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#C4BCAF

#c4bcaf ≈ Silver

  • orange
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#c4bcaf is a color from the orange family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 76.86% red, 73.73% green and 68.63% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 4.08% magenta, 10.71% yellow and 23.14% black. Its hue angle is 37.14°, with 15.11% saturation and 72.75% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with enthusiasm, warmth and creativity. Designers typically use it for call-to-action buttons, food and restaurant brands and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 11.16:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Silver (#c0c0c0), ΔE 6.56.

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Relative luminance0.508

Complementary

  1. #c4bcaf
  2. #afb7c4

Split complementary

  1. #c4bcaf
  2. #afc2c4
  3. #b2afc4

Analogous

  1. #c4b2af
  2. #c4bcaf
  3. #c2c4af

Triadic

  1. #c4bcaf
  2. #afc4bc
  3. #bcafc4

Tetradic

  1. #c4bcaf
  2. #b7c4af
  3. #afb7c4
  4. #bcafc4

Square

  1. #c4bcaf
  2. #afc4b2
  3. #afb7c4
  4. #c4afc2

Monochromatic

  1. #7d715d
  2. #a49783
  3. #c4bcaf
  4. #e4e1db
  5. #f6f5f3

Shades

#c4bcaf mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c4bcaf
  2. #b0a99e
  3. #9d968c
  4. #89847b
  5. #767169
  6. #625e58
  7. #4e4b46
  8. #3b3835
  9. #272623
  10. #141312
  11. #000000

Tints

#c4bcaf mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c4bcaf
  2. #cac3b7
  3. #d0c9bf
  4. #d6d0c7
  5. #dcd7cf
  6. #e2ded7
  7. #e7e4df
  8. #edebe7
  9. #f3f2ef
  10. #f9f8f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c4bcaf mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c4bcaf
  2. #bdb6aa
  3. #b6b0a6
  4. #b0aaa1
  5. #a9a49c
  6. #a29e98
  7. #9b9893
  8. #94928e
  9. #8e8c89
  10. #878685
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.88:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.16:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bdbdbd ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c0bdb7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c0bcae ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c2beaf ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c8bab8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c1bcaf ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c3bdaf ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c6bbb5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c4bcaf {
  color: #c4bcaf;
}
Background
.bg-c4bcaf {
  background-color: #c4bcaf;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c4bcaf {
  border: 2px solid #c4bcaf;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c4bcaf;
  --color-primary-rgb: 196 188 175;
  --color-primary-hsl: 37 15% 73%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c4bcaf {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c4bcaf, #c2c4af);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c4bcaf {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(196 188 175 / 0.35);
}

#c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 6.56 #e3dac9 Bone ΔE 7.45 #dbd7d2 Timberwolf ΔE 7.55 #a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 8.50 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 8.50 #d3d3d3 Light Gray ΔE 8.52 #d3d3d3 Light Grey ΔE 8.52 #3b4350 Inverted #bdbdbd Grayscale 

Silver
#c4bcaf  rgb(196, 188, 175)  hsl(37, 15%, 73%)  Silver
#afb7c4  rgb(175, 183, 196)  hsl(217, 15%, 73%)  Light Steel Blue
#afc4bc  rgb(175, 196, 188)  hsl(157, 15%, 73%)  Opal
#bcafc4  rgb(188, 175, 196)  hsl(277, 15%, 73%)  Pastel Purple