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#CBAECC — Light Dusty Pink

#CBAECC 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 #CBAECC 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.

#CBAECC 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 #AECCAD; it also sits naturally between #BCADCC and #CCADBE. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#CBAECC · RGB 203, 174, 204

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Color values

HEX#CBAECC
RGB203, 174, 204
HSL298°, 23%, 74%
HSV298°, 15%, 80%
CMYK0%, 15%, 0%, 20%
XYZ50.66, 47.33, 63.59
Yxy47.33, 0.3135, 0.2929
CIE-Lab74.40, 15.75, -11.32
Hunter Lab68.80, 14.97, -10.79

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 80% · Green 68% · Blue 80%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 15% · Yellow 0% · Key 20%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #CBAECC

.text { color: #CBAECC; }
.background { background-color: #CBAECC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #CBAECC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(203, 174, 204); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(298, 23%, 74%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #CBAECC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(203, 174, 204, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #CBAECC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(203, 174, 204, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #CBAECC

#BD97BE#AF82B0#A16CA3#8E5A90#794D7A#633F64#4D314E#382338#221623#0C080D

Tints of #CBAECC

#CFB4D0#D3BAD4#D9C3DA#DDCADE#E1D0E2#E5D6E5#E9DCE9#EFE6EF#F3ECF3#F7F2F7

Tones of #CBAECC

#C9AFCA#C7B2C7#C5B4C5#C3B6C3#C1B8C1#BFBBBF

Color harmonies

Complementary — #AECCAD:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.01:1 Fails
Against black text10.47:1 AAA

Best text color on #CBAECC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #CBAECC

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 #CBAECC: ·

How #CBAECC 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 · #CABFBE

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 #CBAECC 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
Palette 17153b
#17153B · #2E236C · #433D8B · #C8ACD6
Amber Ruby Marble
#C7AED6 · #A16EBE · #864FA6 · #6C3989

Similar colors

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

#C5B0CD#C3ACD0#C5B3D3#C8ACD6#C7AED6#CFADC1#C3AED6#C9BBCF#C9A3C3#D7ACD4#BDA6CE#C9ACDD

Browse neighbouring colors

← #CBAECB  ·  #CBAECD →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #CBAECC?

#CBAECC is Light Dusty Pink, a pink color (RGB 203, 174, 204). Its closest standard named color is Silver.

What is the RGB and HSL of #CBAECC?

#CBAECC is RGB 203, 174, 204 — HSL 298°, 23%, 74% — CMYK 0%, 15%, 0%, 20%.

What colors go with #CBAECC?

Its complement is #AECCAD; analogous partners are #BCADCC and #CCADBE. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #CBAECC for text?

Black text on #CBAECC has a contrast ratio of 10.47:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.01:1.