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#CBBFB3 — Light Dusty Brown

#CBBFB3 is a brown color we call Light Dusty Brown, closest to the named color Silver (#C0C0C0). It belongs to the brown family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: silver (#C0C0C0) — not an exact match. CSS silver gives you #C0C0C0, a different color; use #CBBFB3 when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#CBBFB3 is a warm brown color associated with earthiness, stability and comfort. It sits comfortably in the middle: usable for large areas in soft schemes, or as a supporting color beside something stronger.

Its strongest partner is its complement #B3BFCB; it also sits naturally between #CBB3B3 and #CBCBB3. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#CBBFB3 · RGB 203, 191, 179

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Color values

HEX#CBBFB3
RGB203, 191, 179
HSL30°, 19%, 75%
HSV30°, 12%, 80%
CMYK0%, 6%, 12%, 20%
XYZ51.40, 53.21, 50.21
Yxy53.21, 0.3320, 0.3437
CIE-Lab78.00, 2.18, 7.55
Hunter Lab72.95, 2.04, 6.52

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 80% · Green 75% · Blue 70%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 6% · Yellow 12% · Key 20%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #CBBFB3 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #CBBFB3 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #CBBFB3

.text { color: #CBBFB3; }
.background { background-color: #CBBFB3; }
.border { border: 3px solid #CBBFB3; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(203, 191, 179); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(30, 19%, 75%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #CBBFB3; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(203, 191, 179, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #CBBFB3; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(203, 191, 179, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#CBBFB3">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#CBBFB3">Div content here</div>

Shades of #CBBFB3

#BDAD9E#AE9C89#A08A73#8F7861#796653#615242#4C4034#372E25#211C17#0C0A08

Tints of #CBBFB3

#CFC4B9#D4C9BF#D8CFC5#DCD4CB#E2DBD5#E6E0DB#EAE6E1#EEEBE7#F3F0ED#F7F5F3

Tones of #CBBFB3

#C9BFB5#C8BFB6#C6BFB8#C4BFBA#C2BFBC#C1BFBD

Color harmonies

Complementary — #B3BFCB:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.80:1 Fails
Against black text11.64:1 AAA

Best text color on #CBBFB3: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #CBBFB3

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #CBBFB3: ·

How #CBBFB3 looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #C6C6B6Deuteranopia · #C7C7B7Tritanopia · #CAB8B9

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Material Grey 500 · #9E9E9EBootstrap light · #F8F9FAMaterial Light Green 500 · #8BC34A

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #CBBFB3 rather than the exact color:

Palette 556052
#556052 · #AF6B58 · #CBBCB1 · #F2EFEA
Palette C2ded1
#C2DED1 · #ECE5C7 · #CDC2AE · #354259
Palette C2dedc
#C2DEDC · #ECE5C7 · #CDC2AE · #116A7B
Palette 1b3c53
#1B3C53 · #234C6A · #456882 · #D2C1B6
Palette 1b3c53
#1B3C53 · #456882 · #D2C1B6 · #F9F3EF
Ruby Mirage
#EBE2CC · #DED6C1 · #CFC6B1 · #B7B09E

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#CBBCB1#CDC2AE#D2C1B6#CFC6B1#D2C4B4#D2C6B2#C8C2BC#D6C0B3#D4BDAC#CCC8AA#CDBBA7#D7C0AE

Browse neighbouring colors

← #CBBFB2  ·  #CBBFB4 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #CBBFB3?

#CBBFB3 is Light Dusty Brown, a brown color (RGB 203, 191, 179). Its closest standard named color is Silver.

What is the RGB and HSL of #CBBFB3?

#CBBFB3 is RGB 203, 191, 179 — HSL 30°, 19%, 75% — CMYK 0%, 6%, 12%, 20%.

What colors go with #CBBFB3?

Its complement is #B3BFCB; analogous partners are #CBB3B3 and #CBCBB3. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #CBBFB3 for text?

Black text on #CBBFB3 has a contrast ratio of 11.64:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.80:1.