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#CCABE2 — Light Muted Purple

#CCABE2 is a purple color we call Light Muted Purple, closest to the named color Plum (#DDA0DD). It belongs to the purple family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: plum (#DDA0DD) — not an exact match. CSS plum gives you #DDA0DD, a different color; use #CCABE2 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.

#CCABE2 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 #C1E2AB; it also sits naturally between #B1ABE2 and #E2ABDD. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#CCABE2 · RGB 204, 171, 226

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Color values

HEX#CCABE2
RGB204, 171, 226
HSL276°, 49%, 78%
HSV276°, 24%, 89%
CMYK10%, 24%, 0%, 11%
XYZ53.19, 47.45, 78.31
Yxy47.45, 0.2972, 0.2652
CIE-Lab74.48, 22.04, -23.19
Hunter Lab68.89, 21.29, -23.81

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 80% · Green 67% · Blue 89%

Cyan 10% · Magenta 24% · Yellow 0% · Key 11%

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

Previews

Sample text in #CCABE2 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #CCABE2 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #CCABE2

.text { color: #CCABE2; }
.background { background-color: #CCABE2; }
.border { border: 3px solid #CCABE2; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(204, 171, 226); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(276, 49%, 78%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #CCABE2; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(204, 171, 226, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #CCABE2; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(204, 171, 226, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#CCABE2">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#CCABE2">Div content here</div>

Shades of #CCABE2

#BC91D9#AA72CF#9A58C6#863EB6#73359C#5F2C81#492263#351948#1F0E2A#0B050F

Tints of #CCABE2

#D1B3E5#D6BBE8#D8BEE9#DCC6EB#E1CEEE#E6D5F1#EADDF3#EDE1F5#F1E8F7#F6F0FA

Tones of #CCABE2

#CCAFDE#CBB3DB#CAB7D7#C9BBD3#C8BFCF#C8C3CB

Color harmonies

Complementary — #C1E2AB:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.00:1 Fails
Against black text10.49:1 AAA

Best text color on #CCABE2: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #CCABE2

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 #CCABE2: ·

How #CCABE2 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #BEBDD5Deuteranopia · #C0C2D2Tritanopia · #CACAC8

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 #CCABE2 rather than the exact color:

Modern Ruby Opal
#551E83 · #D89C53 · #2CC17E · #CAADE2
Hidden Ruby Mosaic
#C9ACDD · #783AA2 · #633681 · #532D6C
Scarlet Ruby Aurora
#5C8F2A · #B7D87B · #A472D5 · #D1B0E0
Palette Defcf9
#DEFCF9 · #CADEFC · #C3BEF0 · #CCA8E9
Lucky Ruby Terrace
#8122C2 · #C48223 · #2AD991 · #C5AAE6
Palette Fff0f8
#FFF0F8 · #FFC2E9 · #CCA2E1 · #543E5C

Similar colors

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

#CAADE2#C9ACDD#D1B0E0#CCA8E9#C5AAE6#CCA2E1#C9B2E7#C8B1E8#D3A9E9#C8A1E0#C9B6E4#C8B6E2

Browse neighbouring colors

← #CCABE1  ·  #CCABE3 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #CCABE2?

#CCABE2 is Light Muted Purple, a purple color (RGB 204, 171, 226). Its closest standard named color is Plum.

What is the RGB and HSL of #CCABE2?

#CCABE2 is RGB 204, 171, 226 — HSL 276°, 49%, 78% — CMYK 10%, 24%, 0%, 11%.

What colors go with #CCABE2?

Its complement is #C1E2AB; analogous partners are #B1ABE2 and #E2ABDD. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #CCABE2 for text?

Black text on #CCABE2 has a contrast ratio of 10.49:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.00:1.