#C9B8A8 · near Putty

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#C9B8A8 (RGB 201, 184, 168) is a medium, nearly neutral gray, closest to Putty and near Mushroom and Silver. Gray suggests neutrality and balance; it lets other colors lead, which makes #C9B8A8 a natural choice for text, borders and interface chrome. It appears in 1 ColorSwoop palette. In OKLCH it has 79% lightness and 0.03 chroma at hue 66°.

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HEX#C9B8A8
RGBrgb(201, 184, 168)
HSLhsl(29, 23%, 72%)
CMYK0, 8, 16, 21
CSS var--putty
Contrast1.93:1 white · 10.91:1 black

Similar named colors

Putty #CDBFA9Mushroom #BDB0A0Silver #C0C0C0Khaki #C3B091Ash #B2BEB5

How to use #C9B8A8

Black text passes WCAG AA on #C9B8A8 (10.91:1); white text does not (1.93:1).

For a calm scheme pair #C9B8A8 with its analogous neighbors #C8A7A8 and #C8C7A7; for contrast use its complement #A7B8C8 as a small accent, and anchor everything with a neutral such as #1F1F24.

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#C9B8A8 hex color card: near Putty, RGB 201, 184, 168
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Shades & tints

#282522#504A43#796E65#A19386#C9B8A8#D4C6B9#DFD4CB#E9E3DC#F4F1EE

Color harmonies for #C9B8A8

Complementary

#C9B8A8#A7B8C8

Analogous

#C9B8A8#C8A7A8#C8C7A7

Triadic

#C9B8A8#A7C8B7#B7A7C8

Split complementary

#C9B8A8#A7C8C7#A7A8C8

Tetradic

#C9B8A8#A8C8A7#A7B8C8#C7A7C8

Palettes with #C9B8A8