Palettes / Colors / #DADAE4

#DADAE4 — Pale Dusty Blue

#DADAE4 is a blue color we call Pale Dusty Blue, closest to the named color Gainsboro (#DCDCDC). It belongs to the blue family.

#DADAE4 is a cool blue color associated with trust, calm and professionalism. It is light enough to work as a background or base color, with darker text on top.

Its strongest partner is its complement #E3E3D9; it also sits naturally between #D9DEE3 and #DED9E3. 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 85% · Blue 89%

Cyan 4% · Magenta 4% · Yellow 0% · Key 11%

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

Previews

CSS code for #DADAE4

.text { color: #DADAE4; }
.background { background-color: #DADAE4; }
.border { border: 3px solid #DADAE4; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(218, 218, 228); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(240, 16%, 87%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #DADAE4; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(218, 218, 228, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #DADAE4; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(218, 218, 228, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#DADAE4">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#DADAE4">Div content here</div>

Shades of #DADAE4

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #E3E3D9:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #DADAE4: #000000.

How #DADAE4 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 #DADAE4 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

← #DADAE3  ·  #DADAE5 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #DADAE4?

#DADAE4 is Pale Dusty Blue, a blue color (RGB 218, 218, 228). Its closest standard named color is Gainsboro.

What is the RGB and HSL of #DADAE4?

#DADAE4 is RGB 218, 218, 228 — HSL 240°, 16%, 87% — CMYK 4%, 4%, 0%, 11%.

What colors go with #DADAE4?

Its complement is #E3E3D9; analogous partners are #D9DEE3 and #DED9E3. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #DADAE4 for text?

Black text on #DADAE4 has a contrast ratio of 15.13:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.39:1.