#CBB2BA

sRGB: 203 / 178 / 186

Celestial flames rise against oblivion
Restless constellations tremble in empty gardens
Eternal flames illuminate hidden worlds

#CBB2BA belongs to the rose family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 203 red, 178 green and 186 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 340.8° lands in the rose region. Its 19.4% saturation makes it close to gray at this lightness. HSL lightness is 74.7% 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 (10.62:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 203, 178, 186
HSL: 340.80°, 19.38%, 74.71%
HSV / HSB: 340.80°, 12.32%, 79.61%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 12.32%, 8.37%, 20.39%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 49.410, 48.083, 53.134
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 74.877, 10.322, -0.763
WCAG relative luminance: 0.48082
24-bit decimal: 13349562

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 #CBB2BA 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: 10.62:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.98:1

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

#B2CBC3 sits half a turn (180°) from #CBB2BA 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.

#CBB2BA #B2CBC3

Analogous

#CBB2C7 and #CBB6B2 sit 30° to either side of #CBB2BA. 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.

#CBB2C7 #CBB2BA #CBB6B2

Triadic

#CBB2BA, #BACBB2 and #B2BACB are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#CBB2BA #BACBB2 #B2BACB

Split complementary

Start at #CBB2BA and look across the wheel. #B2CBB6 and #B2C7CB sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#CBB2BA #B2CBB6 #B2C7CB

Square

Starting with #CBB2BA, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #C7CBB2, #B2CBC3, then #B6B2CB. Across the square, #CBB2BA pairs with #B2CBC3, and #C7CBB2 with #B6B2CB.

#CBB2BA #C7CBB2 #B2CBC3 #B6B2CB

Tetradic

#CBB2BA and #B2CBC3 are opposites, as are #CBC3B2 and #B2BACB. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#CBB2BA #CBC3B2 #B2CBC3 #B2BACB

Tints

Mixing #CBB2BA with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D5C1C8, keeps 80% of the original. By #F5F0F1, the mixture is 80% white.

#CBB2BA #D5C1C8 #E0D1D6 #EAE0E3 #F5F0F1 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #CBB2BA with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A28E95, keeps 80% of the original. By #292425, the mixture is 80% black.

#CBB2BA #A28E95 #7A6B70 #51474A #292425 #000000

Tones

Mixing #CBB2BA with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BCA8AE, keeps 80% of the original. By #8F8A8C, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#CBB2BA #BCA8AE #AD9EA3 #9E9497 #8F8A8C #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

#CBB2BA

RGB

rgb(203 178 186)

HSL

hsl(340.800 19.380% 74.706%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #CBB2BA;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#CBB2BA uses 203 red, 178 green and 186 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 79.6%

Green 69.8%

Blue 72.9%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #CBB2BA is 0.0% cyan, 12.3% magenta, 8.4% yellow and 20.4% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 12.3%

Yellow 8.4%

Black 20.4%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #CCAABB. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #CAB in CSS. For a modern design, keep #CBB2BA when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CC99CC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #CCAABB Nearest web-safe: #CC99CC

Gradient to complement

#CBB2BA #C7B6BC #C3BABD #BFBFBF #BAC3C0 #B6C7C2 #B2CBC3

Color vision previews

Compare how #CBB2BA 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.

#B4B6BA

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.

#BABAB9

Tritanopia

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

#D0B1B5

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.

#BDB5BA

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.

#BFB7BA

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#CBB2B8

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#B8B8B8

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.

#C2B5B9

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 0.59720 G 0.44520 B 0.49102

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 0.77984 G 0.70158 B 0.72841

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.57022 G 0.45025 B 0.48952

CIE xyY

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

x 0.328 y 0.319 Y 48.083

CMY

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

C % 20.392 M % 30.196 Y % 27.059

Binary RGB

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

11001011 10110010 10111010