Palettes / Colors / #E5CCCD

#E5CCCD — Pale Muted Red

#E5CCCD is a red color we call Pale Muted Red, closest to the named color Thistle (#D8BFD8). It belongs to the red family.

#E5CCCD is a warm red color associated with energy, passion and urgency. It is light enough to work as a background or base color, with darker text on top.

Its strongest partner is its complement #CDE5E4; it also sits naturally between #E5CDDA and #E5D8CD. 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 90% · Green 80% · Blue 80%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 11% · Yellow 10% · Key 10%

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

Previews

CSS code for #E5CCCD

.text { color: #E5CCCD; }
.background { background-color: #E5CCCD; }
.border { border: 3px solid #E5CCCD; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(229, 204, 205); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(358, 32%, 85%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #E5CCCD; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(229, 204, 205, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #E5CCCD; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(229, 204, 205, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#E5CCCD">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#E5CCCD">Div content here</div>

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #CDE5E4:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #E5CCCD: #000000.

How #E5CCCD 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 #E5CCCD 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

← #E5CCCC  ·  #E5CCCE →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #E5CCCD?

#E5CCCD is Pale Muted Red, a red color (RGB 229, 204, 205). Its closest standard named color is Thistle.

What is the RGB and HSL of #E5CCCD?

#E5CCCD is RGB 229, 204, 205 — HSL 358°, 32%, 85% — CMYK 0%, 11%, 10%, 10%.

What colors go with #E5CCCD?

Its complement is #CDE5E4; analogous partners are #E5CDDA and #E5D8CD. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #E5CCCD for text?

Black text on #E5CCCD has a contrast ratio of 13.85:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.52:1.