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#CEABC6 — Light Dusty Pink

#CEABC6 is a pink color we call Light Dusty Pink, closest to the named color Silver (#C0C0C0). It belongs to the pink family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: silver (#C0C0C0) — not an exact match. CSS silver gives you #C0C0C0, a different color; use #CEABC6 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.

#CEABC6 is a warm-leaning pink color associated with playfulness, romance and softness. 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 #ABCEB4; it also sits naturally between #C5ABCE and #CEABB5. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#CEABC6 · RGB 206, 171, 198

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Color values

HEX#CEABC6
RGB206, 171, 198
HSL314°, 26%, 74%
HSV314°, 17%, 81%
CMYK0%, 17%, 4%, 19%
XYZ50.21, 46.32, 59.72
Yxy46.32, 0.3213, 0.2965
CIE-Lab73.76, 17.31, -8.96
Hunter Lab68.06, 16.46, -8.40

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 81% · Green 67% · Blue 78%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 17% · Yellow 4% · Key 19%

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

Previews

Sample text in #CEABC6 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #CEABC6 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #CEABC6

.text { color: #CEABC6; }
.background { background-color: #CEABC6; }
.border { border: 3px solid #CEABC6; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(206, 171, 198); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(314, 26%, 74%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #CEABC6; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(206, 171, 198, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #CEABC6; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(206, 171, 198, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#CEABC6">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#CEABC6">Div content here</div>

Shades of #CEABC6

#C195B7#B47EA7#A66898#945786#7D4A71#673C5D#502F49#3A2234#231520#0D080C

Tints of #CEABC6

#D2B2CA#D5B8CF#DBC2D5#DFC8DA#E3CFDE#E6D5E2#EADCE7#F0E5ED#F4ECF2#F7F2F6

Tones of #CEABC6

#CBAEC4#C9B0C3#C7B3C2#C4B5C1#C1B8BF#BFBABE

Color harmonies

Complementary — #ABCEB4:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.05:1 Fails
Against black text10.26:1 AAA

Best text color on #CEABC6: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #CEABC6

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 #CEABC6: ·

How #CEABC6 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #BFBFBFDeuteranopia · #C1C4BETritanopia · #CCBAB9

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 #CEABC6 rather than the exact color:

Palette F4f754
#F4F754 · #E9D484 · #CFADC1 · #4E61D3
Radiant Cinder
#50797C · #6C64B1 · #C9A3C3 · #A15C4B
Palette F3e2d4
#F3E2D4 · #C5B0CD · #415E72 · #17313E
Misty Ruby Harbor
#2F9655 · #65CF99 · #B63987 · #DBA5C2
Palette Fffbf5
#FFFBF5 · #F7EFE5 · #C3ACD0 · #674188
Palette Fffbf5
#FFFBF5 · #F7EFE5 · #C3ACD0 · #7743DB

Similar colors

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

#CFADC1#C9A3C3#C5B0CD#DBA5C2#C3ACD0#C6A6BA#C5AAB9#DBAEBD#D7ACD4#C8ACD6#D8B9C3#C7AED6

Browse neighbouring colors

← #CEABC5  ·  #CEABC7 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #CEABC6?

#CEABC6 is Light Dusty Pink, a pink color (RGB 206, 171, 198). Its closest standard named color is Silver.

What is the RGB and HSL of #CEABC6?

#CEABC6 is RGB 206, 171, 198 — HSL 314°, 26%, 74% — CMYK 0%, 17%, 4%, 19%.

What colors go with #CEABC6?

Its complement is #ABCEB4; analogous partners are #C5ABCE and #CEABB5. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #CEABC6 for text?

Black text on #CEABC6 has a contrast ratio of 10.26:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.05:1.