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#CFBFAF — Light Dusty Brown

#CFBFAF 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 #CFBFAF 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.

#CFBFAF 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 #AFBFCF; it also sits naturally between #CFAFAF and #CFCFAF. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#CFBFAF · RGB 207, 191, 175

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Color values

HEX#CFBFAF
RGB207, 191, 175
HSL30°, 25%, 75%
HSV30°, 15%, 81%
CMYK0%, 8%, 15%, 19%
XYZ52.10, 53.62, 48.16
Yxy53.62, 0.3386, 0.3485
CIE-Lab78.24, 2.99, 10.10
Hunter Lab73.23, 2.81, 8.60

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 81% · Green 75% · Blue 69%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 8% · Yellow 15% · Key 19%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #CFBFAF

.text { color: #CFBFAF; }
.background { background-color: #CFBFAF; }
.border { border: 3px solid #CFBFAF; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(207, 191, 175); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(30, 25%, 75%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #CFBFAF; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(207, 191, 175, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #CFBFAF; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(207, 191, 175, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #CFBFAF

#C2AD99#B49C83#A78A6C#96785A#80664D#66523D#504030#392E22#231C15#0D0A08

Tints of #CFBFAF

#D3C4B6#D7C9BC#DBCFC2#DED4C9#E4DBD2#E8E0D9#ECE6DF#F0EBE6#F4F0EC#F7F5F2

Tones of #CFBFAF

#CDBFB2#CBBFB4#C8BFB6#C6BFB8#C4BFBB#C2BFBD

Color harmonies

Complementary — #AFBFCF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

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

Best text color on #CFBFAF: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #CFBFAF

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 #CFBFAF: ·

How #CFBFAF looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #C8C8B3Deuteranopia · #C9CAB4Tritanopia · #CEB6B7

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 #CFBFAF rather than the exact color:

Palette C2ded1
#C2DED1 · #ECE5C7 · #CDC2AE · #354259
Palette C2dedc
#C2DEDC · #ECE5C7 · #CDC2AE · #116A7B
Palette 556052
#556052 · #AF6B58 · #CBBCB1 · #F2EFEA
Palette 88c273
#88C273 · #FFF1DB · #D4BDAC · #536493
Palette Ef5a6f
#EF5A6F · #FFF1DB · #D4BDAC · #536493
Ruby Mirage
#EBE2CC · #DED6C1 · #CFC6B1 · #B7B09E

Similar colors

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

#CDC2AE#CBBCB1#D4BDAC#CFC6B1#D2C4B4#D2C1B6#D7C0AE#D6C0B3#D2C6B2#D0BAA8#CDBBA7#D0B8A8

Browse neighbouring colors

← #CFBFAE  ·  #CFBFB0 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #CFBFAF?

#CFBFAF is Light Dusty Brown, a brown color (RGB 207, 191, 175). Its closest standard named color is Silver.

What is the RGB and HSL of #CFBFAF?

#CFBFAF is RGB 207, 191, 175 — HSL 30°, 25%, 75% — CMYK 0%, 8%, 15%, 19%.

What colors go with #CFBFAF?

Its complement is #AFBFCF; analogous partners are #CFAFAF and #CFCFAF. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #CFBFAF for text?

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