What color is #C1BCAC?

#C1BCAC is a light, grayish yellow known as Pelican. It belongs to the gray family of colors.

What is the RGB value of Pelican?

The RGB value is 193, 188, 172: 193 red, 188 green and 172 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of Pelican?

The complementary color is #ACB1C1, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #C1BCAC?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 11.06:1 and white text 1.9:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

Pelican color: hex code #C1BCAC

#C1BCAC rgb(193, 188, 172)

Shades of gray

Pelican has the hex code #C1BCAC. It is a light, grayish yellow.

In the RGB color model it is made of 75.7% red, 73.7% green and 67.5% blue (193, 188, 172).

Its hue angle is 46°, with 14% saturation and 72% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 0% cyan, 3% magenta, 11% yellow and 24% black.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 11.06:1).

Pelican (#C1BCAC) color codes

HEX	`#C1BCAC`
RGB	`rgb(193, 188, 172)`
RGB percent	`rgb(75.7%, 73.7%, 67.5%)`
HSL	`hsl(46, 14%, 72%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(46, 11%, 76%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 3%, 11%, 24%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(76.24, -1.03, 8.72)`
CIE LCH	`lch(76.24, 8.78, 96.75)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(47.421, 50.283, 46.229)`
Decimal	`12696748`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with Pelican, based on their position on the color wheel.

Complementary

The color opposite on the color wheel (180°). Strongest contrast.

Analogous

Neighbors 30° either side. Calm, natural combinations.

Split complementary

The two colors next to the complement (150° and 210°).

Triadic

Three colors evenly spaced, 120° apart.

Tetradic (square)

Four colors 90° apart.

Shades, tints and tones

Shades (darker, mixed with black)

Tints (lighter, mixed with white)

Tones (mixed with gray)

Contrast and accessibility

Text on #C1BCAC	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	11.06:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	1.9:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#C1BCAC as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	1.9:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	11.06:1	Pass	Pass	Pass

WCAG 2 asks for 4.5:1 for normal text (AA), 7:1 for AAA, and 3:1 for large text. Check other pairs.

Color blindness simulation

How #C1BCAC looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #c1bcac; }
.text { color: #c1bcac; }
.border { border: 2px solid #c1bcac; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(193 188 172 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #c1bcac, #bbc1ac); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Greige.

See #C1BCAC on its hex code page

Questions

What color is #C1BCAC?: #C1BCAC is a light, grayish yellow known as Pelican. It belongs to the gray family of colors.
What is the RGB value of Pelican?: The RGB value is 193, 188, 172: 193 red, 188 green and 172 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of Pelican?: The complementary color is #ACB1C1, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #C1BCAC?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 11.06:1 and white text 1.9:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.