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#CEBEBF — Light Dusty Red

#CEBEBF 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 #CEBEBF 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.

#CEBEBF is a warm red color associated with energy, passion and urgency. It is light enough to work as a background or base color, with darker text on top.

Its strongest partner is its complement #BFCFCE; it also sits naturally between #CFBFC8 and #CFC6BF. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#CEBEBF · RGB 206, 190, 191

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Color values

HEX#CEBEBF
RGB206, 190, 191
HSL356°, 14%, 78%
HSV356°, 8%, 81%
CMYK0%, 8%, 7%, 19%
XYZ53.27, 53.71, 56.85
Yxy53.71, 0.3252, 0.3278
CIE-Lab78.29, 5.81, 1.53
Hunter Lab73.29, 5.50, 1.37

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 81% · Green 75% · Blue 75%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 8% · Yellow 7% · Key 19%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #CEBEBF

.text { color: #CEBEBF; }
.background { background-color: #CEBEBF; }
.border { border: 3px solid #CEBEBF; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(206, 190, 191); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(356, 14%, 78%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #CEBEBF; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(206, 190, 191, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #CEBEBF; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(206, 190, 191, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #CEBEBF

#BFABAC#AE9395#9F7F81#8C696C#775A5C#634B4C#4C393A#372A2B#201819#0C0909

Tints of #CEBEBF

#D3C5C6#D8CBCC#DACECE#DED3D4#E2D9DA#E7DFE0#EBE5E5#EDE8E8#F2EEEE#F6F3F4

Tones of #CEBEBF

#CEC0C1#CDC1C2#CBC2C3#CAC4C4#C9C5C5#C8C6C6

Color harmonies

Complementary — #BFCFCE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.79:1 Fails
Against black text11.74:1 AAA

Best text color on #CEBEBF: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #CEBEBF

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 #CEBEBF: ·

How #CEBEBF looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #C7C7BFDeuteranopia · #C8C9BFTritanopia · #CDBFBF

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 #CEBEBF rather than the exact color:

Palette 316b83
#316B83 · #6D8299 · #8CA1A5 · #D5BFBF
Palette Cc9b6d
#CC9B6D · #F1CA89 · #F2DAC3 · #C8C2BC
Palette 722f99
#722F99 · #C5C1C1 · #FEE7C8 · #FF9292
Palette 1b3c53
#1B3C53 · #234C6A · #456882 · #D2C1B6
Palette 1b3c53
#1B3C53 · #456882 · #D2C1B6 · #F9F3EF
Palette 5f7161
#5F7161 · #6D8B74 · #EFEAD8 · #D0C9C0

Similar colors

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

#D5BFBF#C8C2BC#C5C1C1#D2C1B6#D0C9C0#CDC9C3#D8B9C3#C8C6C6#C5C5C5#C5C7BC#D2C4B4#C5C6C7

Browse neighbouring colors

← #CEBEBE  ·  #CEBEC0 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #CEBEBF?

#CEBEBF is Light Dusty Red, a red color (RGB 206, 190, 191). Its closest standard named color is Silver.

What is the RGB and HSL of #CEBEBF?

#CEBEBF is RGB 206, 190, 191 — HSL 356°, 14%, 78% — CMYK 0%, 8%, 7%, 19%.

What colors go with #CEBEBF?

Its complement is #BFCFCE; analogous partners are #CFBFC8 and #CFC6BF. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #CEBEBF for text?

Black text on #CEBEBF has a contrast ratio of 11.74:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.79:1.