Palettes / Colors / #CABABA

#CABABA — Light Dusty Red

#CABABA is a red color we call Light Dusty Red, closest to the named color Silver (#C0C0C0). It belongs to the red family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: silver (#C0C0C0) — not an exact match. CSS silver gives you #C0C0C0, a different color; use #CABABA 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.

#CABABA is a warm red color associated with energy, passion and urgency. 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 #BACACA; it also sits naturally between #CABAC2 and #CAC2BA. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 79% · Green 73% · Blue 73%

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

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

Previews

CSS code for #CABABA

.text { color: #CABABA; }
.background { background-color: #CABABA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #CABABA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(202, 186, 186); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(0, 13%, 76%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #CABABA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(202, 186, 186, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #CABABA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(202, 186, 186, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #CABABA

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #BACACA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #CABABA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #CABABA

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:

How #CABABA looks with color blindness

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

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:

Palettes with a similar color

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

Similar colors

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

Browse neighbouring colors

← #CABAB9  ·  #CABABB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #CABABA?

#CABABA is Light Dusty Red, a red color (RGB 202, 186, 186). Its closest standard named color is Silver.

What is the RGB and HSL of #CABABA?

#CABABA is RGB 202, 186, 186 — HSL 0°, 13%, 76% — CMYK 0%, 8%, 8%, 21%.

What colors go with #CABABA?

Its complement is #BACACA; analogous partners are #CABAC2 and #CAC2BA. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #CABABA for text?

Black text on #CABABA has a contrast ratio of 11.24:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.87:1.