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#C3CBCA

#c3cbca ≈ Silver

  • gray
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#c3cbca is a color from the gray family, with high lightness and almost no saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 76.47% red, 79.61% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 3.94% cyan, 0% magenta, 0.49% yellow and 20.39% black. Its hue angle is 172.5°, with 7.14% saturation and 78.04% lightness in HSL. It is a neutral color, often associated with neutrality, balance and professionalism. Designers typically use it for body text and typography, corporate identities and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 12.72:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Silver (#c0c0c0), ΔE 4.63.

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Relative luminance0.5858

Complementary

  1. #c3cbca
  2. #cbc3c4

Split complementary

  1. #c3cbca
  2. #cbc3c8
  3. #cbc6c3

Analogous

  1. #c3cbc6
  2. #c3cbca
  3. #c3c8cb

Triadic

  1. #c3cbca
  2. #cac3cb
  3. #cbcac3

Tetradic

  1. #c3cbca
  2. #c3c4cb
  3. #cbc3c4
  4. #cbcac3

Square

  1. #c3cbca
  2. #c6c3cb
  3. #cbc3c4
  4. #c8cbc3

Monochromatic

  1. #728381
  2. #9aa7a6
  3. #c3cbca
  4. #ecefee
  5. #f4f6f5

Shades

#c3cbca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c3cbca
  2. #b0b7b6
  3. #9ca2a2
  4. #898e8d
  5. #757a79
  6. #626665
  7. #4e5151
  8. #3b3d3d
  9. #272928
  10. #141414
  11. #000000

Tints

#c3cbca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c3cbca
  2. #c9d0cf
  3. #cfd5d5
  4. #d5dbda
  5. #dbe0df
  6. #e1e5e5
  7. #e7eaea
  8. #edefef
  9. #f3f5f4
  10. #f9fafa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c3cbca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c3cbca
  2. #bcc4c3
  3. #b6bcbb
  4. #afb5b4
  5. #a8adac
  6. #a2a6a5
  7. #9b9e9e
  8. #949796
  9. #8d8f8f
  10. #878887
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.65:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.72:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c9c9c9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c7caca ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cacaca ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c8c9ca ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c1cbcb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c7caca ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c6caca ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c2cbca ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c3cbca {
  color: #c3cbca;
}
Background
.bg-c3cbca {
  background-color: #c3cbca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c3cbca {
  border: 2px solid #c3cbca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c3cbca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 195 203 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 173 7% 78%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c3cbca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c3cbca, #c3c8cb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c3cbca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(195 203 202 / 0.35);
}

#c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 4.63 #d3d3d3 Light Gray ΔE 4.64 #d3d3d3 Light Grey ΔE 4.64 #b2beb5 Ash Gray ΔE 5.83 #dcdcdc Gainsboro ΔE 5.97 #dbd7d2 Timberwolf ΔE 6.63 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 6.71 #3c3435 Inverted #c9c9c9 Grayscale 

Silver
#c3cbca  rgb(195, 203, 202)  hsl(173, 7%, 78%)  Silver
#cbc3c4  rgb(203, 195, 196)  hsl(353, 7%, 78%)  Silver
#cac3cb  rgb(202, 195, 203)  hsl(293, 7%, 78%)  Languid Lavender
#cbcac3  rgb(203, 202, 195)  hsl(53, 7%, 78%)  Timberwolf