Palettes / Colors / #CED4BA

#CED4BA — Light Dusty Green

#CED4BA is a green color we call Light Dusty Green, closest to the named color Silver (#C0C0C0). It belongs to the green family.

#CED4BA is a warm-leaning green color associated with growth, calm and balance. It is light enough to work as a background or base color, with darker text on top.

Its strongest partner is its complement #C0BAD4; it also sits naturally between #D4CDBA and #C1D4BA. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 81% · Green 83% · Blue 73%

Cyan 3% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 12% · Key 17%

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

Previews

CSS code for #CED4BA

.text { color: #CED4BA; }
.background { background-color: #CED4BA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #CED4BA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(206, 212, 186); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(74, 23%, 78%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #CED4BA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(206, 212, 186, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #CED4BA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(206, 212, 186, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#CED4BA">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#CED4BA">Div content here</div>

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #C0BAD4:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #CED4BA: #000000.

How #CED4BA looks with color blindness

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

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:

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #CED4BA rather than the exact color:

Similar colors

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

Browse neighbouring colors

← #CED4B9  ·  #CED4BB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #CED4BA?

#CED4BA is Light Dusty Green, a green color (RGB 206, 212, 186). Its closest standard named color is Silver.

What is the RGB and HSL of #CED4BA?

#CED4BA is RGB 206, 212, 186 — HSL 74°, 23%, 78% — CMYK 3%, 0%, 12%, 17%.

What colors go with #CED4BA?

Its complement is #C0BAD4; analogous partners are #D4CDBA and #C1D4BA. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #CED4BA for text?

Black text on #CED4BA has a contrast ratio of 13.75:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.53:1.