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#E7EAEE — Pale Dusty Blue

#E7EAEE is a blue color we call Pale Dusty Blue, closest to the named color Lavender (#E6E6FA). It belongs to the blue family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: lavender (#E6E6FA) — not an exact match. CSS lavender gives you #E6E6FA, a different color; use #E7EAEE 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.

#E7EAEE 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 #EEEBE7; it also sits naturally between #E7EEEE and #E8E7EE. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#E7EAEE · RGB 231, 234, 238

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Color values

HEX#E7EAEE
RGB231, 234, 238
HSL214°, 17%, 92%
HSV214°, 3%, 93%
CMYK3%, 2%, 0%, 7%
XYZ77.81, 82.01, 92.62
Yxy82.01, 0.3082, 0.3249
CIE-Lab92.58, -0.27, -2.30
Hunter Lab90.56, -0.27, -2.26

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 91% · Green 92% · Blue 93%

Cyan 3% · Magenta 2% · Yellow 0% · Key 7%

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

Previews

Sample text in #E7EAEE on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #E7EAEE on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #E7EAEE

.text { color: #E7EAEE; }
.background { background-color: #E7EAEE; }
.border { border: 3px solid #E7EAEE; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(231, 234, 238); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(214, 17%, 92%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #E7EAEE; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(231, 234, 238, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #E7EAEE; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(231, 234, 238, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#E7EAEE">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#E7EAEE">Div content here</div>

Shades of #E7EAEE

#CCD3DB#B1BBC8#9AA6B7#7F8FA4#66788F#536174#3F4B5A#2F3742#1C2027#080A0C

Tints of #E7EAEE

#E7EAEE#EAEDF0#EAEDF0#EDEFF2#EDEFF2#EDEFF2#F0F2F4#F0F2F4#F3F5F7#F3F5F7

Tones of #E7EAEE

#E8EAEE#E8EAED#E9EAED#E9EAEC#EAEAEC#EAEBEB

Color harmonies

Complementary — #EEEBE7:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.21:1 Fails
Against black text17.40:1 AAA

Best text color on #E7EAEE: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #E7EAEE

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 #E7EAEE: ·

How #E7EAEE looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #E8E8EDDeuteranopia · #E8E8EDTritanopia · #E7ECEC

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 · #9E9E9ETailwind purple 500 · #A855F7

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #E7EAEE rather than the exact color:

Palette 000000
#000000 · #233D4D · #FE7F2D · #EAECF0
Palette 08d9d6
#08D9D6 · #252A34 · #FF2E63 · #EAEAEA
Palette 66d2ce
#66D2CE · #2DAA9E · #EAEAEA · #E3D2C3
Palette E8edf2
#E8EDF2 · #2C3947 · #547A95 · #C2A56D
Palette Ef7722
#EF7722 · #FAA533 · #EBEBEB · #0BA6DF
Palette 001bb7
#001BB7 · #0046FF · #FF8040 · #E9E9E9

Similar colors

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

#EAECF0#EAEAEA#E8EDF2#EBEBEB#E9E9E9#ECECEC#E9EFEC#EAEFEF#E8E8E8#EDEDED#EEEEEE#E7F2EF

Browse neighbouring colors

← #E7EAED  ·  #E7EAEF →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #E7EAEE?

#E7EAEE is Pale Dusty Blue, a blue color (RGB 231, 234, 238). Its closest standard named color is Lavender.

What is the RGB and HSL of #E7EAEE?

#E7EAEE is RGB 231, 234, 238 — HSL 214°, 17%, 92% — CMYK 3%, 2%, 0%, 7%.

What colors go with #E7EAEE?

Its complement is #EEEBE7; analogous partners are #E7EEEE and #E8E7EE. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #E7EAEE for text?

Black text on #E7EAEE has a contrast ratio of 17.40:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.21:1.