Palettes / Colors / #DABBED

#DABBED — Pale Purple

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

#DABBED is a cool purple color associated with luxury, creativity and mystery. It is light enough to work as a background or base color, with darker text on top.

Its strongest partner is its complement #CEEDBB; it also sits naturally between #C0BBED and #EDBBE7. 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 85% · Green 73% · Blue 93%

Cyan 8% · Magenta 21% · Yellow 0% · Key 7%

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

Previews

CSS code for #DABBED

.text { color: #DABBED; }
.background { background-color: #DABBED; }
.border { border: 3px solid #DABBED; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(218, 187, 237); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(277, 58%, 83%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #DABBED; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(218, 187, 237, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #DABBED; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(218, 187, 237, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #DABBED

Tints of #DABBED

Tones of #DABBED

Color harmonies

Complementary — #CEEDBB:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #DABBED: #000000.

How #DABBED 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 #DABBED 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

← #DABBEC  ·  #DABBEE →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #DABBED?

#DABBED is Pale Purple, a purple color (RGB 218, 187, 237). Its closest standard named color is Thistle.

What is the RGB and HSL of #DABBED?

#DABBED is RGB 218, 187, 237 — HSL 277°, 58%, 83% — CMYK 8%, 21%, 0%, 7%.

What colors go with #DABBED?

Its complement is #CEEDBB; analogous partners are #C0BBED and #EDBBE7. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #DABBED for text?

Black text on #DABBED has a contrast ratio of 12.31:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.71:1.