#CBC2BF

sRGB: 203 / 194 / 191

Celestial flames rise against oblivion
Majestic waterfalls tremble in empty gardens
Eternal flames echo beyond eternity

#CBC2BF belongs to the red family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 203 red, 194 green and 191 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 15.0° lands in the red region. Its 10.3% saturation makes it close to gray at this lightness. HSL lightness is 77.3% 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 (12.01:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 203, 194, 191
HSL: 15.00°, 10.34%, 77.25%
HSV / HSB: 15.00°, 5.91%, 79.61%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 4.43%, 5.91%, 20.39%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 53.322, 55.042, 57.107
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 79.065, 2.613, 2.627
WCAG relative luminance: 0.55042
24-bit decimal: 13353663

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 #CBC2BF 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: 12.01:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.75:1

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

#BFC8CB sits half a turn (180°) from #CBC2BF 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.

#CBC2BF #BFC8CB

Analogous

#CBBFC2 and #CBC8BF sit 30° to either side of #CBC2BF. 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.

#CBBFC2 #CBC2BF #CBC8BF

Triadic

#CBC2BF, #BFCBC2 and #C2BFCB are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#CBC2BF #BFCBC2 #C2BFCB

Split complementary

Start at #CBC2BF and look across the wheel. #BFCBC8 and #BFC2CB sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#CBC2BF #BFCBC8 #BFC2CB

Square

Starting with #CBC2BF, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #C2CBBF, #BFC8CB, then #C8BFCB. Across the square, #CBC2BF pairs with #BFC8CB, and #C2CBBF with #C8BFCB.

#CBC2BF #C2CBBF #BFC8CB #C8BFCB

Tetradic

#CBC2BF and #BFC8CB are opposites, as are #C8CBBF and #C2BFCB. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#CBC2BF #C8CBBF #BFC8CB #C2BFCB

Tints

Mixing #CBC2BF with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D5CECC, keeps 80% of the original. By #F5F3F2, the mixture is 80% white.

#CBC2BF #D5CECC #E0DAD9 #EAE7E5 #F5F3F2 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #CBC2BF with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A29B99, keeps 80% of the original. By #292726, the mixture is 80% black.

#CBC2BF #A29B99 #7A7473 #514E4C #292726 #000000

Tones

Mixing #CBC2BF with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BCB5B2, keeps 80% of the original. By #8F8D8D, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#CBC2BF #BCB5B2 #ADA8A6 #9E9A99 #8F8D8D #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

#CBC2BF

RGB

rgb(203 194 191)

HSL

hsl(15.000 10.345% 77.255%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #CBC2BF;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#CBC2BF uses 203 red, 194 green and 191 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 79.6%

Green 76.1%

Blue 74.9%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #CBC2BF is 0.0% cyan, 4.4% magenta, 5.9% yellow and 20.4% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 4.4%

Yellow 5.9%

Black 20.4%

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 #CBC2BF 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

#CBC2BF #C9C3C1 #C7C4C3 #C5C5C5 #C3C6C7 #C1C7C9 #BFC8CB

Color vision previews

Compare how #CBC2BF 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.

#C4C3BF

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.

#C6C4BF

Tritanopia

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

#CEC1C1

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.

#C7C3BF

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.

#C7C4BF

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#CBC2C0

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#C4C4C4

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.

#C7C3C1

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 0.53948 B 0.52100

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 0.78996 G 0.76199 B 0.75071

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.58695 G 0.54140 B 0.52364

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 0.333 Y 55.042

CMY

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

C % 20.392 M % 23.922 Y % 25.098

Binary RGB

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

11001011 11000010 10111111