Cloud Color
Cloud is a gray color with hex code #C7C4BF. This page covers its meaning, all color values, harmonies, colors that go with cloud, shades, tints, similar colors, CSS examples, FAQs, and WCAG contrast ratios.
Cloud Color Values
What Does Cloud Mean?
Cloud belongs to the gray family of colors. Gray settles arguments between colors. Practical, quiet, and hard to date-stamp, it lets brighter hues carry the personality while providing structure. Warm grays cozy a room up; cool grays keep it businesslike. As a lighter shade, Cloud reads as airy and understated, comfortable working in backgrounds and across big surfaces.
In the ISCC-NBS color naming system, Cloud is classified as a gray (nearest centroid: light gray, #B9B8B5).
Color Harmonies
Complementary
Analogous
Triadic
Colors That Go With Cloud
Cloud and #BEC1C6 are complements, parked opposite each other on the wheel. Together they hit maximum contrast, so a rough 70/30 split keeps the pairing from shouting.
Analogous neighbors — #C6BFBE and #C5C6BE, which sit beside cloud on the wheel. Pairings like this feel calm and settled, which suits backgrounds and gradients.
For an energetic three-color palette, pair cloud with triadic partners #BEC6C3 and #C3BEC6. All three sit evenly spaced around the wheel, so the scheme stays lively without clashing.
Build and test these combinations in our Color Wheel Tool or check text readability with the Contrast Checker.
Tints and Shades
Tints (lighter)
Shades (darker)
Similar Colors
- Grey Nickel —
#C3C3BD(Delta E 1) - Mist Grey —
#C4C4BC(Delta E 2) - Cotton Seed —
#C2BDB6(Delta E 3) - Silver —
#C0C0C0(Delta E 3) - Kangaroo —
#C6C8BD(Delta E 4)
CSS Examples
.text { color: #C7C4BF; }
.background { background-color: #C7C4BF; }
.border { border: 2px solid #C7C4BF; }
.shadow { box-shadow: 0 4px 6px #C7C4BF40; }WCAG Contrast
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the hex code for cloud?
Cloud has the hex code #C7C4BF. In RGB notation it is rgb(199, 196, 191), in HSL it is hsl(38, 7%, 76%), and its OKLCH value is 0.821, 0.008, 80.7.
What does the color cloud mean?
Gray-family colors like cloud carry distinct psychological associations. Cloud belongs to the gray family of colors. Gray settles arguments between colors. Practical, quiet, and hard to date-stamp, it lets brighter hues carry the personality while providing structure. Warm grays cozy a room up; cool grays keep it businesslike. As a lighter shade, Cloud reads as airy and understated, comfortable working in backgrounds and across big surfaces.
What colors go with cloud?
Cloud has three easy routes: its complement #BEC1C6 for punch, its neighbors #C6BFBE and #C5C6BE for something calmer, or triadic partners #BEC6C3 and #C3BEC6 when you want energy.
Is cloud a standard web color?
No — Cloud is not a CSS keyword. Use its hex value #C7C4BF or any RGB/HSL equivalent in your stylesheets.
How do I make cloud lighter or darker?
To lighten cloud, add white to create tints; to darken it, add black to create shades. The tints and shades table above shows five computed steps of each, from #F6F5F4 (lightest tint) to #23221F (darkest shade).
About Cloud
Cloud is classified as a Gray in the ISCC-NBS color naming system, within the Gray hue family. It has The color is recognized by Resene.
Use our Color Converter to convert #C7C4BF to any other color format, or explore the Color Wheel to find harmonious color combinations.