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#C5BFBA

#c5bfba ≈ Silver

  • gray
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#c5bfba is a color from the gray family, with high lightness and almost no saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 77.25% red, 74.9% green and 72.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 3.05% magenta, 5.58% yellow and 22.75% black. Its hue angle is 27.27°, with 8.66% saturation and 75.1% 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 11.54:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Silver (#c0c0c0), ΔE 3.44.

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Relative luminance0.5268

Complementary

  1. #c5bfba
  2. #bac0c5

Split complementary

  1. #c5bfba
  2. #bac5c5
  3. #babbc5

Analogous

  1. #c5babb
  2. #c5bfba
  3. #c5c5ba

Triadic

  1. #c5bfba
  2. #bac5bf
  3. #bfbac5

Tetradic

  1. #c5bfba
  2. #c0c5ba
  3. #bac0c5
  4. #bfbac5

Square

  1. #c5bfba
  2. #bbc5ba
  3. #bac0c5
  4. #c5bac5

Monochromatic

  1. #7d7269
  2. #a29890
  3. #c5bfba
  4. #e8e6e4
  5. #f6f5f4

Shades

#c5bfba mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c5bfba
  2. #b1aca7
  3. #9e9995
  4. #8a8682
  5. #767370
  6. #63605d
  7. #4f4c4a
  8. #3b3938
  9. #272625
  10. #141313
  11. #000000

Tints

#c5bfba mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c5bfba
  2. #cbc5c1
  3. #d1ccc8
  4. #d6d2cf
  5. #dcd9d6
  6. #e2dfdd
  7. #e8e5e3
  8. #eeecea
  9. #f3f2f1
  10. #f9f9f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c5bfba mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c5bfba
  2. #beb9b4
  3. #b7b2ae
  4. #b0aca9
  5. #a9a6a3
  6. #a3a09d
  7. #9c9997
  8. #959391
  9. #8e8d8c
  10. #878686
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.82:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.54:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c0c0c0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c2c0be ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c1bfba ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c2c0ba ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c7bebe ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c3bfba ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c3c0ba ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c6bebc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c5bfba {
  color: #c5bfba;
}
Background
.bg-c5bfba {
  background-color: #c5bfba;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c5bfba {
  border: 2px solid #c5bfba;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c5bfba;
  --color-primary-rgb: 197 191 186;
  --color-primary-hsl: 27 9% 75%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c5bfba {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c5bfba, #c5c5ba);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c5bfba {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(197 191 186 / 0.35);
}

#c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 3.44 #d3d3d3 Light Gray ΔE 5.83 #d3d3d3 Light Grey ΔE 5.83 #dbd7d2 Timberwolf ΔE 5.85 #a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 7.16 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 7.16 #dcdcdc Gainsboro ΔE 7.60 #3a4045 Inverted #c0c0c0 Grayscale 

Silver
#c5bfba  rgb(197, 191, 186)  hsl(27, 9%, 75%)  Silver
#bac0c5  rgb(186, 192, 197)  hsl(207, 9%, 75%)  Silver
#bac5bf  rgb(186, 197, 191)  hsl(147, 9%, 75%)  Ash Gray
#bfbac5  rgb(191, 186, 197)  hsl(267, 9%, 75%)  Languid Lavender