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#CFBFB4 — Light Dusty Brown

#CFBFB4 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 #CFBFB4 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.

#CFBFB4 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 #B4C4CF; it also sits naturally between #CFB4B7 and #CFCDB4. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#CFBFB4 · RGB 207, 191, 180

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Color values

HEX#CFBFB4
RGB207, 191, 180
HSL24°, 22%, 76%
HSV24°, 13%, 81%
CMYK0%, 8%, 13%, 19%
XYZ52.60, 53.82, 50.80
Yxy53.82, 0.3346, 0.3423
CIE-Lab78.36, 3.79, 7.57
Hunter Lab73.36, 3.57, 6.55

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 81% · Green 75% · Blue 71%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 8% · Yellow 13% · Key 19%

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

Previews

Sample text in #CFBFB4 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #CFBFB4 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #CFBFB4

.text { color: #CFBFB4; }
.background { background-color: #CFBFB4; }
.border { border: 3px solid #CFBFB4; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(207, 191, 180); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(24, 22%, 76%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #CFBFB4; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(207, 191, 180, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #CFBFB4; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(207, 191, 180, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#CFBFB4">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#CFBFB4">Div content here</div>

Shades of #CFBFB4

#C1AC9F#B39A89#A48570#92735D#7C6250#675042#513F34#382C24#221B16#0C0A08

Tints of #CFBFB4

#D3C4BB#D7CAC1#DBCFC7#DFD4CD#E3DAD3#E7DFDA#EBE4E0#EFEAE6#F3EFEC#F7F4F3

Tones of #CFBFB4

#CDBFB6#CCC0B8#CAC0BA#C7C1BC#C5C1BE#C4C1C0

Color harmonies

Complementary — #B4C4CF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.79:1 Fails
Against black text11.76:1 AAA

Best text color on #CFBFB4: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #CFBFB4

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 #CFBFB4: ·

How #CFBFB4 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #C8C8B7Deuteranopia · #C9CAB7Tritanopia · #CEB9B9

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 pink 500 · #EC4899

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #CFBFB4 rather than the exact color:

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

Similar colors

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

#D2C1B6#D2C4B4#CBBCB1#CDC2AE#D6C0B3#CFC6B1#D2C6B2#D4BDAC#D7C0AE#D8C4B6#C8C2BC#D9C4B0

Browse neighbouring colors

← #CFBFB3  ·  #CFBFB5 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #CFBFB4?

#CFBFB4 is Light Dusty Brown, a brown color (RGB 207, 191, 180). Its closest standard named color is Silver.

What is the RGB and HSL of #CFBFB4?

#CFBFB4 is RGB 207, 191, 180 — HSL 24°, 22%, 76% — CMYK 0%, 8%, 13%, 19%.

What colors go with #CFBFB4?

Its complement is #B4C4CF; analogous partners are #CFB4B7 and #CFCDB4. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #CFBFB4 for text?

Black text on #CFBFB4 has a contrast ratio of 11.76:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.79:1.