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#CFBFBC — Light Dusty Red

#CFBFBC is a red color we call Light Dusty Red, closest to the named color Silver (#C0C0C0). It belongs to the red family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: silver (#C0C0C0) — not an exact match. CSS silver gives you #C0C0C0, a different color; use #CFBFBC 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.

#CFBFBC is a warm red color associated with energy, passion and urgency. 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 #BACBCE; it also sits naturally between #CEBAC1 and #CEC7BA. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#CFBFBC · RGB 207, 191, 188

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Color values

HEX#CFBFBC
RGB207, 191, 188
HSL9°, 17%, 77%
HSV9°, 9%, 81%
CMYK0%, 8%, 9%, 19%
XYZ53.44, 54.16, 55.21
Yxy54.16, 0.3282, 0.3326
CIE-Lab78.55, 5.12, 3.54
Hunter Lab73.59, 4.84, 3.14

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 81% · Green 75% · Blue 74%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 8% · Yellow 9% · Key 19%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #CFBFBC

.text { color: #CFBFBC; }
.background { background-color: #CFBFBC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #CFBFBC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(207, 191, 188); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(9, 17%, 77%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #CFBFBC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(207, 191, 188, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #CFBFBC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(207, 191, 188, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #CFBFBC

#C0A9A5#AF938E#A07F79#8F6C66#7A5C57#624A46#4E3A37#392B28#211917#0C0908

Tints of #CFBFBC

#D3C3C0#D7C9C6#DBCECC#DFD4D2#E3DAD8#E6DDDB#EAE2E1#EEE8E7#F2EEED#F7F4F3

Tones of #CFBFBC

#CDBEBC#CBBFBD#CAC0BE#C8C1C0#C7C2C1#C6C4C3

Color harmonies

Complementary — #BACBCE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.77:1 Fails
Against black text11.83:1 AAA

Best text color on #CFBFBC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #CFBFBC

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 #CFBFBC: ·

How #CFBFBC looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #C8C8BDDeuteranopia · #C9CABDTritanopia · #CEBDBD

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 #CFBFBC rather than the exact color:

Palette 316b83
#316B83 · #6D8299 · #8CA1A5 · #D5BFBF
Palette 1b3c53
#1B3C53 · #234C6A · #456882 · #D2C1B6
Palette 1b3c53
#1B3C53 · #456882 · #D2C1B6 · #F9F3EF
Palette Cc9b6d
#CC9B6D · #F1CA89 · #F2DAC3 · #C8C2BC
Palette 81a6c6
#81A6C6 · #AACDDC · #F3E3D0 · #D2C4B4
Palette 5f7161
#5F7161 · #6D8B74 · #EFEAD8 · #D0C9C0

Similar colors

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

#D5BFBF#D2C1B6#C8C2BC#D2C4B4#D0C9C0#C5C1C1#D6C0B3#D8C4B6#CBBCB1#CDC9C3#D2C6B2#C5C7BC

Browse neighbouring colors

← #CFBFBB  ·  #CFBFBD →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #CFBFBC?

#CFBFBC is Light Dusty Red, a red color (RGB 207, 191, 188). Its closest standard named color is Silver.

What is the RGB and HSL of #CFBFBC?

#CFBFBC is RGB 207, 191, 188 — HSL 9°, 17%, 77% — CMYK 0%, 8%, 9%, 19%.

What colors go with #CFBFBC?

Its complement is #BACBCE; analogous partners are #CEBAC1 and #CEC7BA. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #CFBFBC for text?

Black text on #CFBFBC has a contrast ratio of 11.83:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.77:1.