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#CEAAAE — Light Dusty Red

#CEAAAE 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 #CEAAAE 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.

#CEAAAE 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 #ABCFCA; it also sits naturally between #CFABC1 and #CFB9AB. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#CEAAAE · RGB 206, 170, 174

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Color values

HEX#CEAAAE
RGB206, 170, 174
HSL353°, 27%, 74%
HSV353°, 17%, 81%
CMYK0%, 17%, 16%, 19%
XYZ47.47, 44.93, 46.21
Yxy44.93, 0.3425, 0.3241
CIE-Lab72.84, 13.75, 2.88
Hunter Lab67.03, 12.89, 2.48

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 81% · Green 67% · Blue 68%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 17% · Yellow 16% · Key 19%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #CEAAAE

.text { color: #CEAAAE; }
.background { background-color: #CEAAAE; }
.border { border: 3px solid #CEAAAE; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(206, 170, 174); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(353, 27%, 74%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #CEAAAE; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(206, 170, 174, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #CEAAAE; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(206, 170, 174, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #CEAAAE

#C29499#B57D84#A8676E#95565D#7E494F#683C41#512F33#3A2224#241416#0D0708

Tints of #CEAAAE

#D2B1B5#D6B8BB#DCC1C5#DFC8CB#E3CED1#E7D5D7#EBDBDD#F0E5E6#F4ECED#F8F2F3

Tones of #CEAAAE

#CCADB1#C9B0B3#C7B3B5#C5B5B7#C2B7B9#BFBABB

Color harmonies

Complementary — #ABCFCA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.10:1 Fails
Against black text9.99:1 AAA

Best text color on #CEAAAE: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #CEAAAE

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 #CEAAAE: ·

How #CEAAAE looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #BEBEADDeuteranopia · #C1C3ADTritanopia · #CCACAC

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 #CEAAAE rather than the exact color:

Palette 574964
#574964 · #9F8383 · #C8AAAA · #FFDAB3
Palette Ffdab3
#FFDAB3 · #C8AAAA · #9F8383 · #574964
Palette 944e63
#944E63 · #B47B84 · #CAA6A6 · #FFE7E7
Palette 838383
#838383 · #AD9D9D · #D9ADAD · #FCCBCB
Palette 921a40
#921A40 · #C75B7A · #D9ABAB · #F4D9D0
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#D9ADAD#D9ABAB#D4B0A6#D4A5A5#C8A8A2#D5B4B4#D9A6B5#C6A9A3#C5AAB9#C6A6BA

Browse neighbouring colors

← #CEAAAD  ·  #CEAAAF →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #CEAAAE?

#CEAAAE is Light Dusty Red, a red color (RGB 206, 170, 174). Its closest standard named color is Silver.

What is the RGB and HSL of #CEAAAE?

#CEAAAE is RGB 206, 170, 174 — HSL 353°, 27%, 74% — CMYK 0%, 17%, 16%, 19%.

What colors go with #CEAAAE?

Its complement is #ABCFCA; analogous partners are #CFABC1 and #CFB9AB. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #CEAAAE for text?

Black text on #CEAAAE has a contrast ratio of 9.99:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.10:1.