#cdb5ae

Color #cdb5ae

A muted light red.

Closest named color Silver #c0c0c0 · ΔE 10.25 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-400 #aba09c · ΔE 8.3

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Conversions

HEX

#cdb5ae

RGB

rgb(205, 181, 174)

HSL

hsl(13.5, 23.7%, 74.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(13.5, 15.1%, 80.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 15.1%, 19.6%)

LAB

lab(75.5, 7.43, 6.71)

LCH

lch(75.5, 10.01, 42.09)

OKLCH

oklch(79.2%, 0.0295, 36.87)

HWB

hwb(13.5, 68.2%, 19.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aec6cd

Analogous

#cdaeb6

#cdb5ae

#cdc4ae

Triadic

#cdb5ae

#aecdb5

#b5aecd

Split-complementary

#cdb5ae

#aecdc4

#aeb6cd

Tetradic

#cdb5ae

#c6cdae

#aec6cd

#b5aecd

Square

#cdb5ae

#b6cdae

#aec6cd

#c4aecd

Shades

Color #cdb5ae mixed toward black.

#b59187

#9c6e60

#755248

#4e3730

#271b18

Tints

Color #cdb5ae mixed toward white.

#d5c1bb

#decec9

#e6dad6

#eee6e4

#f7f3f1

Tones

Color #cdb5ae mixed toward gray.

#cab6b1

#c8b8b3

#c5b9b6

#c3bbb8

#c0bcbb

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.94:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.82:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.82:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c3c3b0 · ΔE 14.8

Deuteranopia

#c4c6b0 · ΔE 16.5

Tritanopia

#ccb1b1 · ΔE 3.8

Achromatopsia

#bababa · ΔE 10.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #cdb5ae;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#cdb5ae]

Related colors

Dark Salmon #e9967a

Coral #ff7f50

Orange Red #ff4500

Light Salmon #ffa07a

Tomato #ff6347

Sienna #a0522d

Frequently asked questions

#cdb5ae (#cdb5ae) is rgb(205, 181, 174) in RGB.

No, #cdb5ae 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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