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#C6C5C8

#c6c5c8 ≈ Silver

  • gray
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#c6c5c8 is a color from the gray family, with high lightness and almost no saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 77.65% red, 77.25% green and 78.43% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 1% cyan, 1.5% magenta, 0% yellow and 21.57% black. Its hue angle is 260°, with 2.65% saturation and 77.84% 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 12.22:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Silver (#c0c0c0), ΔE 2.31.

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Relative luminance0.5611

Complementary

  1. #c6c5c8
  2. #c7c8c5

Split complementary

  1. #c6c5c8
  2. #c8c7c5
  3. #c5c8c5

Analogous

  1. #c5c5c8
  2. #c6c5c8
  3. #c7c5c8

Triadic

  1. #c6c5c8
  2. #c8c6c5
  3. #c5c8c6

Tetradic

  1. #c6c5c8
  2. #c8c5c7
  3. #c7c8c5
  4. #c5c8c6

Square

  1. #c6c5c8
  2. #c8c5c5
  3. #c7c8c5
  4. #c5c8c7

Monochromatic

  1. #79777d
  2. #9f9ea3
  3. #c6c5c8
  4. #edeced
  5. #f5f5f5

Shades

#c6c5c8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c6c5c8
  2. #b2b1b4
  3. #9e9ea0
  4. #8b8a8c
  5. #777678
  6. #636364
  7. #4f4f50
  8. #3b3b3c
  9. #282728
  10. #141414
  11. #000000

Tints

#c6c5c8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c6c5c8
  2. #cccbce
  3. #d1d1d3
  4. #d7d6d9
  5. #dddcde
  6. #e3e2e4
  7. #e8e8e9
  8. #eeeeef
  9. #f4f3f4
  10. #f9f9fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c6c5c8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c6c5c8
  2. #bfbec1
  3. #b8b7ba
  4. #b1b0b2
  5. #aaa9ab
  6. #a3a3a4
  7. #9c9c9d
  8. #959596
  9. #8e8e8e
  10. #878787
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.72:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.22:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c5c5c5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c6c5c6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c5c5c8 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c5c5c8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c6c5c6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c5c5c8 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c5c5c8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c6c5c7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c6c5c8 {
  color: #c6c5c8;
}
Background
.bg-c6c5c8 {
  background-color: #c6c5c8;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c6c5c8 {
  border: 2px solid #c6c5c8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c6c5c8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 198 197 200;
  --color-primary-hsl: 260 3% 78%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c6c5c8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c6c5c8, #c7c5c8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c6c5c8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(198 197 200 / 0.35);
}

#c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 2.31 #d3d3d3 Light Gray ΔE 3.78 #d3d3d3 Light Grey ΔE 3.78 #dcdcdc Gainsboro ΔE 5.69 #dbd7d2 Timberwolf ΔE 6.04 #e5e4e2 Platinum ΔE 7.69 #a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 7.89 #393a37 Inverted #c5c5c5 Grayscale 

Silver
#c6c5c8  rgb(198, 197, 200)  hsl(260, 3%, 78%)  Silver
#c7c8c5  rgb(199, 200, 197)  hsl(80, 3%, 78%)  Silver
#c8c6c5  rgb(200, 198, 197)  hsl(20, 3%, 78%)  Silver
#c5c8c6  rgb(197, 200, 198)  hsl(140, 3%, 78%)  Silver