Palettes / Colors / #E4E6ED

#E4E6ED — Pale Dusty Blue

#E4E6ED is a blue color we call Pale Dusty Blue, closest to the named color Lavender (#E6E6FA). It belongs to the blue family.

#E4E6ED 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 #EDEBE3; it also sits naturally between #E3EAED and #E6E3ED. 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 89% · Green 90% · Blue 93%

Cyan 4% · Magenta 3% · Yellow 0% · Key 7%

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

Previews

CSS code for #E4E6ED

.text { color: #E4E6ED; }
.background { background-color: #E4E6ED; }
.border { border: 3px solid #E4E6ED; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(228, 230, 237); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(227, 20%, 91%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #E4E6ED; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(228, 230, 237, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #E4E6ED; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(228, 230, 237, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#E4E6ED">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#E4E6ED">Div content here</div>

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #EDEBE3:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #E4E6ED: #000000.

How #E4E6ED 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 #E4E6ED 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

← #E4E6EC  ·  #E4E6EE →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #E4E6ED?

#E4E6ED is Pale Dusty Blue, a blue color (RGB 228, 230, 237). Its closest standard named color is Lavender.

What is the RGB and HSL of #E4E6ED?

#E4E6ED is RGB 228, 230, 237 — HSL 227°, 20%, 91% — CMYK 4%, 3%, 0%, 7%.

What colors go with #E4E6ED?

Its complement is #EDEBE3; analogous partners are #E3EAED and #E6E3ED. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #E4E6ED for text?

Black text on #E4E6ED has a contrast ratio of 16.84:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.25:1.