's a grayscale value, at home in typography, dividers, and the structural layer beneath stronger colors. Its HSL profile (293°, 7%, 75%) places it in the muted band at a light lightness. It works as a soft page background, card surface, or low-key divider. Avoid it for body text against white. Pair it with almost any saturated accent. It's built to sit underneath or behind stronger colors without fighting them.

HEX
#c3bbc4
RGB
rgb(195, 187, 196)
HSL
hsl(293, 7%, 75%)
HWB
hwb(293 73% 23%)
OKLCH
oklch(80.1% 0.015 322.4)
HSV
hsv(293, 5%, 77%)
LAB
lab(76.76% 4.45 -3.53)
LCH
lch(76.76% 5.68 321.62)
CMYK
cmyk(1%, 5%, 0%, 23%)

Closest matches

The nearest named color in three reference sources, ranked by perceptual distance (ΔE76 in CIELAB). ΔE < 1 is imperceptible to most viewers; ΔE > 10 is clearly different. When two sources point to the same hex they’re merged into one tile; click any to open that color’s page.

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Harmonies

Accessibility

Color-vision simulation

How this color appears to viewers with the four major color-vision-deficiency types. Computed via the Machado (2009) physiologically-based model. If a tile matches the original, the color reads the same to that viewer.

#c3bbc4
Original
#babdc4
Protanopia
#bcbec4
Deuteranopia
#c3bcbe
Tritanopia
#bdbdbd
Achromatopsia
WCAG contrast

The color used as foreground text against pure white and pure black, with the contrast ratio and WCAG 2.1 grade. Aim for AA (4.5:1) for body text and AA Large (3:1) for 18 pt+ headlines; AAA (7:1) is the gold standard for long-form reading surfaces.

The quick brown foxSample body text at normal size. The wcag minimum for body contrast is 4.5:1 (AA) or 7:1 (AAA).
Failon White
1.87:1
The quick brown foxSample body text at normal size. The wcag minimum for body contrast is 4.5:1 (AA) or 7:1 (AAA).
AAAon Black
11.23:1

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