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#E4EACD — Pale Muted Green

#E4EACD is a green color we call Pale Muted Green, closest to the named color Gainsboro (#DCDCDC). It belongs to the green family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: gainsboro (#DCDCDC) — not an exact match. CSS gainsboro gives you #DCDCDC, a different color; use #E4EACD 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.

#E4EACD is a warm-leaning green color associated with growth, calm and balance. It is light enough to work as a background or base color, with darker text on top.

Its strongest partner is its complement #D3CDEA; it also sits naturally between #EAE1CD and #D5EACD. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#E4EACD · RGB 228, 234, 205

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Color values

HEX#E4EACD
RGB228, 234, 205
HSL72°, 41%, 86%
HSV72°, 12%, 92%
CMYK3%, 0%, 12%, 8%
XYZ72.44, 79.75, 69.33
Yxy79.75, 0.3270, 0.3600
CIE-Lab91.57, -6.96, 13.40
Hunter Lab89.30, -6.82, 12.06

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 89% · Green 92% · Blue 80%

Cyan 3% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 12% · Key 8%

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

Previews

Sample text in #E4EACD on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #E4EACD on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #E4EACD

.text { color: #E4EACD; }
.background { background-color: #E4EACD; }
.border { border: 3px solid #E4EACD; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(228, 234, 205); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(72, 41%, 86%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #E4EACD; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(228, 234, 205, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #E4EACD; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(228, 234, 205, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#E4EACD">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#E4EACD">Div content here</div>

Shades of #E4EACD

#D5DEB0#C5D293#B4C473#A5B856#8FA244#768538#5C682C#40481E#262B12#0D0E06

Tints of #E4EACD

#E6EBD0#E8EDD4#EAEED7#ECF0DB#EEF1DF#F0F3E2#F2F4E6#F3F6E9#F5F7ED#F7F9F1

Tones of #E4EACD

#E3E8CF#E2E6D1#E0E4D3#DFE2D5#DEE0D7#DDDDD9

Color harmonies

Complementary — #D3CDEA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.24:1 Fails
Against black text16.95:1 AAA

Best text color on #E4EACD: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #E4EACD

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 #E4EACD: ·

How #E4EACD looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #E7E7D4Deuteranopia · #E6E6D6Tritanopia · #E4DADB

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:

Bootstrap light · #F8F9FAMaterial Grey 500 · #9E9E9EMaterial Yellow 500 · #FFEB3B

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #E4EACD rather than the exact color:

Palette Ff7f11
#FF7F11 · #ACBFA4 · #E2E8CE · #262626
Palette Bad8b6
#BAD8B6 · #E1EACD · #F9F6E6 · #8D77AB
Crystal Ruby Garden
#E7B7E5 · #EEB0BB · #F2DFC3 · #E1EDCD
Palette Cadcae
#CADCAE · #E1E9C9 · #EDA35A · #FEE8D9
Palette Ccd6a6
#CCD6A6 · #DAE2B6 · #DFE8CC · #F7EDDB
Palette 1a120b
#1A120B · #3C2A21 · #D5CEA3 · #E5E5CB

Similar colors

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

#E2E8CE#E1EACD#E1EDCD#E1E9C9#DFE8CC#E5E5CB#E6EEC9#E1ECC8#E5E4CC#EAEACF#DEE8CE#EAECCC

Browse neighbouring colors

← #E4EACC  ·  #E4EACE →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #E4EACD?

#E4EACD is Pale Muted Green, a green color (RGB 228, 234, 205). Its closest standard named color is Gainsboro.

What is the RGB and HSL of #E4EACD?

#E4EACD is RGB 228, 234, 205 — HSL 72°, 41%, 86% — CMYK 3%, 0%, 12%, 8%.

What colors go with #E4EACD?

Its complement is #D3CDEA; analogous partners are #EAE1CD and #D5EACD. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #E4EACD for text?

Black text on #E4EACD has a contrast ratio of 16.95:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.24:1.