#CFC8BE

sRGB: 207 / 200 / 190

Celestial flames reshape eternity
Majestic waterfalls echo between distant mountains
Eternal flames transcend the limits of dreams

#CFC8BE belongs to the orange family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 207 red, 200 green and 190 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 35.3° lands in the orange region. Its 15.0% saturation makes it close to gray at this lightness. HSL lightness is 77.8% 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 (12.66:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 207, 200, 190
HSL: 35.29°, 15.04%, 77.84%
HSV / HSB: 35.29°, 8.21%, 81.18%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 3.38%, 8.21%, 18.82%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 55.678, 58.292, 57.035
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 80.901, 0.688, 5.860
WCAG relative luminance: 0.58292
24-bit decimal: 13617342

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 #CFC8BE 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: 12.66:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.66:1

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

#BEC5CF sits half a turn (180°) from #CFC8BE 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.

#CFC8BE #BEC5CF

Analogous

#CFC0BE and #CECFBE sit 30° to either side of #CFC8BE. 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.

#CFC0BE #CFC8BE #CECFBE

Triadic

#CFC8BE, #BECFC8 and #C8BECF are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#CFC8BE #BECFC8 #C8BECF

Split complementary

Start at #CFC8BE and look across the wheel. #BECECF and #C0BECF sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#CFC8BE #BECECF #C0BECF

Square

Starting with #CFC8BE, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #BECFC0, #BEC5CF, then #CFBECE. Across the square, #CFC8BE pairs with #BEC5CF, and #BECFC0 with #CFBECE.

#CFC8BE #BECFC0 #BEC5CF #CFBECE

Tetradic

#CFC8BE and #BEC5CF are opposites, as are #C5CFBE and #C8BECF. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#CFC8BE #C5CFBE #BEC5CF #C8BECF

Tints

Mixing #CFC8BE with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D9D3CB, keeps 80% of the original. By #F5F4F2, the mixture is 80% white.

#CFC8BE #D9D3CB #E2DED8 #ECE9E5 #F5F4F2 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #CFC8BE with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A6A098, keeps 80% of the original. By #292826, the mixture is 80% black.

#CFC8BE #A6A098 #7C7872 #53504C #292826 #000000

Tones

Mixing #CFC8BE with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BFBAB2, keeps 80% of the original. By #908E8C, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#CFC8BE #BFBAB2 #AFABA5 #A09D99 #908E8C #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

#CFC8BE

RGB

rgb(207 200 190)

HSL

hsl(35.294 15.044% 77.843%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #CFC8BE;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#CFC8BE uses 207 red, 200 green and 190 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 81.2%

Green 78.4%

Blue 74.5%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #CFC8BE is 0.0% cyan, 3.4% magenta, 8.2% yellow and 18.8% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 3.4%

Yellow 8.2%

Black 18.8%

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 #CFC8BE 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

#CFC8BE #CCC8C1 #C9C7C4 #C7C7C7 #C4C6C9 #C1C6CC #BEC5CF

Color vision previews

Compare how #CFC8BE 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.

#CBC8BD

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.

#CDCABE

Tritanopia

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

#D2C6C5

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.

#CDC8BE

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.

#CDC9BE

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#D0C7C1

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#C9C9C9

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.

#CCC8C4

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 0.57758 B 0.51492

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 0.80698 G 0.78525 B 0.74923

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.61573 G 0.57912 B 0.52132

CIE xyY

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

x 0.326 y 0.341 Y 58.292

CMY

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

C % 18.824 M % 21.569 Y % 25.490

Binary RGB

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

11001111 11001000 10111110