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#C5BBAE

#c5bbae ≈ Silver

  • orange
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#c5bbae is a color from the orange family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 77.25% red, 73.33% green and 68.24% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 5.08% magenta, 11.68% yellow and 22.75% black. Its hue angle is 33.91°, with 16.55% 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 11.09:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Silver (#c0c0c0), ΔE 6.9.

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Web safe#cccc99
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Relative luminance0.5047

Complementary

  1. #c5bbae
  2. #aeb8c5

Split complementary

  1. #c5bbae
  2. #aec4c5
  3. #b0aec5

Analogous

  1. #c5b0ae
  2. #c5bbae
  3. #c4c5ae

Triadic

  1. #c5bbae
  2. #aec5bb
  3. #bbaec5

Tetradic

  1. #c5bbae
  2. #b8c5ae
  3. #aeb8c5
  4. #bbaec5

Square

  1. #c5bbae
  2. #aec5b0
  3. #aeb8c5
  4. #c5aec4

Monochromatic

  1. #7f6f5b
  2. #a59681
  3. #c5bbae
  4. #e5e0db
  5. #f6f5f3

Shades

#c5bbae mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c5bbae
  2. #b1a89d
  3. #9e968b
  4. #8a837a
  5. #767068
  6. #635e57
  7. #4f4b46
  8. #3b3834
  9. #272523
  10. #141311
  11. #000000

Tints

#c5bbae mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c5bbae
  2. #cbc2b6
  3. #d1c9be
  4. #d6cfc6
  5. #dcd6ce
  6. #e2ddd7
  7. #e8e4df
  8. #eeebe7
  9. #f3f1ef
  10. #f9f8f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c5bbae mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c5bbae
  2. #beb5a9
  3. #b7afa5
  4. #b0a9a0
  5. #a9a39c
  6. #a39e97
  7. #9c9892
  8. #95928e
  9. #8e8c89
  10. #878685
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.89:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.09:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bcbcbc ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c0bcb7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bfbbad ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c1bdae ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c9b8b7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c1bbae ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c3bcae ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c8b9b4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c5bbae {
  color: #c5bbae;
}
Background
.bg-c5bbae {
  background-color: #c5bbae;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c5bbae {
  border: 2px solid #c5bbae;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c5bbae;
  --color-primary-rgb: 197 187 174;
  --color-primary-hsl: 34 17% 73%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c5bbae {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c5bbae, #c4c5ae);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c5bbae {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(197 187 174 / 0.35);
}

#c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 6.90 #e3dac9 Bone ΔE 7.70 #dbd7d2 Timberwolf ΔE 7.82 #a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 8.67 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 8.67 #d3d3d3 Light Gray ΔE 8.87 #d3d3d3 Light Grey ΔE 8.87 #3a4451 Inverted #bcbcbc Grayscale 

Silver
#c5bbae  rgb(197, 187, 174)  hsl(34, 17%, 73%)  Silver
#aeb8c5  rgb(174, 184, 197)  hsl(214, 17%, 73%)  Light Steel Blue
#aec5bb  rgb(174, 197, 187)  hsl(154, 17%, 73%)  Opal
#bbaec5  rgb(187, 174, 197)  hsl(274, 17%, 73%)  Pastel Purple