#C5B6B6

A light, muted red closely aligning with Silver.

About #C5B6B6

When working with digital screens, the color #C5B6B6 is rendered by mixing light. If you're using CSS, you might find it aligns closely with Silver. To achieve this exact tint on a monitor, you would use an RGB mix of 197, 182, and 182.

When sending designs containing this color to a printer, the CMYK values come into play. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 0% cyan and 8% magenta inks. With a hue angle of 0.0 degrees, it sits comfortably in the red spectrum.

Ensuring your text is legible against this background is a key part of web design. Because it is a light color, it is generally recommended to use #000000 text. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#C5B6B6
RGB197, 182, 182
HSL0.0°, 11.5%, 74.3%
CMYK0%, 8%, 8%, 23%
HSV0.0°, 7.6%, 77.3%
LAB75.3, 5.3, 1.9
XYZ48.2, 48.7, 51.1
Decimal12957366

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

1.96:1
Text on #FFFFFF
FAIL
10.74:1
Text on #000000
AAA
1.87:1
Text on #F8FAFC
FAIL
9.13:1
Text on #0F172A
AAA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #C5B6B6; }
.text-color { color: #C5B6B6; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #C5B6B6; }

Similar Colors

Silver
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