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#CFBFB2 — Light Dusty Brown

#CFBFB2 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 #CFBFB2 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.

#CFBFB2 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 #B1C1CE; it also sits naturally between #CEB1B2 and #CECCB1. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#CFBFB2 · RGB 207, 191, 178

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Color values

HEX#CFBFB2
RGB207, 191, 178
HSL27°, 23%, 75%
HSV27°, 14%, 81%
CMYK0%, 8%, 14%, 19%
XYZ52.40, 53.74, 49.73
Yxy53.74, 0.3362, 0.3448
CIE-Lab78.31, 3.47, 8.58
Hunter Lab73.31, 3.26, 7.38

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 81% · Green 75% · Blue 70%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 8% · Yellow 14% · Key 19%

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

Previews

Sample text in #CFBFB2 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #CFBFB2 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #CFBFB2

.text { color: #CFBFB2; }
.background { background-color: #CFBFB2; }
.border { border: 3px solid #CFBFB2; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(207, 191, 178); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(27, 23%, 75%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #CFBFB2; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(207, 191, 178, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #CFBFB2; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(207, 191, 178, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#CFBFB2">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#CFBFB2">Div content here</div>

Shades of #CFBFB2

#C0AC9B#B29985#A5876F#93755C#7D644F#64503F#4E3E31#382D23#231B16#0D0A08

Tints of #CFBFB2

#D2C3B7#D6C8BD#DACDC3#DED3CA#E4DAD3#E7E0D9#EBE5E0#EFEAE6#F3EFEC#F7F5F2

Tones of #CFBFB2

#CCBEB3#C9BEB5#C8BEB7#C6BFB9#C4BFBB#C1BFBD

Color harmonies

Complementary — #B1C1CE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.79:1 Fails
Against black text11.75:1 AAA

Best text color on #CFBFB2: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #CFBFB2

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 #CFBFB2: ·

How #CFBFB2 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #C8C8B5Deuteranopia · #C9CAB6Tritanopia · #CEB8B8

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 Light Green 500 · #8BC34A

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #CFBFB2 rather than the exact color:

Palette 556052
#556052 · #AF6B58 · #CBBCB1 · #F2EFEA
Palette 1b3c53
#1B3C53 · #234C6A · #456882 · #D2C1B6
Palette 1b3c53
#1B3C53 · #456882 · #D2C1B6 · #F9F3EF
Palette C2ded1
#C2DED1 · #ECE5C7 · #CDC2AE · #354259
Palette C2dedc
#C2DEDC · #ECE5C7 · #CDC2AE · #116A7B
Palette 81a6c6
#81A6C6 · #AACDDC · #F3E3D0 · #D2C4B4

Similar colors

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

#CBBCB1#D2C1B6#CDC2AE#D2C4B4#CFC6B1#D6C0B3#D2C6B2#D4BDAC#D7C0AE#D8C4B6#D0BAA8#D9C4B0

Browse neighbouring colors

← #CFBFB1  ·  #CFBFB3 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #CFBFB2?

#CFBFB2 is Light Dusty Brown, a brown color (RGB 207, 191, 178). Its closest standard named color is Silver.

What is the RGB and HSL of #CFBFB2?

#CFBFB2 is RGB 207, 191, 178 — HSL 27°, 23%, 75% — CMYK 0%, 8%, 14%, 19%.

What colors go with #CFBFB2?

Its complement is #B1C1CE; analogous partners are #CEB1B2 and #CECCB1. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #CFBFB2 for text?

Black text on #CFBFB2 has a contrast ratio of 11.75:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.79:1.