#CCBCBB

sRGB: 204 / 188 / 187

Celestial flames pierce eternal darkness
Restless constellations thunder through timeless canyons
Eternal flames defy the passing ages

#CCBCBB belongs to the red family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 204 red, 188 green and 187 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 3.5° lands in the red region. Its 14.3% saturation makes it close to gray at this lightness. HSL lightness is 76.7% 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 (11.48:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 204, 188, 187
HSL: 3.53°, 14.29%, 76.67%
HSV / HSB: 3.53°, 8.33%, 80.00%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 7.84%, 8.33%, 20.00%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 51.852, 52.392, 54.396
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 77.515, 5.473, 2.547
WCAG relative luminance: 0.52392
24-bit decimal: 13417659

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 #CCBCBB 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: 11.48:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.83:1

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

#BBCBCC sits half a turn (180°) from #CCBCBB 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.

#CCBCBB #BBCBCC

Analogous

#CCBBC2 and #CCC5BB sit 30° to either side of #CCBCBB. 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.

#CCBBC2 #CCBCBB #CCC5BB

Triadic

#CCBCBB, #BBCCBC and #BCBBCC are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#CCBCBB #BBCCBC #BCBBCC

Split complementary

Start at #CCBCBB and look across the wheel. #BBCCC5 and #BBC2CC sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#CCBCBB #BBCCC5 #BBC2CC

Square

Starting with #CCBCBB, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #C3CCBB, #BBCBCC, then #C5BBCC. Across the square, #CCBCBB pairs with #BBCBCC, and #C3CCBB with #C5BBCC.

#CCBCBB #C3CCBB #BBCBCC #C5BBCC

Tetradic

#CCBCBB and #BBCBCC are opposites, as are #CBCCBB and #BCBBCC. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#CCBCBB #CBCCBB #BBCBCC #BCBBCC

Tints

Mixing #CCBCBB with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D6C9C9, keeps 80% of the original. By #F5F2F1, the mixture is 80% white.

#CCBCBB #D6C9C9 #E0D7D6 #EBE4E4 #F5F2F1 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #CCBCBB with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A39696, keeps 80% of the original. By #292625, the mixture is 80% black.

#CCBCBB #A39696 #7A7170 #524B4B #292625 #000000

Tones

Mixing #CCBCBB with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BDB0AF, keeps 80% of the original. By #8F8C8C, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#CCBCBB #BDB0AF #AEA4A3 #9E9898 #8F8C8C #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

#CCBCBB

RGB

rgb(204 188 187)

HSL

hsl(3.529 14.286% 76.667%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#CCBCBB uses 204 red, 188 green and 187 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 80.0%

Green 73.7%

Blue 73.3%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #CCBCBB is 0.0% cyan, 7.8% magenta, 8.3% yellow and 20.0% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 7.8%

Yellow 8.3%

Black 20.0%

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 #CCBCBB 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

#CCBCBB #C9BFBE #C6C1C1 #C4C4C4 #C1C6C6 #BEC9C9 #BBCBCC

Color vision previews

Compare how #CCBCBB 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.

#BFBEBB

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.

#C2C1BB

Tritanopia

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

#D0BBBC

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.

#C4BDBB

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.

#C5BFBB

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#CCBCBB

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#BFBFBF

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.

#C6BEBD

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 0.60383 G 0.50289 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 0.78933 G 0.73945 B 0.73482

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.58591 G 0.50624 B 0.49919

CIE xyY

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

x 0.327 y 0.330 Y 52.392

CMY

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

C % 20.000 M % 26.275 Y % 26.667

Binary RGB

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

11001100 10111100 10111011