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#C9B8A8 · Putty
Click to copy#C9B8A8 is a medium, muted gray color, closest to Putty and near Putty and Mushroom. In OKLCH it has 79% lightness and 0.03 chroma at hue 66°. 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.
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#C9B8A8RGB
rgb(201, 184, 168)HSL
hsl(29, 23%, 72%)CMYK
0, 8, 16, 21CSS var
--puttyContrast
1.93:1 white · 10.91:1 blackSimilar named colors
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.
--putty: #C9B8A8;
$putty: #C9B8A8;
colors: { 'putty': '#C9B8A8' }