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#CFBEB8

Silver · light neutral

About #CFBEB8

#CFBEB8 is a near-neutral, light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 75% green and 72% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 8% magenta, 11% 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 Silver (ΔE 7.2); Greige comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #B8C9CF — a silver tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #CFBEB8 for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 11.71:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red207
Green190
Blue184

Closest named colours

Silver
#C0C0C0 · ΔE 7.2
Greige
#B8AFA3 · ΔE 7.7
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 9.6

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

Text on #CFBEB8

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on silver #CFBEB8.
1.79:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on silver #CFBEB8.
11.71:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CFBEB8 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CFBEB8
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C2BFB8
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C6C3B8
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D4BCBC

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CFBEB8?

#CFBEB8 is a near-neutral, light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 75% green and 72% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 8% magenta, 11% yellow and 19% black. Being nearly neutral, it pairs easily with warm and cool tones alike.

›What text colour should I use on #CFBEB8?

Use black text. Black on #CFBEB8 has a contrast ratio of 11.71:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CFBEB8?

Its complementary colour is #B8C9CF, and analogous partners are #CFB8BD and #CFCAB8.