#CBCEBB

sRGB: 203 / 206 / 187

Celestial flames rise against oblivion
Majestic waterfalls transcend the boundaries of time
Eternal flames defy the passing ages

#CBCEBB belongs to the yellow family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 203 red, 206 green and 187 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 69.5° lands in the yellow region. Its 16.2% saturation makes it close to gray at this lightness. HSL lightness is 77.1% 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 (13.09:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 203, 206, 187
HSL: 69.47°, 16.24%, 77.06%
HSV / HSB: 69.47°, 9.22%, 80.78%
CMYK (approx.): 1.46%, 0.00%, 9.22%, 19.22%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 55.667, 60.427, 55.746
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 82.070, -4.378, 9.099
WCAG relative luminance: 0.60427
24-bit decimal: 13356731

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 #CBCEBB 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: 13.09:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.60:1

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

#BEBBCE sits half a turn (180°) from #CBCEBB 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.

#CBCEBB #BEBBCE

Analogous

#CEC8BB and #C2CEBB sit 30° to either side of #CBCEBB. 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.

#CEC8BB #CBCEBB #C2CEBB

Triadic

#CBCEBB, #BBCBCE and #CEBBCB are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#CBCEBB #BBCBCE #CEBBCB

Split complementary

Start at #CBCEBB and look across the wheel. #BBC2CE and #C8BBCE sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#CBCEBB #BBC2CE #C8BBCE

Square

Starting with #CBCEBB, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #BBCEC8, #BEBBCE, then #CEBBC1. Across the square, #CBCEBB pairs with #BEBBCE, and #BBCEC8 with #CEBBC1.

#CBCEBB #BBCEC8 #BEBBCE #CEBBC1

Tetradic

#CBCEBB and #BEBBCE are opposites, as are #BBCEBE and #CEBBCB. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#CBCEBB #BBCEBE #BEBBCE #CEBBCB

Tints

Mixing #CBCEBB with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D5D8C9, keeps 80% of the original. By #F5F5F1, the mixture is 80% white.

#CBCEBB #D5D8C9 #E0E2D6 #EAEBE4 #F5F5F1 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #CBCEBB with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A2A596, keeps 80% of the original. By #292925, the mixture is 80% black.

#CBCEBB #A2A596 #7A7C70 #51524B #292925 #000000

Tones

Mixing #CBCEBB with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BCBEAF, keeps 80% of the original. By #8F908C, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#CBCEBB #BCBEAF #ADAFA3 #9E9F98 #8F908C #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

#CBCEBB

RGB

rgb(203 206 187)

HSL

hsl(69.474 16.239% 77.059%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#CBCEBB uses 203 red, 206 green and 187 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 79.6%

Green 80.8%

Blue 73.3%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #CBCEBB is 1.5% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 9.2% yellow and 19.2% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 1.5%

Magenta 0.0%

Yellow 9.2%

Black 19.2%

Nearby colors

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

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

Gradient to complement

#CBCEBB #C9CBBE #C7C8C1 #C5C5C5 #C2C1C8 #C0BECB #BEBBCE

Color vision previews

Compare how #CBCEBB 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.

#D1CCBA

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.

#D1CCBC

Tritanopia

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

#CDCCC8

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.

#CFCDBB

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.

#CFCDBB

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#CCCDC0

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#CCCCCC

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.

#CCCDC4

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 0.61721 B 0.49693

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 0.79818 G 0.80746 B 0.74018

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.60075 G 0.61654 B 0.50735

CIE xyY

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

x 0.324 y 0.352 Y 60.427

CMY

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

C % 20.392 M % 19.216 Y % 26.667

Binary RGB

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

11001011 11001110 10111011