#D0BCBB

sRGB: 208 / 188 / 187

Thunderous oceans linger without sound
Restless constellations thunder through timeless canyons
Eternal flames defy the passing ages

#D0BCBB belongs to the red family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 208 red, 188 green and 187 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 2.9° lands in the red region. Its 18.3% saturation makes it close to gray at this lightness. HSL lightness is 77.5% 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 (11.59:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 208, 188, 187
HSL: 2.86°, 18.26%, 77.45%
HSV / HSB: 2.86°, 10.10%, 81.57%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 9.62%, 10.10%, 18.43%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 52.963, 52.965, 54.449
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 77.854, 6.906, 3.082
WCAG relative luminance: 0.52964
24-bit decimal: 13679803

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 #D0BCBB 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: 11.59:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.81:1

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

#BBCFD0 sits half a turn (180°) from #D0BCBB 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.

#D0BCBB #BBCFD0

Analogous

#D0BBC4 and #D0C7BB sit 30° to either side of #D0BCBB. 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.

#D0BBC4 #D0BCBB #D0C7BB

Triadic

#D0BCBB, #BBD0BC and #BCBBD0 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#D0BCBB #BBD0BC #BCBBD0

Split complementary

Start at #D0BCBB and look across the wheel. #BBD0C7 and #BBC4D0 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#D0BCBB #BBD0C7 #BBC4D0

Square

Starting with #D0BCBB, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #C4D0BB, #BBCFD0, then #C7BBD0. Across the square, #D0BCBB pairs with #BBCFD0, and #C4D0BB with #C7BBD0.

#D0BCBB #C4D0BB #BBCFD0 #C7BBD0

Tetradic

#D0BCBB and #BBCFD0 are opposites, as are #CFD0BB and #BCBBD0. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#D0BCBB #CFD0BB #BBCFD0 #BCBBD0

Tints

Mixing #D0BCBB with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D9C9C9, keeps 80% of the original. By #F6F2F1, the mixture is 80% white.

#D0BCBB #D9C9C9 #E3D7D6 #ECE4E4 #F6F2F1 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #D0BCBB with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A69696, keeps 80% of the original. By #2A2625, the mixture is 80% black.

#D0BCBB #A69696 #7D7170 #534B4B #2A2625 #000000

Tones

Mixing #D0BCBB with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #C0B0AF, keeps 80% of the original. By #908C8C, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#D0BCBB #C0B0AF #B0A4A3 #A09898 #908C8C #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

#D0BCBB

RGB

rgb(208 188 187)

HSL

hsl(2.857 18.261% 77.451%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #D0BCBB;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#D0BCBB uses 208 red, 188 green and 187 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 81.6%

Green 73.7%

Blue 73.3%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #D0BCBB is 0.0% cyan, 9.6% magenta, 10.1% yellow and 18.4% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 9.6%

Yellow 10.1%

Black 18.4%

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 #D0BCBB 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

#D0BCBB #CDBFBF #C9C2C2 #C6C6C6 #C2C9C9 #BFCCCD #BBCFD0

Color vision previews

Compare how #D0BCBB 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.

#C4C2BB

Tritanopia

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

#D5BABC

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.

#C6BEBB

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.

#C7C0BB

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#D0BCBB

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#C0C0C0

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.

#C8BEBE

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 0.63076 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 0.80249 G 0.74003 B 0.73513

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.60806 G 0.50713 B 0.49965

CIE xyY

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

x 0.330 y 0.330 Y 52.965

CMY

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

C % 18.431 M % 26.275 Y % 26.667

Binary RGB

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

11010000 10111100 10111011