Color

#cbcbbd

#cbcbbd
hex#cbcbbd
rgbrgb(203, 203, 189)
hslhsl(60, 12%, 77%)
oklchoklch(0.838 0.019 106.8)
Closest name: Argento (#cecac3)Relative luminance 0.5908

Colors that go with #cbcbbd

Charcoal, Amber and Brown lead the list. Each partner is a real named colour with the reason it works — a wheel relationship, a neutral that carries it, or a pairing lifted from a palette or brand system that actually shipped — and every pair opens in the palette tool.

Real palettes that use #cbcbbd

Tints & shades

Every swatch is its own page — click any to analyze it.

Harmonies

Complementary

Open in tool →

#bdbdcb

#cbc4bd · #c4cbbd

#bdcbcb · #cbbdcb

Split-complementary

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#bdc4cb · #c4bdcb

#bdcbc4 · #bdbdcb · #cbbdc4

Contrast

#cbcbbd as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
1.64:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #78785e as the text (4.52:1)
  • AAA: use #595946 as the text (7.14:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #545454 (4.62:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #383838 (7.16:1)
Aaon black
12.82:1passpasspassPasses AAA — no fix needed.

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #cbcbbd as the background.

Brands using this color

No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.

Palettes built around it

Fonts for this mood

#cbcbbd reads as muted, light, minimal. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #cbcbbd
live endpoint

Point any MCP client at the shared colors endpoint and your agent gets the same engine as this page — direct_palette, edit_direction, check_palette, check_contrast — read-only, no key. Every direction it proposes comes with a /colors/d/… link: open it, lock what you like, paste the link back, and the agent edits rather than re-rolls.

endpointhttps://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
claude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt

analyze #cbcbbd and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/cbcbbd-bbbea2-4e94df-272d1f-f1ede9?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md