What color is #C0C3C4?

#C0C3C4 is a light gray known as Foil. It belongs to the gray family of colors.

What is the RGB value of Foil?

The RGB value is 192, 195, 196: 192 red, 195 green and 196 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of Foil?

The complementary color is #C4C1C0, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #C0C3C4?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 11.84:1 and white text 1.77:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

Foil color: hex code #C0C3C4

#C0C3C4 rgb(192, 195, 196)

Shades of gray

Foil has the hex code #C0C3C4. It is a light gray.

In the RGB color model it is made of 75.3% red, 76.5% green and 76.9% blue (192, 195, 196).

Its hue angle is 195°, with 3% saturation and 76% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 2% cyan, 1% magenta, 0% yellow and 23% black.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 11.84:1).

Foil (#C0C3C4) color codes

HEX	`#C0C3C4`
RGB	`rgb(192, 195, 196)`
RGB percent	`rgb(75.3%, 76.5%, 76.9%)`
HSL	`hsl(195, 3%, 76%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(195, 2%, 77%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(2%, 1%, 0%, 23%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(78.59, -0.85, -0.86)`
CIE LCH	`lch(78.59, 1.21, 225.51)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(51.215, 54.222, 59.982)`
Decimal	`12633028`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with Foil, based on their position on the color wheel.

Complementary

The color opposite on the color wheel (180°). Strongest contrast.

Analogous

Neighbors 30° either side. Calm, natural combinations.

Split complementary

The two colors next to the complement (150° and 210°).

Triadic

Three colors evenly spaced, 120° apart.

Tetradic (square)

Four colors 90° apart.

Shades, tints and tones

Shades (darker, mixed with black)

Tints (lighter, mixed with white)

Tones (mixed with gray)

Contrast and accessibility

Text on #C0C3C4	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	11.84:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	1.77:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#C0C3C4 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	1.77:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	11.84:1	Pass	Pass	Pass

WCAG 2 asks for 4.5:1 for normal text (AA), 7:1 for AAA, and 3:1 for large text. Check other pairs.

Color blindness simulation

How #C0C3C4 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #c0c3c4; }
.text { color: #c0c3c4; }
.border { border: 2px solid #c0c3c4; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(192 195 196 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #c0c3c4, #c0c1c4); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

See #C0C3C4 on its hex code page

Questions

What color is #C0C3C4?: #C0C3C4 is a light gray known as Foil. It belongs to the gray family of colors.
What is the RGB value of Foil?: The RGB value is 192, 195, 196: 192 red, 195 green and 196 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of Foil?: The complementary color is #C4C1C0, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #C0C3C4?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 11.84:1 and white text 1.77:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.