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#CCAAAB — Light Dusty Red

#CCAAAB 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 #CCAAAB 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.

#CCAAAB 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 #A9CBCA; it also sits naturally between #CBA9BB and #CBB9A9. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#CCAAAB · RGB 204, 170, 171

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Color values

HEX#CCAAAB
RGB204, 170, 171
HSL358°, 25%, 73%
HSV358°, 17%, 80%
CMYK0%, 17%, 16%, 20%
XYZ46.63, 44.53, 44.67
Yxy44.53, 0.3433, 0.3278
CIE-Lab72.58, 12.53, 4.12
Hunter Lab66.73, 11.70, 3.52

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 80% · Green 67% · Blue 67%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 17% · Yellow 16% · Key 20%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #CCAAAB

.text { color: #CCAAAB; }
.background { background-color: #CCAAAB; }
.border { border: 3px solid #CCAAAB; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(204, 170, 171); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(358, 25%, 73%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #CCAAAB; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(204, 170, 171, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #CCAAAB; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(204, 170, 171, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #CCAAAB

#BE9394#B17C7E#A36668#8F5658#7C4B4C#663D3F#503031#392223#231516#0D0808

Tints of #CCAAAB

#CFAFB0#D5B9BA#D9BFC0#DDC6C6#E2CFD0#E6D6D6#EADCDC#EEE2E3#F4ECEC#F7F2F2

Tones of #CCAAAB

#C9ACAD#C7AEAF#C4B1B1#C2B3B3#BFB5B6#BDB7B8

Color harmonies

Complementary — #A9CBCA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.12:1 Fails
Against black text9.91:1 AAA

Best text color on #CCAAAB: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #CCAAAB

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 #CCAAAB: ·

How #CCAAAB looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #BDBDABDeuteranopia · #BFC2ABTritanopia · #CAABAB

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 · #9E9E9ETailwind pink 500 · #EC4899Tailwind zinc 500 · #71717A

Palettes with a similar color

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

Palette 574964
#574964 · #9F8383 · #C8AAAA · #FFDAB3
Palette Ffdab3
#FFDAB3 · #C8AAAA · #9F8383 · #574964
Palette 944e63
#944E63 · #B47B84 · #CAA6A6 · #FFE7E7
Golden Meadow
#AF92CA · #CB93B8 · #C8A8A2 · #CACA91
Palette 99bbad
#99BBAD · #EBD8B7 · #C6A9A3 · #9A8194
Velvet Saffron
#DEC2BA · #D4B0A6 · #B67563 · #7C4E41

Similar colors

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

#C8AAAA#CAA6A6#C8A8A2#C6A9A3#D4B0A6#D4A5A5#D9ABAB#D9ADAD#C8B6A6#CDB09E#D0B8A8#C1A3A3

Browse neighbouring colors

← #CCAAAA  ·  #CCAAAC →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #CCAAAB?

#CCAAAB is Light Dusty Red, a red color (RGB 204, 170, 171). Its closest standard named color is Silver.

What is the RGB and HSL of #CCAAAB?

#CCAAAB is RGB 204, 170, 171 — HSL 358°, 25%, 73% — CMYK 0%, 17%, 16%, 20%.

What colors go with #CCAAAB?

Its complement is #A9CBCA; analogous partners are #CBA9BB and #CBB9A9. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #CCAAAB for text?

Black text on #CCAAAB has a contrast ratio of 9.91:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.12:1.