Photo in the color Lavender gray
Pictured: Lavender gray, the closest color we have a photo of (#C4C3D0)
rgb(199, 204, 206)
#C7CCCE

Where There Is Smoke #C7CCCE RGB Color Code

Name from the community color list.

Where There Is Smoke (#C7CCCE) is a light neutral gray. In RGB it is made of 78% red, 80% green and 81% blue (R 199, G 204, B 206). The blue channel is the strongest. In HSL it has a hue of 197Β°, 7% saturation and 79% lightness. Its relative luminance is 0.598, so black text is easier to read on top of it. For print, a rough CMYK match is 3% cyan, 1% magenta, 0% yellow and 19% black. Check it against your printer's ICC profile before you print. It is a neutral color. It goes well with warm oranges and reds for contrast. For a calm, matching look, use nearby cool tones.

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Where There Is Smoke color codes

#C7CCCE in every common color format. Click a value to copy it.

FormatValueNotesCopy
HEX #C7CCCE Valid CSS
RGB rgb(199, 204, 206) Valid CSS
HSL hsl(197, 7%, 79%) Valid CSS
HSV / HSB hsv(197, 3%, 81%) Not a CSS format
HWB hwb(197 78% 19%) Valid CSS
CMYK cmyk(3%, 1%, 0%, 19%) Approximate (no ICC profile)
OKLCH oklch(84.19% 0.0062 223.47) Valid CSS
OKLab oklab(84.19% -0.0045 -0.0043) Valid CSS
CIELAB lab(81.69% -1.49 -1.63) D50, as in CSS
CIELCH lch(81.69% 2.21 227.45) Valid CSS
Display P3 color(display-p3 0.7839 0.7994 0.8068) Valid CSS
XYZ (D65) color(xyz-d65 0.5628 0.5978 0.6697) Valid CSS
Decimal 13094094 Integer (0xRRGGBB)

CMYK here is a rough screen match without an ICC profile. See CMYK and print. Relative luminance: 0.5978. Nearest web-safe color: #CCCCCC.

Mix Where There Is Smoke with other colors

See what #C7CCCE makes with red paint, under a green light, printed with cyan ink and in a digital blend with blue. Click a picture to change the colors and amounts in the color mixer.

Use Where There Is Smoke in your code

Ready to paste into CSS, Sass, Tailwind, iOS, Android and Flutter. Click the icon to copy a line.

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CSS variable--where-there-is-smoke: #C7CCCE;
Sass variable$where-there-is-smoke: #C7CCCE;
Tailwind CSS v4@theme { --color-where-there-is-smoke: #C7CCCE; }
Tailwind CSS v3 configcolors: { 'where-there-is-smoke': '#C7CCCE' }
SwiftUIColor(red: 0.78, green: 0.8, blue: 0.808)
UIKitUIColor(red: 0.78, green: 0.8, blue: 0.808, alpha: 1)
Android XML<color name="where_there_is_smoke">#FFC7CCCE</color>
Flutter and Jetpack ComposeColor(0xFFC7CCCE)

Accessibility and contrast

Black text works best on #C7CCCE (12.96:1, AAA). Here is how #C7CCCE does as a text color:

Large heading text
Body text at 16px. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
1.62:1 on white
APCA Lc 28
Fails AATry #737779
Large heading text
Body text at 16px. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
12.96:1 on black
APCA Lc -75
AAA

Check this color against any background in the contrast checker. WCAG ratios and APCA Lc values measure different things, so one can't stand in for the other. Learn more.

How people with color blindness see Where There Is Smoke

#C7CCCE next to its complement and its two triadic colors, as seen with each type of color blindness.

  • Normal visionhow most people see it
  • Protanopiano red cones, about 1% of men
  • Deuteranopiano green cones, the most common type
  • Tritanopiano blue cones, very rare
  • Achromatopsiano color at all, very rare

#C7CCCE has almost no hue, so it looks much the same with every type of color blindness. Only its lightness counts. Try your own colors in the color blindness simulator.

Where There Is Smoke in a user interface

A sample app screen with #C7CCCE as the main color, on a light and a dark theme.

Light theme

Dark theme

Buttons and bars use #C7CCCE as it is. On the light theme, #C7CCCE is too hard to read as text (1.62:1), so links, the badge and outline text use #737779 there (4.52:1). Build a full color scheme around it in the UI color preview.

Color harmonies for Where There Is Smoke

These schemes turn the hue of #C7CCCE around the color wheel. Each swatch links to its own page.

Complementary

Two colors on opposite sides of the wheel. This gives the most contrast.

Open palette

Analogous

Hues that sit next to each other and look good together.

Open palette

Triadic

Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel. Bold, but still balanced.

Open palette

Split complementary

A base color plus the two hues on each side of its opposite. Strong contrast that clashes less.

Open palette

Tetradic (rectangle)

Two pairs of opposite colors. Let one color lead and use the others less.

Open palette

Square

Four hues 90Β° apart, spread evenly around the wheel.

Open palette

Monochromatic

One hue at different levels of lightness and saturation.

Open palette

Gradients with Where There Is Smoke

Four CSS gradients made from #C7CCCE. Copy the code, or open one in the gradient generator to change it.

Soft tint

From a pale tint to the full color.

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #F4F5F5, #C7CCCE);

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Deep shade

The color fading into a dark shade.

background: linear-gradient(180deg, #C7CCCE, #363738);

Edit in the gradient generator

Analogous

Its two neighbors on the color wheel.

background: linear-gradient(135deg, #C7CECD, #C7CCCE, #C7C9CE);

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Triadic

A bold blend with a triadic color, through a clean middle.

background: linear-gradient(135deg, #C7CCCE, #CBCACD, #CEC7CC);

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Shades, tints and tones of Where There Is Smoke

Shades are darker, tints are lighter and tones are grayer. We make them in OKLCH so the steps look even. Hover a step to see its code, or click it to open it.

Design system scale (50 to 950)

Where There Is Smoke sits at step 300. Export the full scale as CSS variables or Tailwind tokens from the picker.

  1. 50
    F5F7F8
  2. 100
    EBEDEE
  3. 200
    D8DBDC
  4. 300
    C7CCCE
  5. 400
    9FA4A6
  6. 500
    828789
  7. 600
    686D6E
  8. 700
    525658
  9. 800
    404344
  10. 900
    2E3132
  11. 950
    1C1D1E

Closest RAL, Tailwind and CSS colors

The nearest match to #C7CCCE in three color systems that designers and builders use.

Ξ”E is the distance in OKLab: under 2 is hard to see, over 10 is a clearly different color. Browse all RAL colors, the Tailwind palette or the 148 CSS color names. RAL values on screens are only a guide, so check a real color chart before you order paint.

The named colors that look closest to this one (Ξ”E in OKLab). Browse all shades of gray or search the color library.