#C8BBBD

sRGB: 200 / 187 / 189

Celestial flames illuminate hidden paths
Restless constellations shimmer across boundless heavens
Eternal flames shatter the chains of fate

#C8BBBD belongs to the red family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 200 red, 187 green and 189 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 350.8° lands in the red region. Its 10.6% saturation makes it close to gray at this lightness. HSL lightness is 75.9% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (11.30:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 200, 187, 189
HSL: 350.77°, 10.57%, 75.88%
HSV / HSB: 350.77°, 6.50%, 78.43%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 6.50%, 5.50%, 21.57%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 50.773, 51.494, 55.410
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 76.978, 4.933, 0.641
WCAG relative luminance: 0.51494
24-bit decimal: 13155261

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #C8BBBD in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 11.30:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.86:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#BBC8C6 sits half a turn (180°) from #C8BBBD on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#C8BBBD #BBC8C6

Analogous

#C8BBC4 and #C8BFBB sit 30° to either side of #C8BBBD. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#C8BBC4 #C8BBBD #C8BFBB

Triadic

#C8BBBD, #BDC8BB and #BBBDC8 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#C8BBBD #BDC8BB #BBBDC8

Split complementary

Start at #C8BBBD and look across the wheel. #BBC8BF and #BBC4C8 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#C8BBBD #BBC8BF #BBC4C8

Square

Starting with #C8BBBD, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #C4C8BB, #BBC8C6, then #BFBBC8. Across the square, #C8BBBD pairs with #BBC8C6, and #C4C8BB with #BFBBC8.

#C8BBBD #C4C8BB #BBC8C6 #BFBBC8

Tetradic

#C8BBBD and #BBC8C6 are opposites, as are #C8C6BB and #BBBDC8. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#C8BBBD #C8C6BB #BBC8C6 #BBBDC8

Tints

Mixing #C8BBBD with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D3C9CA, keeps 80% of the original. By #F4F1F2, the mixture is 80% white.

#C8BBBD #D3C9CA #DED6D7 #E9E4E5 #F4F1F2 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #C8BBBD with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A09697, keeps 80% of the original. By #282526, the mixture is 80% black.

#C8BBBD #A09697 #787071 #504B4C #282526 #000000

Tones

Mixing #C8BBBD with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BAAFB1, keeps 80% of the original. By #8E8C8C, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#C8BBBD #BAAFB1 #ABA3A5 #9D9898 #8E8C8C #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#C8BBBD

RGB

rgb(200 187 189)

HSL

hsl(350.769 10.569% 75.882%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #C8BBBD;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#C8BBBD uses 200 red, 187 green and 189 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 78.4%

Green 73.3%

Blue 74.1%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #C8BBBD is 0.0% cyan, 6.5% magenta, 5.5% yellow and 21.6% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 6.5%

Yellow 5.5%

Black 21.6%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #CCBBBB. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #CBB in CSS. For a modern design, keep #C8BBBD when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CCCCCC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #CCBBBB Nearest web-safe: #CCCCCC

Gradient to complement

#C8BBBD #C6BDBF #C4BFC0 #C2C2C2 #BFC4C3 #BDC6C5 #BBC8C6

Color vision previews

Compare how #C8BBBD appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#BDBDBD

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#BFBFBD

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#CBBABC

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#C1BCBD

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#C2BEBD

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#C8BBBD

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#BEBEBE

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#C3BDBE

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.57758 G 0.49693 B 0.50888

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.77558 G 0.73510 B 0.74138

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.56326 G 0.49961 B 0.50919

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.322 y 0.327 Y 51.494

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 21.569 M % 26.667 Y % 25.882

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

11001000 10111011 10111101