Information about #C5BEC3 color

#C5BEC3 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #C5BEC3 is classified in the Register under the Rose Color Family, with Desaturated and Very Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(197, 190, 195) — 77.3% red, 74.5% green, 76.5% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 3 / 1 / 23. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

A muted, almost neutral neutral grey, #C5BEC3 floats near the light end of the scale. Designers typically reach for tones like this for clean interfaces where content needs room to breathe. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Silver (#C0C0C0). Nearby in the Register you will also find French Grey (#BFBDC1) and Ghost (#C0BFC7).

The recipe behind #C5BEC3 is rgb(197, 190, 195), with red as the dominant ingredient. If you plan to put text on a #C5BEC3 background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 11.5:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while white manages only 1.8:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #C5BEC3 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#C5BEC3 color variations

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

#C5BEC3 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 #C5BEC3

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

Silver color link
Silver

#C0C0C0

French Grey color link
French Grey

#BFBDC1

Ghost color link
Ghost

#C0BFC7

Silver Sand color link
Silver Sand

#BFC1C2

Eighth Stack color link
Eighth Stack

#C0C1BF

Flotsam color link
Flotsam

#C8C4C0

I Do color link
I Do

#CCBCC6

Pale Slate color link
Pale Slate

#C3BEBB

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#C5BEC3
  • RGB197, 190, 195
  • CMYK0, 3, 1, 23
  • CSSrgb(197, 190, 195)
  • HSL317°, 6%, 76%
  • HSL Precise317.143°, 5.691%, 75.882%
  • HSV317°, 4%, 77%
  • HSB317°, 4%, 77%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.773
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.745
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.765
  • GLSLvec3(0.773, 0.745, 0.765)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.773, 0.745, 0.765, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.773, 0.745, 0.765)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB77.3%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB74.5%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB76.5%
  • Color FamilyRose
  • Saturation FamilyDesaturated
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX IDC5BEC3
  • DECIMAL ID12959427
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01