ColorXprez

#CFBDB6

Greige · light neutral

About #CFBDB6

#CFBDB6 is a near-neutral, light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 74% green and 71% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 9% magenta, 12% yellow and 19% black. Being nearly neutral, it pairs easily with warm and cool tones alike.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Greige (ΔE 7.4); Silver comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #B6C8CF — a silver tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #CFBDB6 for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 11.61:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

Colour codes

HEX
RGB
HSL
HSV / HSB
CMYK
CIELAB
Decimal
CSS
Red207
Green189
Blue182

Closest named colours

Greige
#B8AFA3 · ΔE 7.4
Silver
#C0C0C0 · ΔE 7.8
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 10.0

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

Text on #CFBDB6

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on greige #CFBDB6.
1.81:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on greige #CFBDB6.
11.61:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CFBDB6 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CFBDB6
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C1BFB6
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C5C2B6
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D4BABB

Shades, tints & matching colours

Tints and shades

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Split complementary

Tetradic

Similar colours

Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CFBDB6?

#CFBDB6 is a near-neutral, light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 74% green and 71% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 9% magenta, 12% yellow and 19% black. Being nearly neutral, it pairs easily with warm and cool tones alike.

›What text colour should I use on #CFBDB6?

Use black text. Black on #CFBDB6 has a contrast ratio of 11.61:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CFBDB6?

Its complementary colour is #B6C8CF, and analogous partners are #CFB6BB and #CFCAB6.