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#CDAEAB — Light Dusty Red

#CDAEAB 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 #CDAEAB 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.

#CDAEAB 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 #ACCBCD; it also sits naturally between #CDACBA and #CDBFAC. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#CDAEAB · RGB 205, 174, 171

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Color values

HEX#CDAEAB
RGB205, 174, 171
HSL5°, 25%, 74%
HSV5°, 17%, 80%
CMYK0%, 15%, 17%, 20%
XYZ47.66, 46.19, 44.93
Yxy46.19, 0.3434, 0.3328
CIE-Lab73.67, 10.73, 5.70
Hunter Lab67.96, 10.03, 4.86

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 80% · Green 68% · Blue 67%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 15% · Yellow 17% · Key 20%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #CDAEAB

.text { color: #CDAEAB; }
.background { background-color: #CDAEAB; }
.border { border: 3px solid #CDAEAB; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(205, 174, 171); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(5, 25%, 74%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #CDAEAB; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(205, 174, 171, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #CDAEAB; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(205, 174, 171, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #CDAEAB

#C09996#B38480#A56E69#935D58#7C4F4B#66413D#503230#392422#231615#0D0808

Tints of #CDAEAB

#D1B5B3#D5BBB9#DBC4C2#DECBC9#E2D1CF#E6D7D6#EADDDC#F0E6E6#F4EDEC#F7F3F2

Tones of #CDAEAB

#CBB1AF#C9B3B1#C6B5B3#C4B7B5#C1B9B8#BFBABA

Color harmonies

Complementary — #ACCBCD:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.05:1 Fails
Against black text10.24:1 AAA

Best text color on #CDAEAB: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #CDAEAB

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 #CDAEAB: ·

How #CDAEAB looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #C0BFACDeuteranopia · #C1C4ACTritanopia · #CBACAC

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 · #EC4899Bootstrap light · #F8F9FA

Palettes with a similar color

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

Palette 574964
#574964 · #9F8383 · #C8AAAA · #FFDAB3
Palette Ffdab3
#FFDAB3 · #C8AAAA · #9F8383 · #574964
Velvet Saffron
#DEC2BA · #D4B0A6 · #B67563 · #7C4E41
Palette 944e63
#944E63 · #B47B84 · #CAA6A6 · #FFE7E7
Palette 8d7b68
#8D7B68 · #A4907C · #C8B6A6 · #F1DEC9
Palette F8ede3
#F8EDE3 · #DFD3C3 · #D0B8A8 · #7D6E83

Similar colors

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

#C8AAAA#D4B0A6#CAA6A6#C8B6A6#D0B8A8#C6A9A3#C8A8A2#D9ADAD#D9ABAB#D0BAA8#D4A5A5#CDB09E

Browse neighbouring colors

← #CDAEAA  ·  #CDAEAC →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #CDAEAB?

#CDAEAB is Light Dusty Red, a red color (RGB 205, 174, 171). Its closest standard named color is Silver.

What is the RGB and HSL of #CDAEAB?

#CDAEAB is RGB 205, 174, 171 — HSL 5°, 25%, 74% — CMYK 0%, 15%, 17%, 20%.

What colors go with #CDAEAB?

Its complement is #ACCBCD; analogous partners are #CDACBA and #CDBFAC. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #CDAEAB for text?

Black text on #CDAEAB has a contrast ratio of 10.24:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.05:1.