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#CEBDBD — Light Dusty Red

#CEBDBD is a red color we call Light Dusty Red, closest to the named color Silver (#C0C0C0). It belongs to the red family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: silver (#C0C0C0) — not an exact match. CSS silver gives you #C0C0C0, a different color; use #CEBDBD 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.

#CEBDBD is a warm red color associated with energy, passion and urgency. 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 #BCCDCD; it also sits naturally between #CDBCC4 and #CDC4BC. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#CEBDBD · RGB 206, 189, 189

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Color values

HEX#CEBDBD
RGB206, 189, 189
HSL0°, 15%, 77%
HSV0°, 8%, 81%
CMYK0%, 8%, 8%, 19%
XYZ52.84, 53.19, 55.63
Yxy53.19, 0.3268, 0.3290
CIE-Lab77.99, 6.00, 2.16
Hunter Lab72.93, 5.67, 1.93

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 81% · Green 74% · Blue 74%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 8% · Yellow 8% · Key 19%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #CEBDBD

.text { color: #CEBDBD; }
.background { background-color: #CEBDBD; }
.border { border: 3px solid #CEBDBD; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(206, 189, 189); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(0, 15%, 77%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #CEBDBD; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(206, 189, 189, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #CEBDBD; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(206, 189, 189, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #CEBDBD

#BEA7A7#AD9090#9D7B7B#8D6868#785959#614848#4C3838#382929#201818#0C0909

Tints of #CEBDBD

#D1C1C1#D6C7C7#DACDCD#DED3D3#E3D9D9#E5DCDC#E9E2E2#EEE8E8#F2EDED#F6F3F3

Tones of #CEBDBD

#CCBDBD#CBBEBE#CABFBF#C8C1C1#C7C2C2#C6C3C3

Color harmonies

Complementary — #BCCDCD:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

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

Best text color on #CEBDBD: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #CEBDBD

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 #CEBDBD: ·

How #CEBDBD looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #C7C6BDDeuteranopia · #C8C9BDTritanopia · #CDBDBD

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 · #F8F9FATailwind purple 500 · #A855F7

Palettes with a similar color

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

Palette 316b83
#316B83 · #6D8299 · #8CA1A5 · #D5BFBF
Palette Cc9b6d
#CC9B6D · #F1CA89 · #F2DAC3 · #C8C2BC
Palette 1b3c53
#1B3C53 · #234C6A · #456882 · #D2C1B6
Palette 1b3c53
#1B3C53 · #456882 · #D2C1B6 · #F9F3EF
Palette 722f99
#722F99 · #C5C1C1 · #FEE7C8 · #FF9292
Palette 81a6c6
#81A6C6 · #AACDDC · #F3E3D0 · #D2C4B4

Similar colors

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

#D5BFBF#C8C2BC#D2C1B6#C5C1C1#D2C4B4#D8B9C3#CBBCB1#D0C9C0#D6C0B3#CDC9C3#C5C7BC#D8C4B6

Browse neighbouring colors

← #CEBDBC  ·  #CEBDBE →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #CEBDBD?

#CEBDBD is Light Dusty Red, a red color (RGB 206, 189, 189). Its closest standard named color is Silver.

What is the RGB and HSL of #CEBDBD?

#CEBDBD is RGB 206, 189, 189 — HSL 0°, 15%, 77% — CMYK 0%, 8%, 8%, 19%.

What colors go with #CEBDBD?

Its complement is #BCCDCD; analogous partners are #CDBCC4 and #CDC4BC. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #CEBDBD for text?

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