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#CEBEBD — Light Dusty Red

#CEBEBD 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 #CEBEBD 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.

#CEBEBD 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 #BCCCCD; it also sits naturally between #CDBCC3 and #CDC6BC. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#CEBEBD · RGB 206, 190, 189

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Color values

HEX#CEBEBD
RGB206, 190, 189
HSL4°, 15%, 77%
HSV4°, 8%, 81%
CMYK0%, 8%, 8%, 19%
XYZ53.05, 53.62, 55.70
Yxy53.62, 0.3267, 0.3302
CIE-Lab78.24, 5.47, 2.53
Hunter Lab73.23, 5.16, 2.26

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 81% · Green 75% · 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 #CEBEBD on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #CEBEBD on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #CEBEBD

.text { color: #CEBEBD; }
.background { background-color: #CEBEBD; }
.border { border: 3px solid #CEBEBD; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(206, 190, 189); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(4, 15%, 77%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #CEBEBD; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(206, 190, 189, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #CEBEBD; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(206, 190, 189, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #CEBEBD

#BEA9A7#AD9290#9D7D7B#8D6A68#785B59#614948#4C3A38#382A29#201818#0C0909

Tints of #CEBEBD

#D1C2C1#D6C8C7#DACECD#DED4D3#E3DAD9#E5DCDC#E9E2E2#EEE8E8#F2EEED#F6F3F3

Tones of #CEBEBD

#CCBEBD#CBBFBE#CAC0BF#C8C1C1#C7C2C2#C6C3C3

Color harmonies

Complementary — #BCCCCD:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.79:1 Fails
Against black text11.72:1 AAA

Best text color on #CEBEBD: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #CEBEBD

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 #CEBEBD: ·

How #CEBEBD looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #C7C7BDDeuteranopia · #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 #CEBEBD rather than the exact color:

Palette Cc9b6d
#CC9B6D · #F1CA89 · #F2DAC3 · #C8C2BC
Palette 316b83
#316B83 · #6D8299 · #8CA1A5 · #D5BFBF
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:

#C8C2BC#D5BFBF#D2C1B6#C5C1C1#D2C4B4#D0C9C0#CBBCB1#CDC9C3#D8B9C3#C5C7BC#D6C0B3#C8C6C6

Browse neighbouring colors

← #CEBEBC  ·  #CEBEBE →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #CEBEBD?

#CEBEBD is Light Dusty Red, a red color (RGB 206, 190, 189). Its closest standard named color is Silver.

What is the RGB and HSL of #CEBEBD?

#CEBEBD is RGB 206, 190, 189 — HSL 4°, 15%, 77% — CMYK 0%, 8%, 8%, 19%.

What colors go with #CEBEBD?

Its complement is #BCCCCD; analogous partners are #CDBCC3 and #CDC6BC. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #CEBEBD for text?

Black text on #CEBEBD has a contrast ratio of 11.72:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.79:1.