#cac3b9

Color #cac3b9

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light orange.

Closest named color Silver #c0c0c0 · ΔE 6.09 Nearest Tailwind class stone-300 #d6d3d1 · ΔE 5.5

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Conversions

HEX

#cac3b9

RGB

rgb(202, 195, 185)

HSL

hsl(35.3, 13.8%, 75.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(35.3, 8.4%, 79.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 8.4%, 20.8%)

LAB

lab(79.09, 0.69, 5.89)

LCH

lch(79.09, 5.93, 83.32)

OKLCH

oklch(82%, 0.0159, 76.92)

HWB

hwb(35.3, 72.5%, 20.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b9c0ca

Analogous

#cabbb9

#cac3b9

#c9cab9

Triadic

#cac3b9

#b9cac3

#c3b9ca

Split-complementary

#cac3b9

#b9c9ca

#bbb9ca

Tetradic

#cac3b9

#c0cab9

#b9c0ca

#c3b9ca

Square

#cac3b9

#b9cabb

#b9c0ca

#cab9c9

Shades

Color #cac3b9 mixed toward black.

#aea494

#928470

#6e6353

#494238

#25211c

Tints

Color #cac3b9 mixed toward white.

#d3cdc5

#dcd7d0

#e5e1dc

#edebe8

#f6f5f3

Tones

Color #cac3b9 mixed toward gray.

#c9c3ba

#c7c3bc

#c6c2bd

#c4c2bf

#c3c2c0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.75:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.02:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.02:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c7c7bb · ΔE 4

Deuteranopia

#c7c8bc · ΔE 4.5

Tritanopia

#cabdbe · ΔE 7.3

Achromatopsia

#c4c4c4 · ΔE 5.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #cac3b9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#cac3b9]

Related colors

Navajo White #ffdead

Blanched Almond #ffebcd

Antique White #faebd7

Tan #d2b48c

Burlywood #deb887

Papaya Whip #ffefd5

Frequently asked questions

#cac3b9 (#cac3b9) is rgb(202, 195, 185) in RGB.

No, #cac3b9 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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