#CFBDCA

sRGB: 207 / 189 / 202

Celestial flames reshape eternity
Restless constellations illuminate forgotten empires
Boundless spirits illuminate hidden worlds

#CFBDCA belongs to the rose family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 207 red, 189 green and 202 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 316.7° lands in the rose region. Its 15.8% saturation makes it close to gray at this lightness. HSL lightness is 77.6% 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 (11.78:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 207, 189, 202
HSL: 316.67°, 15.79%, 77.65%
HSV / HSB: 316.67°, 8.70%, 81.18%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 8.70%, 2.42%, 18.82%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 54.588, 53.925, 63.412
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 78.418, 8.641, -4.218
WCAG relative luminance: 0.53925
24-bit decimal: 13614538

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 #CFBDCA 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: 11.78:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.78:1

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

#BDCFC2 sits half a turn (180°) from #CFBDCA 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.

#CFBDCA #BDCFC2

Analogous

#CBBDCF and #CFBDC1 sit 30° to either side of #CFBDCA. 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.

#CBBDCF #CFBDCA #CFBDC1

Triadic

#CFBDCA, #CACFBD and #BDCACF are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#CFBDCA #CACFBD #BDCACF

Split complementary

Start at #CFBDCA and look across the wheel. #C1CFBD and #BDCFCB sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#CFBDCA #C1CFBD #BDCFCB

Square

Starting with #CFBDCA, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #CFCBBD, #BDCFC2, then #BDC1CF. Across the square, #CFBDCA pairs with #BDCFC2, and #CFCBBD with #BDC1CF.

#CFBDCA #CFCBBD #BDCFC2 #BDC1CF

Tetradic

#CFBDCA and #BDCFC2 are opposites, as are #CFC2BD and #BDCACF. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#CFBDCA #CFC2BD #BDCFC2 #BDCACF

Tints

Mixing #CFBDCA with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D9CAD5, keeps 80% of the original. By #F5F2F4, the mixture is 80% white.

#CFBDCA #D9CAD5 #E2D7DF #ECE5EA #F5F2F4 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #CFBDCA with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A697A2, keeps 80% of the original. By #292628, the mixture is 80% black.

#CFBDCA #A697A2 #7C7179 #534C51 #292628 #000000

Tones

Mixing #CFBDCA with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BFB1BB, keeps 80% of the original. By #908C8F, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#CFBDCA #BFB1BB #AFA5AC #A0989E #908C8F #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

#CFBDCA

RGB

rgb(207 189 202)

HSL

hsl(316.667 15.789% 77.647%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#CFBDCA uses 207 red, 189 green and 202 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 81.2%

Green 74.1%

Blue 79.2%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #CFBDCA is 0.0% cyan, 8.7% magenta, 2.4% yellow and 18.8% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 8.7%

Yellow 2.4%

Black 18.8%

Nearby colors

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

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

Gradient to complement

#CFBDCA #CCC0C9 #C9C3C7 #C6C6C6 #C3C9C5 #C0CCC3 #BDCFC2

Color vision previews

Compare how #CFBDCA 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.

#BDC0CB

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.

#C1C3C9

Tritanopia

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

#D1BEC1

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.

#C4C0CA

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.

#C5C1CA

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#CFBEC7

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#C2C2C2

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.

#C9C0C6

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 0.62396 G 0.50888 B 0.59062

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 0.79982 G 0.74366 B 0.78895

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.60353 G 0.51270 B 0.58527

CIE xyY

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

x 0.318 y 0.314 Y 53.925

CMY

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

C % 18.824 M % 25.882 Y % 20.784

Binary RGB

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

11001111 10111101 11001010