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#CFBEAC — Light Dusty Brown

#CFBEAC 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 #CFBEAC 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.

#CFBEAC 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 #ABBCCF; it also sits naturally between #CFABAB and #CECFAB. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#CFBEAC · RGB 207, 190, 172

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Color values

HEX#CFBEAC
RGB207, 190, 172
HSL31°, 27%, 74%
HSV31°, 17%, 81%
CMYK0%, 8%, 17%, 19%
XYZ51.59, 53.07, 46.55
Yxy53.07, 0.3412, 0.3510
CIE-Lab77.92, 3.05, 11.25
Hunter Lab72.85, 2.86, 9.49

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 81% · Green 75% · Blue 67%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 8% · Yellow 17% · Key 19%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #CFBEAC

.text { color: #CFBEAC; }
.background { background-color: #CFBEAC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #CFBEAC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(207, 190, 172); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(31, 27%, 74%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #CFBEAC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(207, 190, 172, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #CFBEAC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(207, 190, 172, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #CFBEAC

#C2AC94#B59A7D#A88867#957656#7E6449#68523C#51402F#3A2E22#241C14#0D0A07

Tints of #CFBEAC

#D2C2B1#D6C7B8#DCCFC1#DFD4C8#E3D9CE#E7DED5#EBE3DB#F0EBE5#F4F0EC#F8F5F2

Tones of #CFBEAC

#CCBDAD#C9BDB0#C7BDB3#C5BDB5#C2BDB7#BFBDBA

Color harmonies

Complementary — #ABBCCF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.81:1 Fails
Against black text11.61:1 AAA

Best text color on #CFBEAC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #CFBEAC

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 #CFBEAC: ·

How #CFBEAC looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #C8C7B0Deuteranopia · #C9CAB1Tritanopia · #CEB4B5

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 Lime 500 · #CDDC39

Palettes with a similar color

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

Palette C2ded1
#C2DED1 · #ECE5C7 · #CDC2AE · #354259
Palette C2dedc
#C2DEDC · #ECE5C7 · #CDC2AE · #116A7B
Palette 88c273
#88C273 · #FFF1DB · #D4BDAC · #536493
Palette Ef5a6f
#EF5A6F · #FFF1DB · #D4BDAC · #536493
Palette C4317b
#C4317B · #AC7C7C · #D0BAA8 · #EFE4E4
Palette Fdefef
#FDEFEF · #F4DFD0 · #DAD0C2 · #CDBBA7

Similar colors

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

#CDC2AE#D4BDAC#D0BAA8#CDBBA7#CBBCB1#D0B8A8#CDC2A5#D7C0AE#CFC6B1#D6C0B3#D2C4B4#D2C6B2

Browse neighbouring colors

← #CFBEAB  ·  #CFBEAD →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #CFBEAC?

#CFBEAC is Light Dusty Brown, a brown color (RGB 207, 190, 172). Its closest standard named color is Silver.

What is the RGB and HSL of #CFBEAC?

#CFBEAC is RGB 207, 190, 172 — HSL 31°, 27%, 74% — CMYK 0%, 8%, 17%, 19%.

What colors go with #CFBEAC?

Its complement is #ABBCCF; analogous partners are #CFABAB and #CECFAB. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #CFBEAC for text?

Black text on #CFBEAC has a contrast ratio of 11.61:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.81:1.