HEX atlas value

#CEC0C0

#CEC0C0 is a warm red HEX color nearest Silver. RGB 206, 192, 192, HSL 0° 13% 78%, luminance 0.5463; view contrast and conversions.

red warm muted

#CEC0C0 Sample readable text

HEX #CEC0C0

RGB rgb(206, 192, 192)

HSL hsl(0 13% 78%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 7, 7, 19)

Luminance 0.5463

Contrast Black 11.93:1White 1.76:1

CSS

--color-cec0c0: #CEC0C0;
.background-cec0c0 { background-color: #CEC0C0; }
.text-cec0c0 { color: #CEC0C0; }

HEX meaning and use

About #CEC0C0

#CEC0C0 is classified as a warm red value with muted visual character. #CEC0C0 is visually closest to Silver, a named gray color with HEX #C0C0C0.

The RGB channels are 206, 192, and 192, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 0deg with 13% saturation and 78% lightness, so this page treats it as a low-saturation, light atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and muted interface themes. Its luminance is 0.5463, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 14.00, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text11.93:1AA Pass

White text1.76:1AA Fail

AA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A, #36454F.

AAA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #CEC0C0 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000011.93:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF1.76:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

#F6F3F3#F6F3F3 · #000000 text · best 19.03:1 Limestone#D8D2C4 · #000000 text · best 13.94:1 Oat#D8CAB8 · #000000 text · best 13.06:1 #C0CECE#C0CECE · #000000 text · best 12.96:1 Mica#D8C7B0 · #000000 text · best 12.72:1

Generated Palette

#CEC0C0#CEC0C0

#C0CECE#C0CECE

#CEC0C7#CEC0C7

#CEC7C0#CEC7C0

#F6F3F3#F6F3F3

#A68C8C#A68C8C

Color Harmonies

#C0CECE#C0CECE

#CEC0C7#CEC0C7

#CEC7C0#CEC7C0

#C0CEC0#C0CEC0

#C0C0CE#C0C0CE

Variants

#F6F3F3#F6F3F3

#A68C8C#A68C8C

#DBB3B3#DBB3B3

#C7C7C7#C7C7C7

White#FFFFFF

#FFB8B8#FFB8B8

Nearest Named Colors

Silver#C0C0C0

Oat#D8CAB8

Mica#D8C7B0

Limestone#D8D2C4

Pumice#BAC0B4

Luminance0.5463

Black text11.93:1AA Pass

White text1.76:1AA Fail

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#CEC0C0","rgb":[206,192,192],"hsl":[0,13,78],"cmyk":[0,7,7,19],"luminance":0.5463,"contrast":{"black":11.93,"white":1.76}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"AAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":11.93,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":1.76,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#F6F3F3","hex":"#F6F3F3","family":"red","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":19.03,"contrastWhite":1.1,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Limestone","hex":"#D8D2C4","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":13.94,"contrastWhite":1.51,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Oat","hex":"#D8CAB8","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":13.06,"contrastWhite":1.61,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#C0CECE","hex":"#C0CECE","family":"cyan","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":12.96,"contrastWhite":1.62,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Mica","hex":"#D8C7B0","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":12.72,"contrastWhite":1.65,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm red","muted","muted red","Silver adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","muted interface themes","high-attention visual states"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/cec0c0.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/silver.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/oat.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/mica.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#C0CECE","analogous":["#CEC0C7","#CEC7C0"],"triadic":["#C0CEC0","#C0C0CE"],"tetradic":["#C7CEC0","#C0CECE","#C7C0CE"],"splitComplementary":["#C0CEC7","#C0C7CE"],"monochromatic":["#F6F3F3","#CEC0C0","#A68C8C"]}

Variants

{"light":"#F6F3F3","dark":"#A68C8C","saturated":"#DBB3B3","desaturated":"#C7C7C7","pastel":"#FFFFFF","neon":"#FFB8B8"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"silver","name":"Silver","hex":"#C0C0C0","distance":14},{"slug":"oat","name":"Oat","hex":"#D8CAB8","distance":16.24807680927192},{"slug":"mica","name":"Mica","hex":"#D8C7B0","distance":20.12461179749811},{"slug":"limestone","name":"Limestone","hex":"#D8D2C4","distance":20.97617696340303},{"slug":"pumice","name":"Pumice","hex":"#BAC0B4","distance":23.323807579381203}]

#CEC0C0

CSS

About #CEC0C0

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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