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#CFB8BE

Silver · light warm pink

About #CFB8BE

#CFB8BE is a muted, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 72% green and 75% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 11% magenta, 8% yellow and 19% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Silver (ΔE 9.2); Thistle comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #B8CFC9 — a light gray tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #CFB8BE for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 11.25:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red207
Green184
Blue190

Closest named colours

Silver
#C0C0C0 · ΔE 9.2
Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 10.5
Greige
#B8AFA3 · ΔE 12.0

ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.

Text on #CFB8BE

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on silver #CFB8BE.
1.87:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on silver #CFB8BE.
11.25:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CFB8BE appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CFB8BE
Protanopia (no red cones)
#BBBBBE
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C0BFBE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D3B7BA

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CFB8BE?

#CFB8BE is a muted, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 72% green and 75% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 11% magenta, 8% yellow and 19% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #CFB8BE?

Use black text. Black on #CFB8BE has a contrast ratio of 11.25:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CFB8BE?

Its complementary colour is #B8CFC9, and analogous partners are #CFB8CA and #CFBDB8.