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#CBAFCA — Light Dusty Pink

#CBAFCA 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 #CBAFCA 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.

#CBAFCA 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 #AFCBB0; it also sits naturally between #BEAFCB and #CBAFBC. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#CBAFCA · RGB 203, 175, 202

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Color values

HEX#CBAFCA
RGB203, 175, 202
HSL302°, 21%, 74%
HSV302°, 14%, 80%
CMYK0%, 14%, 0%, 20%
XYZ50.62, 47.62, 62.40
Yxy47.62, 0.3151, 0.2964
CIE-Lab74.59, 14.83, -9.95
Hunter Lab69.01, 14.08, -9.41

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 80% · Green 69% · Blue 79%

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

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #CBAFCA

.text { color: #CBAFCA; }
.background { background-color: #CBAFCA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #CBAFCA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(203, 175, 202); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(302, 21%, 74%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #CBAFCA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(203, 175, 202, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #CBAFCA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(203, 175, 202, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #CBAFCA

#BD99BB#AE84AD#A06E9F#8E5D8C#784F77#634062#4D324C#382437#221622#0C080C

Tints of #CBAFCA

#CFB5CE#D3BBD2#D9C4D8#DDCBDC#E1D1E0#E5D7E4#E9DDE8#EFE6EF#F3ECF3#F7F3F7

Tones of #CBAFCA

#C9B1C8#C7B3C6#C5B5C4#C3B7C2#C1B9C0#BFBBBF

Color harmonies

Complementary — #AFCBB0:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

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

Best text color on #CBAFCA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #CBAFCA

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 #CBAFCA: ·

How #CBAFCA looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #BFBFC3Deuteranopia · #C1C3C2Tritanopia · #CABEBD

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 #CBAFCA rather than the exact color:

Palette F3e2d4
#F3E2D4 · #C5B0CD · #415E72 · #17313E
Palette F4f754
#F4F754 · #E9D484 · #CFADC1 · #4E61D3
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

Similar colors

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

#C5B0CD#CFADC1#C3ACD0#C5B3D3#C7AED6#C8ACD6#C9BBCF#C9A3C3#C3AED6#D7ACD4#BDA6CE#D8B9C3

Browse neighbouring colors

← #CBAFC9  ·  #CBAFCB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #CBAFCA?

#CBAFCA is Light Dusty Pink, a pink color (RGB 203, 175, 202). Its closest standard named color is Silver.

What is the RGB and HSL of #CBAFCA?

#CBAFCA is RGB 203, 175, 202 — HSL 302°, 21%, 74% — CMYK 0%, 14%, 0%, 20%.

What colors go with #CBAFCA?

Its complement is #AFCBB0; analogous partners are #BEAFCB and #CBAFBC. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #CBAFCA for text?

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