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#CAC2BE Color

#CAC2BE is rgb(202, 194, 190) in RGB, hsl(20, 10%, 77%) in HSL, and about cmyk(0%, 4%, 6%, 21%) in CMYK. It has no registered color name of its own — the closest is Pale Silver (#C9C0BB), indistinguishable to the eye at ΔE 0.96. Black text is the more readable choice on this background.

#CAC2BE
HEX#CAC2BE
RGBrgb(202, 194, 190)
HSLhsl(20, 10%, 77%)
HSVhsv(20, 6%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 4%, 6%, 21%)
OKLCHoklch(81.9% 0.011 48.6)
LABlab(79.00% 2.37 3.07)
LCHlch(79.00% 3.88 52.31)

What #CAC2BE Is Called

Most hex codes have no name: there are 16.7 million of them and a few thousand registered names. These are the named colors nearest to #CAC2BE, ordered by CIE76 distance in CIELAB. Anything under about ΔE 2 is a difference most people cannot see.

Browse the full index of named colors A-Z or every orange in the library.

#CAC2BE Channel Values

How #CAC2BE breaks down in each color model. Hue is measured in degrees around the color wheel; saturation, lightness, and the CMYK inks are percentages.

ModelChannelsNotes
RGBR 202 · G 194 · B 1908-bit channels as sent to the display
HSLH 20° · S 10% · L 77%Easiest model for building lighter and darker variants
HSVH 20° · S 6% · V 79%Matches the picker in most design tools
CMYKC 0% · M 4% · Y 6% · K 21%Approximate ink mix; confirm with an ICC profile before printing
Luminance1.75:1 vs white · 11.97:1 vs blackWCAG 2.2 relative-luminance contrast ratios

Text Contrast & Accessibility

WCAG 2.2 contrast ratios for text on a #CAC2BE background. AA requires 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for large text; AAA requires 7:1. Contrast is one check, not a full accessibility review.

Fails AAWhite text1.75:1AA normal AA large AAA normal
TextBlack text11.97:1AA normal AA large AAA normal

Need a specific ratio against another background? Open #CAC2BE in the contrast checker.

Colors That Go With #CAC2BE

Pairings derived from color-wheel relationships. The complementary color sits opposite #CAC2BE; analogous colors sit beside it; triadic and split-complementary sets spread evenly around the wheel. Select any swatch for its own breakdown.

Base
Complementary
Analogous
Analogous
Triadic
Triadic
Split comp.
Split comp.

Tints & Shades of #CAC2BE

Lighter tints and darker shades built by moving the lightness channel while holding hue and saturation, which is what you want for hover states, backgrounds, and text variants.

Tints

Shades

Want a full 50-950 ramp with semantic roles? Generate design tokens from #CAC2BE.

How #CAC2BE Looks with Color Vision Deficiency

Simulated with the Viénot, Brettel & Mollon LMS projection model. Anomalous types are rendered as partial versions of the matching dichromacy, which is an approximation rather than a per-person clinical model.

Typical#CAC2BE
Protanopia#C3C3BE
Protanomaly#C6C3BE
Deuteranopia#C5C5BE
Deuteranomaly#C7C4BE
Tritanopia#CAC2C2
Tritanomaly#CAC2C0
Achromatopsia#C3C3C3

Test a full palette in the color blindness simulator.

Using #CAC2BE in Code

Copy-ready declarations for the places this color usually ends up.

CSS custom property--color-cac2be: #CAC2BE;
CSS backgroundbackground-color: #CAC2BE;
Tailwind configcolors: { 'color-cac2be': '#CAC2BE' }
SwiftUIColor(red: 0.792, green: 0.761, blue: 0.745)
Android XML<color name="color_cac2be">#CAC2BE</color>
SVG fillfill="#CAC2BE"

More Orange Colors

#CAC2BE sits in the orange family. These are its neighbours across that family's full range, each with its own breakdown.

#CAC2BE Frequently Asked Questions

What color is #CAC2BE?

#CAC2BE is a light orange — rgb(202, 194, 190) in RGB and hsl(20, 10%, 77%) in HSL. It carries no registered color name of its own; the closest named color is Pale Silver (#C9C0BB), which is indistinguishable to the eye at a CIE76 distance of 0.96.

What is the RGB value of #CAC2BE?

#CAC2BE is rgb(202, 194, 190) — red 202, green 194, and blue 190 on the 0-255 scale.

What is the CMYK value of #CAC2BE?

#CAC2BE converts to approximately cmyk(0%, 4%, 6%, 21%). CMYK output is a mathematical approximation for planning; confirm production print colors with your printer and ICC profile.

Should text on #CAC2BE be black or white?

Black text is the more readable choice. #CAC2BE scores 1.75:1 against white and 11.97:1 against black, and WCAG 2.2 asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal body text.

Can I write #CAC2BE as a CSS color keyword?

No. #CAC2BE is not one of the CSS color keywords, so it has to be written as a hex, rgb() or hsl() value. The closest keyword is silver (#C0C0C0) at a CIE76 distance of 4.09, which is very hard to tell apart.

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