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#CEBCAC — Light Dusty Brown

#CEBCAC 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 #CEBCAC 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.

#CEBCAC 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 #ABBECE; it also sits naturally between #CEABAD and #CECDAB. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#CEBCAC · RGB 206, 188, 172

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Color values

HEX#CEBCAC
RGB206, 188, 172
HSL28°, 26%, 74%
HSV28°, 17%, 81%
CMYK0%, 9%, 17%, 19%
XYZ50.88, 52.07, 46.40
Yxy52.07, 0.3407, 0.3486
CIE-Lab77.32, 3.75, 10.40
Hunter Lab72.16, 3.51, 8.78

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 81% · Green 74% · Blue 67%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 9% · Yellow 17% · Key 19%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #CEBCAC

.text { color: #CEBCAC; }
.background { background-color: #CEBCAC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #CEBCAC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(206, 188, 172); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(28, 26%, 74%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #CEBCAC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(206, 188, 172, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #CEBCAC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(206, 188, 172, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #CEBCAC

#C1A995#B4977E#A68568#947357#7D624A#67503C#503F2F#3A2D22#231C15#0D0A08

Tints of #CEBCAC

#D2C1B2#D5C6B8#DBCEC2#DFD3C8#E3D8CF#E6DDD5#EAE2DC#F0EAE5#F4EFEC#F7F5F2

Tones of #CEBCAC

#CBBCAE#C9BCB0#C7BCB3#C4BCB5#C1BCB8#BFBDBA

Color harmonies

Complementary — #ABBECE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.84:1 Fails
Against black text11.41:1 AAA

Best text color on #CEBCAC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #CEBCAC

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 #CEBCAC: ·

How #CEBCAC looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #C6C6B0Deuteranopia · #C7C9B1Tritanopia · #CDB3B4

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 #CEBCAC rather than the exact color:

Palette C4317b
#C4317B · #AC7C7C · #D0BAA8 · #EFE4E4
Palette Fdefef
#FDEFEF · #F4DFD0 · #DAD0C2 · #CDBBA7
Palette 556052
#556052 · #AF6B58 · #CBBCB1 · #F2EFEA
Palette F8ede3
#F8EDE3 · #DFD3C3 · #D0B8A8 · #7D6E83
Palette F8ede3
#F8EDE3 · #DFD3C3 · #D0B8A8 · #85586F
Palette F8ede3
#F8EDE3 · #DFD3C3 · #D0B8A8 · #C5705D

Similar colors

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

#D0BAA8#CDBBA7#CBBCB1#D0B8A8#D4BDAC#CDC2AE#CDC2A5#D7C0AE#C8B6A6#CFC6B1#D6C0B3#D2C1B6

Browse neighbouring colors

← #CEBCAB  ·  #CEBCAD →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #CEBCAC?

#CEBCAC is Light Dusty Brown, a brown color (RGB 206, 188, 172). Its closest standard named color is Silver.

What is the RGB and HSL of #CEBCAC?

#CEBCAC is RGB 206, 188, 172 — HSL 28°, 26%, 74% — CMYK 0%, 9%, 17%, 19%.

What colors go with #CEBCAC?

Its complement is #ABBECE; analogous partners are #CEABAD and #CECDAB. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #CEBCAC for text?

Black text on #CEBCAC has a contrast ratio of 11.41:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.84:1.