Palettes / Colors / #E5F0EA

#E5F0EA — Pale Dusty Green

#E5F0EA is a green color we call Pale Dusty Green, closest to the named color Lavender (#E6E6FA). It belongs to the green family.

#E5F0EA 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 #F0E5EB; it also sits naturally between #E6F0E5 and #E5F0F0. 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 94% · Blue 92%

Cyan 5% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 3% · Key 6%

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

Previews

CSS code for #E5F0EA

.text { color: #E5F0EA; }
.background { background-color: #E5F0EA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #E5F0EA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(229, 240, 234); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(147, 27%, 92%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #E5F0EA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(229, 240, 234, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #E5F0EA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(229, 240, 234, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#E5F0EA">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#E5F0EA">Div content here</div>

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #F0E5EB:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #E5F0EA: #000000.

How #E5F0EA 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 #E5F0EA 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

← #E5F0E9  ·  #E5F0EB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #E5F0EA?

#E5F0EA is Pale Dusty Green, a green color (RGB 229, 240, 234). Its closest standard named color is Lavender.

What is the RGB and HSL of #E5F0EA?

#E5F0EA is RGB 229, 240, 234 — HSL 147°, 27%, 92% — CMYK 5%, 0%, 3%, 6%.

What colors go with #E5F0EA?

Its complement is #F0E5EB; analogous partners are #E6F0E5 and #E5F0F0. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #E5F0EA for text?

Black text on #E5F0EA has a contrast ratio of 17.98:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.17:1.