#CFCBB2

sRGB: 207 / 203 / 178

Celestial flames reshape eternity
Majestic waterfalls shimmer across boundless heavens
Eternal flames disappear into mist

#CFCBB2 belongs to the yellow family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 207 red, 203 green and 178 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 51.7° lands in the yellow region. Its 23.2% saturation makes it close to gray at this lightness. HSL lightness is 75.5% 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 (12.84:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 207, 203, 178
HSL: 51.72°, 23.20%, 75.49%
HSV / HSB: 51.72°, 14.01%, 81.18%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 1.93%, 14.01%, 18.82%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 55.122, 59.192, 50.642
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 81.397, -2.849, 12.978
WCAG relative luminance: 0.59192
24-bit decimal: 13618098

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 #CFCBB2 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: 12.84:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.64:1

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

#B2B6CF sits half a turn (180°) from #CFCBB2 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.

#CFCBB2 #B2B6CF

Analogous

#CFBCB2 and #C5CFB2 sit 30° to either side of #CFCBB2. 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.

#CFBCB2 #CFCBB2 #C5CFB2

Triadic

#CFCBB2, #B2CFCB and #CBB2CF are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#CFCBB2 #B2CFCB #CBB2CF

Split complementary

Start at #CFCBB2 and look across the wheel. #B2C5CF and #BCB2CF sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#CFCBB2 #B2C5CF #BCB2CF

Square

Starting with #CFCBB2, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #B2CFBC, #B2B6CF, then #CFB2C5. Across the square, #CFCBB2 pairs with #B2B6CF, and #B2CFBC with #CFB2C5.

#CFCBB2 #B2CFBC #B2B6CF #CFB2C5

Tetradic

#CFCBB2 and #B2B6CF are opposites, as are #B6CFB2 and #CBB2CF. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#CFCBB2 #B6CFB2 #B2B6CF #CBB2CF

Tints

Mixing #CFCBB2 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D9D5C1, keeps 80% of the original. By #F5F5F0, the mixture is 80% white.

#CFCBB2 #D9D5C1 #E2E0D1 #ECEAE0 #F5F5F0 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #CFCBB2 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A6A28E, keeps 80% of the original. By #292924, the mixture is 80% black.

#CFCBB2 #A6A28E #7C7A6B #535147 #292924 #000000

Tones

Mixing #CFCBB2 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BFBCA8, keeps 80% of the original. By #908F8A, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#CFCBB2 #BFBCA8 #AFAD9E #A09E94 #908F8A #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

#CFCBB2

RGB

rgb(207 203 178)

HSL

hsl(51.724 23.200% 75.490%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #CFCBB2;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#CFCBB2 uses 207 red, 203 green and 178 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 81.2%

Green 79.6%

Blue 69.8%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #CFCBB2 is 0.0% cyan, 1.9% magenta, 14.0% yellow and 18.8% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 1.9%

Yellow 14.0%

Black 18.8%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #CCCCAA. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #CCA in CSS. For a modern design, keep #CFCBB2 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CCCC99, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #CCCCAA Nearest web-safe: #CCCC99

Gradient to complement

#CFCBB2 #CAC8B7 #C5C4BC #C1C1C1 #BCBDC5 #B7BACA #B2B6CF

Color vision previews

Compare how #CFCBB2 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.

#D0C9B1

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.

#D2CBB3

Tritanopia

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

#D4C7C4

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.

#D0CAB1

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.

#D1CBB2

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#D0CAB9

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#CACACA

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.

#CDCBBF

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 0.59720 B 0.44520

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 0.80901 G 0.79661 B 0.70786

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.61921 G 0.59809 B 0.45926

CIE xyY

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

x 0.334 y 0.359 Y 59.192

CMY

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

C % 18.824 M % 20.392 Y % 30.196

Binary RGB

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

11001111 11001011 10110010