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#DBBDB2 — Light Muted Brown

#DBBDB2 is a brown color we call Light Muted 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 #DBBDB2 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.

#DBBDB2 is a warm brown color associated with earthiness, stability and comfort. It is light enough to work as a background or base color, with darker text on top.

Its strongest partner is its complement #B3D0DB; it also sits naturally between #DBB3BC and #DBD2B3. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#DBBDB2 · RGB 219, 189, 178

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Color values

HEX#DBBDB2
RGB219, 189, 178
HSL16°, 36%, 78%
HSV16°, 19%, 86%
CMYK0%, 14%, 19%, 14%
XYZ55.45, 54.67, 49.75
Yxy54.67, 0.3468, 0.3420
CIE-Lab78.85, 8.94, 9.49
Hunter Lab73.94, 8.55, 8.14

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 86% · Green 74% · Blue 70%

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

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

Previews

Sample text in #DBBDB2 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #DBBDB2 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #DBBDB2

.text { color: #DBBDB2; }
.background { background-color: #DBBDB2; }
.border { border: 3px solid #DBBDB2; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(219, 189, 178); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(16, 36%, 78%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #DBBDB2; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(219, 189, 178, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #DBBDB2; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(219, 189, 178, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#DBBDB2">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#DBBDB2">Div content here</div>

Shades of #DBBDB2

#D0A99A#C3917F#B77C66#A6664E#8E5743#764837#5A372A#42281F#261712#0E0807

Tints of #DBBDB2

#DEC3BA#E2C9C1#E3CCC4#E7D2CB#EAD8D2#EDDED9#F0E4E0#F2E7E3#F5EDEA#F8F3F1

Tones of #DBBDB2

#D8BFB6#D5C0B8#D3C1BB#CFC3BE#CDC4C1#CAC6C4

Color harmonies

Complementary — #B3D0DB:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.76:1 Fails
Against black text11.93:1 AAA

Best text color on #DBBDB2: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #DBBDB2

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 #DBBDB2: ·

How #DBBDB2 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #CECEB5Deuteranopia · #D0D2B5Tritanopia · #D9B7B7

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 #DBBDB2 rather than the exact color:

Palette E4e0e1
#E4E0E1 · #D6C0B3 · #AB886D · #493628
Lucky Ruby Voyage
#8F323A · #6AC860 · #4954C0 · #DBB9B7
Palette B7c4cf
#B7C4CF · #EEE3CB · #D7C0AE · #967E76
Palette 9babb8
#9BABB8 · #EEE3CB · #D7C0AE · #967E76
Palette Ffbe98
#FFBE98 · #FEECE2 · #F7DED0 · #E2BFB3
Palette Bbdce5
#BBDCE5 · #ECEEDF · #D9C4B0 · #CFAB8D

Similar colors

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

#D6C0B3#DBB9B7#D7C0AE#E2BFB3#D9C4B0#DCC5B2#DBB5B5#D8C4B6#E2BCB7#D4BDAC#DEC2BA#DCC3AA

Browse neighbouring colors

← #DBBDB1  ·  #DBBDB3 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #DBBDB2?

#DBBDB2 is Light Muted Brown, a brown color (RGB 219, 189, 178). Its closest standard named color is Silver.

What is the RGB and HSL of #DBBDB2?

#DBBDB2 is RGB 219, 189, 178 — HSL 16°, 36%, 78% — CMYK 0%, 14%, 19%, 14%.

What colors go with #DBBDB2?

Its complement is #B3D0DB; analogous partners are #DBB3BC and #DBD2B3. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #DBBDB2 for text?

Black text on #DBBDB2 has a contrast ratio of 11.93:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.76:1.