Information about #C6BBC5 color

#C6BBC5 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#C6BBC5 falls into the Magenta Color Family — Desaturated, Very Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(198, 187, 197) — 77.6% red, 73.3% green, 77.3% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 4 / 0 / 22. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#C6BBC5 is a softly muted balanced grey tone that has a delicate, washed-out lightness. In practice it works well for airy backdrops, whitespace-heavy designs and gentle gradients. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from I Do (#CCBCC6). Slightly further away sit Ghost (#C0BFC7) and French Grey (#BFBDC1).

In RGB terms — rgb(198, 187, 197) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, black text reaches a 11.3:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 1.9:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #C6BBC5 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#C6BBC5 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#C6BBC5 color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #C6BBC5

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

I Do color link
I Do

#CCBCC6

Ghost color link
Ghost

#C0BFC7

French Grey color link
French Grey

#BFBDC1

Silver color link
Silver

#C0C0C0

Silver Sand color link
Silver Sand

#BFC1C2

Eighth Stack color link
Eighth Stack

#C0C1BF

Flotsam color link
Flotsam

#C8C4C0

Pale Slate color link
Pale Slate

#C3BEBB

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#C6BBC5
  • RGB198, 187, 197
  • CMYK0, 4, 0, 22
  • CSSrgb(198, 187, 197)
  • HSL305°, 9%, 75%
  • HSL Precise305.455°, 8.8%, 75.49%
  • HSV305°, 6%, 78%
  • HSB305°, 6%, 78%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.776
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.733
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.773
  • GLSLvec3(0.776, 0.733, 0.773)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.776, 0.733, 0.773, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.776, 0.733, 0.773)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB77.6%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB73.3%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB77.3%
  • Color FamilyMagenta
  • Saturation FamilyDesaturated
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX IDC6BBC5
  • DECIMAL ID13024197
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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