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#DCA2DD — Light Muted Pink

#DCA2DD is a pink color we call Light Muted Pink, closest to the named color Plum (#DDA0DD). It belongs to the pink family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: plum (#DDA0DD) — not an exact match. CSS plum gives you #DDA0DD, a different color; use #DCA2DD 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.

#DCA2DD is a cool 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 #A3DDA2; it also sits naturally between #BEA2DD and #DDA2C0. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#DCA2DD · RGB 220, 162, 221

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Color values

HEX#DCA2DD
RGB220, 162, 221
HSL299°, 46%, 75%
HSV299°, 27%, 87%
CMYK0%, 27%, 0%, 13%
XYZ55.49, 46.28, 74.41
Yxy46.28, 0.3149, 0.2627
CIE-Lab73.72, 31.14, -21.47
Hunter Lab68.03, 30.66, -21.75

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 86% · Green 64% · Blue 87%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 27% · Yellow 0% · Key 13%

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

Previews

Sample text in #DCA2DD on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #DCA2DD on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #DCA2DD

.text { color: #DCA2DD; }
.background { background-color: #DCA2DD; }
.border { border: 3px solid #DCA2DD; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(220, 162, 221); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(299, 46%, 75%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #DCA2DD; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(220, 162, 221, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #DCA2DD; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(220, 162, 221, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#DCA2DD">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#DCA2DD">Div content here</div>

Shades of #DCA2DD

#D288D3#C86EC9#BE54C0#AD41AF#933795#762C77#5C225D#421943#290F29#0F060F

Tints of #DCA2DD

#DEA9DF#E1B1E2#E4B8E5#E7C0E8#EBCBEC#EED2EE#F1DAF1#F4E1F4#F7E9F7#F9F0F9

Tones of #DCA2DD

#D7A6D8#D4AAD4#CFAFD0#CCB3CC#C7B7C8#C4BBC4

Color harmonies

Complementary — #A3DDA2:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

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

Best text color on #DCA2DD: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #DCA2DD

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 #DCA2DD: ·

How #DCA2DD looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #C3C2CFDeuteranopia · #C6CBCBTritanopia · #D9C3C1

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 · #9E9E9ETailwind fuchsia 500 · #D946EFBootstrap light · #F8F9FA

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #DCA2DD rather than the exact color:

Palette Aa60c8
#AA60C8 · #D69ADE · #EABDE6 · #FFDFEF
Burning Harbor
#1C781A · #7BDA58 · #D243D6 · #E5A7DD
Lucky Whisper
#24BE2F · #68E275 · #D72DCB · #E59CDC
Electric Horizon
#E198DD · #D16BCB · #C440BC · #40173D
Palette Fce2db
#FCE2DB · #F1C6D3 · #E4A3D4 · #C295D8
Crimson Twilight
#841A8E · #D3C526 · #54E0D4 · #D7A9E6

Similar colors

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

#D69ADE#E5A7DD#E59CDC#E198DD#E4A3D4#D7A9E6#E3A8D4#E7A4E4#D895DA#D7ACD4#E9A9E0#E0AFE4

Browse neighbouring colors

← #DCA2DC  ·  #DCA2DE →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #DCA2DD?

#DCA2DD is Light Muted Pink, a pink color (RGB 220, 162, 221). Its closest standard named color is Plum.

What is the RGB and HSL of #DCA2DD?

#DCA2DD is RGB 220, 162, 221 — HSL 299°, 46%, 75% — CMYK 0%, 27%, 0%, 13%.

What colors go with #DCA2DD?

Its complement is #A3DDA2; analogous partners are #BEA2DD and #DDA2C0. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #DCA2DD for text?

Black text on #DCA2DD has a contrast ratio of 10.26:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.05:1.