Palettes / Colors / #CBBED5

#CBBED5 — Light Dusty Purple

#CBBED5 is a purple color we call Light Dusty Purple, closest to the named color Thistle (#D8BFD8). It belongs to the purple family.

#CBBED5 is a cool purple color associated with luxury, creativity and mystery. It is light enough to work as a background or base color, with darker text on top.

Its strongest partner is its complement #C8D5BE; it also sits naturally between #C0BED5 and #D5BED3. 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 80% · Green 75% · Blue 84%

Cyan 5% · Magenta 11% · Yellow 0% · Key 16%

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

Previews

CSS code for #CBBED5

.text { color: #CBBED5; }
.background { background-color: #CBBED5; }
.border { border: 3px solid #CBBED5; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(203, 190, 213); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(274, 21%, 79%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #CBBED5; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(203, 190, 213, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #CBBED5; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(203, 190, 213, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#CBBED5">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#CBBED5">Div content here</div>

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #C8D5BE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #CBBED5: #000000.

How #CBBED5 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 #CBBED5 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

← #CBBED4  ·  #CBBED6 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #CBBED5?

#CBBED5 is Light Dusty Purple, a purple color (RGB 203, 190, 213). Its closest standard named color is Thistle.

What is the RGB and HSL of #CBBED5?

#CBBED5 is RGB 203, 190, 213 — HSL 274°, 21%, 79% — CMYK 5%, 11%, 0%, 16%.

What colors go with #CBBED5?

Its complement is #C8D5BE; analogous partners are #C0BED5 and #D5BED3. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #CBBED5 for text?

Black text on #CBBED5 has a contrast ratio of 11.87:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.77:1.