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#CAAFBA — Light Dusty Pink

#CAAFBA 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 #CAAFBA 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.

#CAAFBA 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 #AFCABF; it also sits naturally between #CAAFC7 and #CAB2AF. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#CAAFBA · RGB 202, 175, 186

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Color values

HEX#CAAFBA
RGB202, 175, 186
HSL336°, 20%, 74%
HSV336°, 13%, 79%
CMYK0%, 13%, 8%, 21%
XYZ48.55, 46.76, 52.92
Yxy46.76, 0.3275, 0.3155
CIE-Lab74.04, 11.60, -2.01
Hunter Lab68.38, 10.88, -1.81

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 79% · Green 69% · Blue 73%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 13% · Yellow 8% · Key 21%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #CAAFBA

.text { color: #CAAFBA; }
.background { background-color: #CAAFBA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #CAAFBA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(202, 175, 186); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(336, 20%, 74%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #CAAFBA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(202, 175, 186, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #CAAFBA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(202, 175, 186, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #CAAFBA

#BC9AA7#AD8595#9F6F82#8D5E71#77505F#62414E#4D333D#37252C#22161B#0C080A

Tints of #CAAFBA

#CEB6BF#D2BCC5#D8C5CD#DCCBD2#E0D1D7#E4D7DD#E9DDE2#EFE7EA#F3EDEF#F7F3F4

Tones of #CAAFBA

#C8B1BA#C6B3BB#C4B5BB#C3B7BC#C1B9BC#BFBBBC

Color harmonies

Complementary — #AFCABF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.03:1 Fails
Against black text10.35:1 AAA

Best text color on #CAAFBA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #CAAFBA

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 #CAAFBA: ·

How #CAAFBA looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #BEBEB7Deuteranopia · #C0C2B7Tritanopia · #C9B5B5

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 pink 500 · #EC4899

Palettes with a similar color

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

Royal Cinder
#7280BB · #624A71 · #C5AAB9 · #876358
Palette F4f754
#F4F754 · #E9D484 · #CFADC1 · #4E61D3
Cosmic Ruby Mirage
#C6A6BA · #A87B50 · #94AB85 · #7BB5A3
Palette 867070
#867070 · #D5B4B4 · #E4D0D0 · #F5EBEB
Radiant Cinder
#50797C · #6C64B1 · #C9A3C3 · #A15C4B
Palette 556052
#556052 · #AF6B58 · #CBBCB1 · #F2EFEA

Similar colors

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

#C5AAB9#CFADC1#C6A6BA#D5B4B4#C9A3C3#CBBCB1#C8AAAA#C1A1BE#DBAEBD#D9A6B5#DBB5B5#C8C2BC

Browse neighbouring colors

← #CAAFB9  ·  #CAAFBB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #CAAFBA?

#CAAFBA is Light Dusty Pink, a pink color (RGB 202, 175, 186). Its closest standard named color is Silver.

What is the RGB and HSL of #CAAFBA?

#CAAFBA is RGB 202, 175, 186 — HSL 336°, 20%, 74% — CMYK 0%, 13%, 8%, 21%.

What colors go with #CAAFBA?

Its complement is #AFCABF; analogous partners are #CAAFC7 and #CAB2AF. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #CAAFBA for text?

Black text on #CAAFBA has a contrast ratio of 10.35:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.03:1.