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#CFBCB5

Greige · light warm orange

About #CFBCB5

With the hex code #CFBCB5, this is a light orange with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 81% red, 74% green and 71% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 9% magenta, 13% yellow and 19% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Greige — a ΔE of 7.4 — followed by Silver. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #B5C8CF, a silver shade.

In design, a light colour like this works best for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 11.51:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red207
Green188
Blue181

Closest named colours

Greige
#B8AFA3 · ΔE 7.4
Silver
#C0C0C0 · ΔE 8.2
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 10.3

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

Text on #CFBCB5

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on greige #CFBCB5.
1.82:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on greige #CFBCB5.
11.51:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CFBCB5 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CFBCB5
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C0BEB5
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C5C1B5
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D5B9BA

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CFBCB5?

With the hex code #CFBCB5, this is a light orange with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 81% red, 74% green and 71% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 9% magenta, 13% yellow and 19% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #CFBCB5?

Use black text. Black on #CFBCB5 has a contrast ratio of 11.51:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CFBCB5?

Its complementary colour is #B5C8CF, and analogous partners are #CFB5BB and #CFC9B5.