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Fuchsia Bloom Muted
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Fuchsia Bloom Muted

Pink · Hue 300
Hex
#CDB7CD
RGB
rgb(205, 183, 205)
HSL
hsl(300, 18%, 76%)
CMYK
cmyk(0%, 11%, 0%, 20%)
Metrics
S 18% · L 76%
Contrast (WCAG)
on white
1.9:1Fail
on black
11.3:1AA
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About this color

Fuchsia Bloom Muted (#CDB7CD) belongs to the pink family — hue 300°, 18% saturation, 76% lightness. Copy the hex, RGB, or HSL value above, or paste the CSS custom property below into your stylesheet to reference this color directly.

CSS
:root {
  --colorarchive-fuchsia-bloom-muted: #CDB7CD;
  --colorarchive-fuchsia-bloom-muted-hsl: hsl(300, 18%, 76%);
  --colorarchive-fuchsia-bloom-muted-rgb: rgb(205, 183, 205);
}

AI Color Names

Let AI suggest alternative poetic names for this color in English and Chinese.

Design Context

SweetNurturingPlayful
Common in

Beauty · Children's Fashion · Dessert Brands

Pairs well with

Mint green for freshness, soft gold for warmth, light gray for sophistication

Design tip

Use for friendly, approachable interfaces. Millennial pink became a design movement — it still works for brands targeting warmth.

Cultural context ▶

Soft pink represents nurturing, innocence, and sweetness. Modern brands have reclaimed it as a gender-neutral color of kindness.

Color Origins

Pink family

From cheap cosmetic to feminist reclamation to gender-neutral comeback.

Heritage

Pink, as a named color, is recent in English (only since the late 17th century, originally referring to the Dianthus flower). The hue itself is even more recent in widespread use — most historical 'reds' that we'd now call pink were either faded cochineal or madder mixed with white lead. The classical Persian rosé and Venetian pink are old, but the cultural identity of 'pink' as its own thing is essentially a 20th-century construction.

Across cultures

Pink-as-girl is a marketing invention from the 1940s; before WWII pink was often suggested for boys ('a stronger, more decided color') and blue for girls. In Japanese culture, sakura pink carries seasonal and nostalgic weight without gender association. In Latin American culture, hot pink is a celebratory color; in much of South Asia, pink is one of the auspicious wedding palette colors. The Pink Triangle was reclaimed from a Nazi badge into a 1970s LGBTQ+ symbol.

In the wild

T-Mobile's magenta is a hard-trademarked, hard-defended brand color. Barbie pink (Pantone 219 C) became its own cultural force in 2023. Owens Corning trademarked the color of its insulation. The Pepto-Bismol pink is calibrated for medicine-cabinet recognizability. Wes Anderson built a career making heritage pinks (The Grand Budapest Hotel) feel deeply specific. Millennial Pink (~2014–2018) was a rebranding effort to make pink read as gender-neutral, sophisticated, and salable to adults.

How it reads

Pink reads softer and warmer than red; biologically it's still a long-wavelength color, but the white in it dampens the arousal response. Light pinks (blush, dusty rose) read as romantic, gentle, premium-feminine. Hot pinks read as energetic, queer-coded, or counterculture. Salmon and coral pinks read as healthy, beachy, or hospitality-friendly. Pink is having a sustained moment in adult-targeted brand design (skincare, DTC, beverage) precisely because it stopped being read as exclusively a children's color.

This particular tone

A pale, gentle tone — pastel territory, where the hue acts more like a tinted neutral than a stated color.

Lightness band: At this lightness the hue almost recedes into the surface around it — useful for backgrounds, hover states, and any surface where the color should suggest a mood without competing with content.

Saturation band: The low saturation pulls this color toward earthen, vintage, or editorial palettes. It reads as confident and grown-up rather than playful, and it tolerates being used in large blocks without becoming visually noisy.

Brands using a similar color

Within the public brand-guidelines reference catalog, these are the closest matches to #CDB7CD.

  • Glossierprimary
    Glossier Pink · #F8D6CD
    →
  • Starbucksneutral
    Warm Neutral · #D4E9E2
    →
  • Aesopneutral
    Cream Paper · #EFE4D2
    →

Cultures using a similar color

From the cultural-palette catalog, these regions feature a color close to #CDB7CD.

  • ScandinaviaOat Beige
    #D5C7A7 · Linseed oil-treated pine
    →
  • IcelandMidnight Sun Pink
    #F2AEB5 · Horizon light, June
    →
  • JapanCherry Blossom (sakura 桜)
    #FBC4D0 · Prunus serrulata flower
    →

Tonal strip

All lightness levels at this hue and saturation. Click any to navigate.

Palette moves

Instead of stopping at one swatch, use nearby, opposite, and tonal neighbors to branch into a broader palette.

Lighter companion
Fuchsia Pearl Muted
#DECFDE · hsl(300, 18%, 84%)
Darker companion
Fuchsia Silk Muted
#BC9FBC · hsl(300, 18%, 68%)
Complementary counterpoint
Emerald Bloom Muted
#B7CDB7 · hsl(120, 18%, 76%)
Analogous lead
Rose Bloom Muted
#CDB7C5 · hsl(320, 18%, 76%)
Analogous echo
Mulberry Bloom Muted
#C5B7CD · hsl(280, 18%, 76%)
Triadic +120°
Citrine Bloom Muted
#CDCDB7 · hsl(60, 18%, 76%)
Triadic +240°
Aqua Bloom Muted
#B7CDCD · hsl(180, 18%, 76%)
Split-comp +150°
Lime Bloom Muted
#C2CDB7 · hsl(90, 18%, 76%)
Split-comp +210°
Jade Bloom Muted
#B7CDC2 · hsl(150, 18%, 76%)
Export preview
Base: Fuchsia Bloom Muted #CDB7CD
Lighter companion: Fuchsia Pearl Muted #DECFDE
Darker companion: Fuchsia Silk Muted #BC9FBC
Complementary counterpoint: Emerald Bloom Muted #B7CDB7
Analogous lead: Rose Bloom Muted #CDB7C5
Analogous echo: Mulberry Bloom Muted #C5B7CD
Triadic +120°: Citrine Bloom Muted #CDCDB7
Triadic +240°: Aqua Bloom Muted #B7CDCD
Split-comp +150°: Lime Bloom Muted #C2CDB7
Split-comp +210°: Jade Bloom Muted #B7CDC2

Compare

See how Fuchsia Bloom Muted compares side by side with related colors.

vsFuchsia Pearl MutedvsFuchsia Silk MutedvsEmerald Bloom MutedvsRose Bloom MutedvsMulberry Bloom MutedvsCitrine Bloom Muted

Nearest neighbors

The closest archive matches by hue, saturation, and lightness.

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Nearby match
Fuchsia Bloom Faint
#C8BCC8 · hsl(300, 10%, 76%)
Nearby match
Fuchsia Bloom Dust
#D2B2D2 · hsl(300, 26%, 76%)
Nearby match
Mauve Bloom Muted
#CDB7CB · hsl(305, 18%, 76%)
Nearby match
Fuchsia Silk Muted
#BC9FBC · hsl(300, 18%, 68%)
Nearby match
Fuchsia Pearl Muted
#DECFDE · hsl(300, 18%, 84%)
Nearby match
Fuchsia Bloom Soft
#D7ADD7 · hsl(300, 34%, 76%)

Accessible pairings

Archive colors that meet WCAG contrast standards when paired with this color. Use as text-on-background or background-on-text.

Contrast checker
AAA8.2:1
Emerald Ink Faint
#202720
AAA8:1
Emerald Ink Muted
#1D2A1D
AAA7.8:1
Emerald Ink Dust
#1A2D1A
AAA7.6:1
Emerald Ink Soft
#183018
AAA7.1:1
Emerald Ink Clear
#103710
AAA8.2:1
Clover Ink Faint
#212720

Color Vision Simulation

How this color appears with different color vision deficiencies.

Full simulator
Deuteranopia
#C5C7C7
Protanopia
#C4C4C8
Tritanopia
#CCC4C3
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