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#C2BCAE

#c2bcae ≈ Silver

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#c2bcae is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 76.08% red, 73.73% green and 68.24% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 3.09% magenta, 10.31% yellow and 23.92% black. Its hue angle is 42°, with 14.08% saturation and 72.16% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with optimism, attention and joy. Designers typically use it for highlights and warnings, children's products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 11.1:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Silver (#c0c0c0), ΔE 6.74.

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Relative luminance0.5049

Complementary

  1. #c2bcae
  2. #aeb4c2

Split complementary

  1. #c2bcae
  2. #aebec2
  3. #b2aec2

Analogous

  1. #c2b2ae
  2. #c2bcae
  3. #bec2ae

Triadic

  1. #c2bcae
  2. #aec2bc
  3. #bcaec2

Tetradic

  1. #c2bcae
  2. #b4c2ae
  3. #aeb4c2
  4. #bcaec2

Square

  1. #c2bcae
  2. #aec2b2
  3. #aeb4c2
  4. #c2aebe

Monochromatic

  1. #7b725c
  2. #a19882
  3. #c2bcae
  4. #e3e0da
  5. #f6f5f3

Shades

#c2bcae mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c2bcae
  2. #afa99d
  3. #9b968b
  4. #88847a
  5. #747168
  6. #615e57
  7. #4e4b46
  8. #3a3834
  9. #272623
  10. #131311
  11. #000000

Tints

#c2bcae mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c2bcae
  2. #c8c3b6
  3. #cec9be
  4. #d4d0c6
  5. #dad7ce
  6. #e1ded7
  7. #e7e4df
  8. #edebe7
  9. #f3f2ef
  10. #f9f8f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c2bcae mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c2bcae
  2. #bbb6a9
  3. #b5b0a5
  4. #aeaaa0
  5. #a8a49c
  6. #a19e97
  7. #9a9892
  8. #94928e
  9. #8d8c89
  10. #878685
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.89:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.1:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bcbcbc ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bfbcb7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c0bbad ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c1bdae ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c6bab8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c1bcae ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c2bdae ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c4bbb4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c2bcae {
  color: #c2bcae;
}
Background
.bg-c2bcae {
  background-color: #c2bcae;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c2bcae {
  border: 2px solid #c2bcae;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c2bcae;
  --color-primary-rgb: 194 188 174;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 14% 72%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c2bcae {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c2bcae, #bec2ae);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c2bcae {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(194 188 174 / 0.35);
}

#c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 6.74 #e3dac9 Bone ΔE 7.57 #dbd7d2 Timberwolf ΔE 7.85 #b2beb5 Ash Gray ΔE 8.18 #a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 8.54 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 8.54 #d3d3d3 Light Gray ΔE 8.73 #3d4351 Inverted #bcbcbc Grayscale 

Silver
#c2bcae  rgb(194, 188, 174)  hsl(42, 14%, 72%)  Silver
#aeb4c2  rgb(174, 180, 194)  hsl(222, 14%, 72%)  Light Steel Blue
#aec2bc  rgb(174, 194, 188)  hsl(162, 14%, 72%)  Opal
#bcaec2  rgb(188, 174, 194)  hsl(282, 14%, 72%)  Pastel Purple