Close to Pastel Purple

#CDABBD

#CDABBD is a light, muted pink, close to the color Pastel Purple. In RGB it’s made of 80.4% red, 67.1% green, and 74.1% blue. Its hue is 328°, with 25% saturation and 74% lightness, so it reads as a cool color. Black text sits best on top of it.

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Contrast & readability

WCAG contrast ratios for text. 4.5:1 is the minimum for body text, 3:1 for large text.

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White text on this color

2.07:1 Fail
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Black text on this color

10.16:1 AAA
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This color as text on white

2.07:1 Fail
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This color as text on black

10.16:1 AAA

How it looks with color blindness

About 1 in 12 men and 1 in 200 women see color differently. Here’s #CDABBD as they’d see it.

Typical vision#CDABBD
ProtanopiaNo red cones (about 1% of men)
DeuteranopiaNo green cones (the most common, about 1% of men)
TritanopiaNo blue cones (rare)
AchromatopsiaNo color vision (very rare)

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Questions about #CDABBD

What color is #CDABBD?

#CDABBD is a light, muted pink, close to the color Pastel Purple. In RGB it’s made of 80.4% red, 67.1% green, and 74.1% blue. Its hue is 328°, with 25% saturation and 74% lightness, so it reads as a cool color. Black text sits best on top of it.

What is #CDABBD in RGB?

#CDABBD is rgb(205, 171, 189): 205 red, 171 green, and 189 blue on a 0–255 scale.

What is #CDABBD in CMYK?

Roughly cmyk(0, 17, 8, 20). Print results depend on paper and press, so proof it before a big print run.

What Pantone is closest to #CDABBD?

PANTONE 256 C is the closest match in our list. Screen colors and ink never match perfectly; check a physical Pantone guide.

What color goes with #CDABBD?

Its complement #9ABCAA gives the strongest contrast. For something calmer, try its analogous neighbors, or its own tints and shades above.

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