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#DACBEE — Pale Muted Purple

#DACBEE is a purple color we call Pale Muted Purple, closest to the named color Gainsboro (#DCDCDC). It belongs to the purple family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: gainsboro (#DCDCDC) — not an exact match. CSS gainsboro gives you #DCDCDC, a different color; use #DACBEE 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.

#DACBEE 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 #DEEEC9; it also sits naturally between #C9CCEE and #EBC9EE. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#DACBEE · RGB 218, 203, 238

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Color values

HEX#DACBEE
RGB218, 203, 238
HSL266°, 51%, 86%
HSV266°, 15%, 93%
CMYK8%, 15%, 0%, 7%
XYZ65.70, 63.79, 89.74
Yxy63.79, 0.2997, 0.2910
CIE-Lab83.86, 11.68, -15.35
Hunter Lab79.87, 11.51, -15.64

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 85% · Green 80% · Blue 93%

Cyan 8% · Magenta 15% · Yellow 0% · Key 7%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #DACBEE

.text { color: #DACBEE; }
.background { background-color: #DACBEE; }
.border { border: 3px solid #DACBEE; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(218, 203, 238); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(266, 51%, 86%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #DACBEE; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(218, 203, 238, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #DACBEE; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(218, 203, 238, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #DACBEE

#C3AAE4#AD8BDA#9569CE#7F4AC4#6B38AD#582E8E#452470#30194D#1D0F2E#0A050F

Tints of #DACBEE

#DCCDEF#DED1F0#E1D5F1#E4D8F3#E6DCF4#E9E0F5#ECE4F6#EFE8F8#F1ECF9#F4F0FA

Tones of #DACBEE

#D9CCEB#DACEE8#DAD1E6#DAD3E3#DBD6E1#DBD9DE

Color harmonies

Complementary — #DEEEC9:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.53:1 Fails
Against black text13.76:1 AAA

Best text color on #DACBEE: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #DACBEE

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 #DACBEE: ·

How #DACBEE looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D4D3E6Deuteranopia · #D4D6E4Tritanopia · #D9DFDD

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:

Bootstrap light · #F8F9FAMaterial Grey 500 · #9E9E9ETailwind purple 500 · #A855F7

Palettes with a similar color

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

Burning Garden
#5A7817 · #91DD4B · #5A26CC · #DACAF1
Golden Mosaic
#DBCBF1 · #B79ADF · #6B31B9 · #582998
Crystal Ruby Drift
#722A9F · #AB7A2D · #32BF88 · #DACAEA
Vivid Ruby Mirage
#2E1F81 · #A73C28 · #2EBD44 · #D7CFED
Misty Garden
#558C19 · #ACE777 · #8434DB · #DBCEF3
Wild Ruby Mirage
#D9CAE8 · #71449C · #4F3767 · #24192E

Similar colors

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

#DACAF1#DBCBF1#DACAEA#D7CFED#DBCEF3#D9CAE8#DCCEF3#D9D1EF#E0C9EE#E0CAF1#E1CCEC#DBC4F0

Browse neighbouring colors

← #DACBED  ·  #DACBEF →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #DACBEE?

#DACBEE is Pale Muted Purple, a purple color (RGB 218, 203, 238). Its closest standard named color is Gainsboro.

What is the RGB and HSL of #DACBEE?

#DACBEE is RGB 218, 203, 238 — HSL 266°, 51%, 86% — CMYK 8%, 15%, 0%, 7%.

What colors go with #DACBEE?

Its complement is #DEEEC9; analogous partners are #C9CCEE and #EBC9EE. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #DACBEE for text?

Black text on #DACBEE has a contrast ratio of 13.76:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.53:1.