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#CAAFCC — Light Dusty Pink

#CAAFCC 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 #CAAFCC 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.

#CAAFCC is a cool 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 #B0CBAE; it also sits naturally between #BBAECB and #CBAEBF. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#CAAFCC · RGB 202, 175, 204

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Color values

HEX#CAAFCC
RGB202, 175, 204
HSL296°, 22%, 74%
HSV296°, 14%, 80%
CMYK1%, 14%, 0%, 20%
XYZ50.59, 47.58, 63.64
Yxy47.58, 0.3126, 0.2940
CIE-Lab74.56, 14.87, -11.09
Hunter Lab68.98, 14.11, -10.57

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 79% · Green 69% · Blue 80%

Cyan 1% · Magenta 14% · Yellow 0% · Key 20%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #CAAFCC

.text { color: #CAAFCC; }
.background { background-color: #CAAFCC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #CAAFCC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(202, 175, 204); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(296, 22%, 74%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #CAAFCC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(202, 175, 204, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #CAAFCC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(202, 175, 204, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #CAAFCC

#BB98BD#AC83AF#9E6DA2#8C5B8F#764E79#614064#4C324E#372438#211622#0C080C

Tints of #CAAFCC

#CDB4CF#D2BBD3#D8C4D9#DCCADD#E0D0E1#E4D7E5#E8DDE9#EEE6EF#F3ECF3#F7F3F7

Tones of #CAAFCC

#C8B0C9#C6B2C7#C4B4C5#C2B7C3#C0B9C1#BEBBBF

Color harmonies

Complementary — #B0CBAE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.00:1 Fails
Against black text10.52:1 AAA

Best text color on #CAAFCC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #CAAFCC

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 #CAAFCC: ·

How #CAAFCC looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #BEBEC5Deuteranopia · #C0C2C3Tritanopia · #C9BFBE

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 #CAAFCC rather than the exact color:

Palette F3e2d4
#F3E2D4 · #C5B0CD · #415E72 · #17313E
Palette Fffbf5
#FFFBF5 · #F7EFE5 · #C3ACD0 · #674188
Palette Fffbf5
#FFFBF5 · #F7EFE5 · #C3ACD0 · #7743DB
Palette Fbefef
#FBEFEF · #FFE2E2 · #F5CBCB · #C5B3D3
Amber Ruby Marble
#C7AED6 · #A16EBE · #864FA6 · #6C3989
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#C5B3D3#C7AED6#C8ACD6#CFADC1#C3AED6#C9BBCF#C9A3C3#D7ACD4#BDA6CE#C5B8D9

Browse neighbouring colors

← #CAAFCB  ·  #CAAFCD →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #CAAFCC?

#CAAFCC is Light Dusty Pink, a pink color (RGB 202, 175, 204). Its closest standard named color is Silver.

What is the RGB and HSL of #CAAFCC?

#CAAFCC is RGB 202, 175, 204 — HSL 296°, 22%, 74% — CMYK 1%, 14%, 0%, 20%.

What colors go with #CAAFCC?

Its complement is #B0CBAE; analogous partners are #BBAECB and #CBAEBF. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #CAAFCC for text?

Black text on #CAAFCC has a contrast ratio of 10.52:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.00:1.