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#CEAEDA — Light Muted Purple

#CEAEDA is a purple color we call Light Muted Purple, closest to the named color Thistle (#D8BFD8). It belongs to the purple family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: thistle (#D8BFD8) — not an exact match. CSS thistle gives you #D8BFD8, a different color; use #CEAEDA 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.

#CEAEDA is a cool purple color associated with luxury, creativity and mystery. 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 #BADAAF; it also sits naturally between #B9AFDA and #DAAFD0. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#CEAEDA · RGB 206, 174, 218

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Color values

HEX#CEAEDA
RGB206, 174, 218
HSL284°, 37%, 77%
HSV284°, 20%, 85%
CMYK6%, 20%, 0%, 15%
XYZ53.24, 48.46, 72.88
Yxy48.46, 0.3050, 0.2776
CIE-Lab75.11, 19.45, -17.86
Hunter Lab69.61, 18.73, -17.79

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 81% · Green 68% · Blue 85%

Cyan 6% · Magenta 20% · Yellow 0% · Key 15%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #CEAEDA

.text { color: #CEAEDA; }
.background { background-color: #CEAEDA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #CEAEDA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(206, 174, 218); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(284, 37%, 77%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #CEAEDA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(206, 174, 218, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #CEAEDA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(206, 174, 218, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #CEAEDA

#C096CF#AF7AC2#A062B7#904DA8#7B428F#633573#4E2A5B#391F42#211226#0C060E

Tints of #CEAEDA

#D3B6DD#D7BDE0#DBC4E4#DFCBE7#E4D2EA#E6D5EC#EADCEF#EEE3F2#F2EAF5#F7F1F9

Tones of #CEAEDA

#CDB2D7#CBB5D4#CAB8D1#C9BBCE#C7BECB#C6C1C7

Color harmonies

Complementary — #BADAAF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.96:1 Fails
Against black text10.69:1 AAA

Best text color on #CEAEDA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #CEAEDA

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 #CEAEDA: ·

How #CEAEDA looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #C0C0CFDeuteranopia · #C2C4CDTritanopia · #CCC7C5

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 #CEAEDA rather than the exact color:

Hidden Ruby Mosaic
#C9ACDD · #783AA2 · #633681 · #532D6C
Scarlet Ruby Aurora
#5C8F2A · #B7D87B · #A472D5 · #D1B0E0
Palette 17153b
#17153B · #2E236C · #433D8B · #C8ACD6
Amber Ruby Marble
#C7AED6 · #A16EBE · #864FA6 · #6C3989
Modern Ruby Opal
#551E83 · #D89C53 · #2CC17E · #CAADE2
Palette Bae5d5
#BAE5D5 · #D7ACD4 · #EEC2C2 · #F2F2B0

Similar colors

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

#C9ACDD#D1B0E0#C8ACD6#C7AED6#CAADE2#D7ACD4#C3AED6#D4B5E2#C5B3D3#C8B6E2#D6B8DB#C5B8D9

Browse neighbouring colors

← #CEAED9  ·  #CEAEDB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #CEAEDA?

#CEAEDA is Light Muted Purple, a purple color (RGB 206, 174, 218). Its closest standard named color is Thistle.

What is the RGB and HSL of #CEAEDA?

#CEAEDA is RGB 206, 174, 218 — HSL 284°, 37%, 77% — CMYK 6%, 20%, 0%, 15%.

What colors go with #CEAEDA?

Its complement is #BADAAF; analogous partners are #B9AFDA and #DAAFD0. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #CEAEDA for text?

Black text on #CEAEDA has a contrast ratio of 10.69:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.96:1.