#CFCDC8

sRGB: 207 / 205 / 200

Celestial flames reshape eternity
Majestic waterfalls illuminate forgotten empires
Boundless spirits carry promises of spring

#CFCDC8 belongs to the orange family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 207 red, 205 green and 200 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 42.9° lands in the orange region. Its 6.8% saturation makes it close to gray at this lightness. HSL lightness is 79.8% 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 (13.22:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 207, 205, 200
HSL: 42.86°, 6.80%, 79.80%
HSV / HSB: 42.86°, 3.38%, 81.18%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 0.97%, 3.38%, 18.82%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 57.986, 61.098, 63.384
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 82.432, -0.207, 2.726
WCAG relative luminance: 0.61098
24-bit decimal: 13618632

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 #CFCDC8 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: 13.22:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.59:1

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

#C8CACF sits half a turn (180°) from #CFCDC8 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.

#CFCDC8 #C8CACF

Analogous

#CFCAC8 and #CDCFC8 sit 30° to either side of #CFCDC8. 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.

#CFCAC8 #CFCDC8 #CDCFC8

Triadic

#CFCDC8, #C8CFCD and #CDC8CF are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#CFCDC8 #C8CFCD #CDC8CF

Split complementary

Start at #CFCDC8 and look across the wheel. #C8CECF and #CAC8CF sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#CFCDC8 #C8CECF #CAC8CF

Square

Starting with #CFCDC8, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #C8CFCA, #C8CACF, then #CFC8CE. Across the square, #CFCDC8 pairs with #C8CACF, and #C8CFCA with #CFC8CE.

#CFCDC8 #C8CFCA #C8CACF #CFC8CE

Tetradic

#CFCDC8 and #C8CACF are opposites, as are #CACFC8 and #CDC8CF. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#CFCDC8 #CACFC8 #C8CACF #CDC8CF

Tints

Mixing #CFCDC8 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D9D7D3, keeps 80% of the original. By #F5F5F4, the mixture is 80% white.

#CFCDC8 #D9D7D3 #E2E1DE #ECEBE9 #F5F5F4 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #CFCDC8 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A6A4A0, keeps 80% of the original. By #292928, the mixture is 80% black.

#CFCDC8 #A6A4A0 #7C7B78 #535250 #292928 #000000

Tones

Mixing #CFCDC8 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BFBEBA, keeps 80% of the original. By #908F8E, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#CFCDC8 #BFBEBA #AFAEAB #A09F9D #908F8E #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

#CFCDC8

RGB

rgb(207 205 200)

HSL

hsl(42.857 6.796% 79.804%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #CFCDC8;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#CFCDC8 uses 207 red, 205 green and 200 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 81.2%

Green 80.4%

Blue 78.4%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #CFCDC8 is 0.0% cyan, 1.0% magenta, 3.4% yellow and 18.8% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 1.0%

Yellow 3.4%

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 #CFCDC8 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

#CFCDC8 #CECDC9 #CDCCCA #CCCCCC #CACBCD #C9CBCE #C8CACF

Color vision previews

Compare how #CFCDC8 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.

#CECDC8

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.

#CFCDC8

Tritanopia

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

#D0CCCC

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.

#CFCDC8

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.

#CFCDC8

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#CFCDC9

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#CDCDCD

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.

#CECDCB

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 0.61050 B 0.57758

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 0.81038 G 0.80418 B 0.78623

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.62157 G 0.61094 B 0.58076

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 0.335 Y 61.098

CMY

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

C % 18.824 M % 19.608 Y % 21.569

Binary RGB

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

11001111 11001101 11001000