#CBCFCE

sRGB: 203 / 207 / 206

Celestial flames rise against oblivion
Majestic waterfalls transform the fabric of existence
Boundless spirits transcend the limits of dreams

#CBCFCE belongs to the cyan family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 203 red, 207 green and 206 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 165.0° lands in the cyan region. Its 4.0% saturation makes it close to gray at this lightness. HSL lightness is 80.4% 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 (13.36:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 203, 207, 206
HSL: 165.00°, 4.00%, 80.39%
HSV / HSB: 165.00°, 1.93%, 81.18%
CMYK (approx.): 1.93%, 0.00%, 0.48%, 18.82%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 58.079, 61.778, 67.259
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 82.795, -1.549, 0.018
WCAG relative luminance: 0.61778
24-bit decimal: 13357006

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 #CBCFCE 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: 13.36:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.57:1

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

#CFCBCC sits half a turn (180°) from #CBCFCE 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.

#CBCFCE #CFCBCC

Analogous

#CBCFCC and #CBCECF sit 30° to either side of #CBCFCE. 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.

#CBCFCC #CBCFCE #CBCECF

Triadic

#CBCFCE, #CECBCF and #CFCECB are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#CBCFCE #CECBCF #CFCECB

Split complementary

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

#CBCFCE #CFCBCE #CFCCCB

Square

Starting with #CBCFCE, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #CCCBCF, #CFCBCC, then #CECFCB. Across the square, #CBCFCE pairs with #CFCBCC, and #CCCBCF with #CECFCB.

#CBCFCE #CCCBCF #CFCBCC #CECFCB

Tetradic

#CBCFCE and #CFCBCC are opposites, as are #CBCCCF and #CFCECB. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#CBCFCE #CBCCCF #CFCBCC #CFCECB

Tints

Mixing #CBCFCE with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D5D9D8, keeps 80% of the original. By #F5F5F5, the mixture is 80% white.

#CBCFCE #D5D9D8 #E0E2E2 #EAECEB #F5F5F5 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #CBCFCE with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A2A6A5, keeps 80% of the original. By #292929, the mixture is 80% black.

#CBCFCE #A2A6A5 #7A7C7C #515352 #292929 #000000

Tones

Mixing #CBCFCE with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BCBFBE, keeps 80% of the original. By #8F9090, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#CBCFCE #BCBFBE #ADAFAF #9EA09F #8F9090 #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

#CBCFCE

RGB

rgb(203 207 206)

HSL

hsl(165.000 4.000% 80.392%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#CBCFCE uses 203 red, 207 green and 206 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 79.6%

Green 81.2%

Blue 80.8%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #CBCFCE is 1.9% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 0.5% yellow and 18.8% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 1.9%

Magenta 0.0%

Yellow 0.5%

Black 18.8%

Nearby colors

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

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

Gradient to complement

#CBCFCE #CCCECE #CCCECD #CDCDCD #CECCCD #CECCCC #CFCBCC

Color vision previews

Compare how #CBCFCE 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.

#CFCECE

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.

#CECECE

Tritanopia

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

#CACFCF

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.

#CDCFCE

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.

#CDCECE

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#CBCFCE

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#CECECE

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.

#CDCFCE

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 0.62396 B 0.61721

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 0.79889 G 0.81125 B 0.80793

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.60195 G 0.62307 B 0.61735

CIE xyY

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

x 0.310 y 0.330 Y 61.778

CMY

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

C % 20.392 M % 18.824 Y % 19.216

Binary RGB

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

11001011 11001111 11001110