Palettes / Colors / #CEBECA

#CEBECA — Light Dusty Pink

#CEBECA is a pink color we call Light Dusty Pink, closest to the named color Thistle (#D8BFD8). It belongs to the pink family.

Color name

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

#CEBECA is a warm-leaning pink color associated with playfulness, romance and softness. It is light enough to work as a background or base color, with darker text on top.

Its strongest partner is its complement #BFCFC3; it also sits naturally between #CBBFCF and #CFBFC3. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 81% · Green 75% · Blue 79%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 8% · Yellow 2% · Key 19%

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

Previews

CSS code for #CEBECA

.text { color: #CEBECA; }
.background { background-color: #CEBECA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #CEBECA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(206, 190, 202); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(315, 14%, 78%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #CEBECA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(206, 190, 202, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #CEBECA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(206, 190, 202, 0.8); }

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

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #BFCFC3:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #CEBECA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #CEBECA

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:

How #CEBECA looks with color blindness

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

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:

Palettes with a similar color

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

Similar colors

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

Browse neighbouring colors

← #CEBEC9  ·  #CEBECB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #CEBECA?

#CEBECA is Light Dusty Pink, a pink color (RGB 206, 190, 202). Its closest standard named color is Thistle.

What is the RGB and HSL of #CEBECA?

#CEBECA is RGB 206, 190, 202 — HSL 315°, 14%, 78% — CMYK 0%, 8%, 2%, 19%.

What colors go with #CEBECA?

Its complement is #BFCFC3; analogous partners are #CBBFCF and #CFBFC3. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #CEBECA for text?

Black text on #CEBECA has a contrast ratio of 11.84:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.77:1.