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#CAAECA — Light Dusty Pink

#CAAECA is a pink color we call Light Dusty Pink, closest to the named color Silver (#C0C0C0). It belongs to the pink family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: silver (#C0C0C0) — not an exact match. CSS silver gives you #C0C0C0, a different color; use #CAAECA when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#CAAECA is a warm-leaning pink color associated with playfulness, romance and softness. It sits comfortably in the middle: usable for large areas in soft schemes, or as a supporting color beside something stronger.

Its strongest partner is its complement #AFCBAF; it also sits naturally between #BDAFCB and #CBAFBD. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#CAAECA · RGB 202, 174, 202

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Color values

HEX#CAAECA
RGB202, 174, 202
HSL300°, 21%, 74%
HSV300°, 14%, 79%
CMYK0%, 14%, 0%, 21%
XYZ50.15, 47.09, 62.32
Yxy47.09, 0.3143, 0.2951
CIE-Lab74.25, 15.04, -10.46
Hunter Lab68.62, 14.25, -9.91

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 79% · Green 68% · Blue 79%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 14% · Yellow 0% · Key 21%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #CAAECA on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #CAAECA on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #CAAECA

.text { color: #CAAECA; }
.background { background-color: #CAAECA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #CAAECA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(202, 174, 202); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(300, 21%, 74%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #CAAECA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(202, 174, 202, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #CAAECA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(202, 174, 202, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#CAAECA">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#CAAECA">Div content here</div>

Shades of #CAAECA

#BD99BD#AE84AE#A06EA0#8E5D8E#784F78#634063#4D324D#382438#221622#0C080C

Tints of #CAAECA

#CFB5CF#D3BBD3#D9C4D9#DDCBDD#E1D1E1#E5D7E5#E9DDE9#EFE6EF#F3ECF3#F7F3F7

Tones of #CAAECA

#C9B1C9#C7B3C7#C5B5C5#C3B7C3#C1B9C1#BFBBBF

Color harmonies

Complementary — #AFCBAF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.02:1 Fails
Against black text10.42:1 AAA

Best text color on #CAAECA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #CAAECA

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #CAAECA: ·

How #CAAECA looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #BEBEC3Deuteranopia · #C0C2C2Tritanopia · #C9BEBD

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Material Grey 500 · #9E9E9EBootstrap light · #F8F9FATailwind purple 500 · #A855F7

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #CAAECA rather than the exact color:

Palette F3e2d4
#F3E2D4 · #C5B0CD · #415E72 · #17313E
Palette Fffbf5
#FFFBF5 · #F7EFE5 · #C3ACD0 · #674188
Palette Fffbf5
#FFFBF5 · #F7EFE5 · #C3ACD0 · #7743DB
Palette F4f754
#F4F754 · #E9D484 · #CFADC1 · #4E61D3
Palette Fbefef
#FBEFEF · #FFE2E2 · #F5CBCB · #C5B3D3
Palette 17153b
#17153B · #2E236C · #433D8B · #C8ACD6

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#C5B0CD#C3ACD0#CFADC1#C5B3D3#C8ACD6#C7AED6#C9A3C3#C3AED6#C9BBCF#BDA6CE#D7ACD4#C5AAB9

Browse neighbouring colors

← #CAAEC9  ·  #CAAECB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #CAAECA?

#CAAECA is Light Dusty Pink, a pink color (RGB 202, 174, 202). Its closest standard named color is Silver.

What is the RGB and HSL of #CAAECA?

#CAAECA is RGB 202, 174, 202 — HSL 300°, 21%, 74% — CMYK 0%, 14%, 0%, 21%.

What colors go with #CAAECA?

Its complement is #AFCBAF; analogous partners are #BDAFCB and #CBAFBD. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #CAAECA for text?

Black text on #CAAECA has a contrast ratio of 10.42:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.02:1.