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#E8BEEC — Pale Pink

#E8BEEC is a pink color we call Pale Pink, closest to the named color Thistle (#D8BFD8). It belongs to the pink family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: thistle (#D8BFD8) — not an exact match. CSS thistle gives you #D8BFD8, a different color; use #E8BEEC 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.

#E8BEEC is a cool pink color associated with playfulness, romance and softness. It is light enough to work as a background or base color, with darker text on top.

Its strongest partner is its complement #C3EDC0; it also sits naturally between #D2C0ED and #EDC0DA. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#E8BEEC · RGB 232, 190, 236

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Color values

HEX#E8BEEC
RGB232, 190, 236
HSL295°, 55%, 84%
HSV295°, 19%, 93%
CMYK2%, 19%, 0%, 7%
XYZ66.83, 60.04, 87.42
Yxy60.04, 0.3119, 0.2802
CIE-Lab81.86, 22.81, -17.17
Hunter Lab77.48, 22.86, -17.52

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 91% · Green 75% · Blue 93%

Cyan 2% · Magenta 19% · Yellow 0% · Key 7%

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

Previews

Sample text in #E8BEEC on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #E8BEEC on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #E8BEEC

.text { color: #E8BEEC; }
.background { background-color: #E8BEEC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #E8BEEC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(232, 190, 236); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(295, 55%, 84%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #E8BEEC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(232, 190, 236, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #E8BEEC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(232, 190, 236, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#E8BEEC">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#E8BEEC">Div content here</div>

Shades of #E8BEEC

#DEA0E3#D381DA#C861D1#BD41C8#A432AE#86298E#68206F#4A174F#2D0E2F#0F0510

Tints of #E8BEEC

#EAC4EE#ECC8EF#EED0F1#F0D4F2#F1D7F4#F3DBF5#F4DFF6#F7E7F8#F8EBF9#F9EFFA

Tones of #E8BEEC

#E6C3E9#E3C6E6#E1CAE3#DECCE0#DCD0DD#D9D3D9

Color harmonies

Complementary — #C3EDC0:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.61:1 Fails
Against black text13.01:1 AAA

Best text color on #E8BEEC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #E8BEEC

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 #E8BEEC: ·

How #E8BEEC looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D6D5E1Deuteranopia · #D8DBDETritanopia · #E6D8D6

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 fuchsia 500 · #D946EF

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #E8BEEC rather than the exact color:

Palette 2a2f4f
#2A2F4F · #917FB3 · #E5BEEC · #FDE2F3
Smoky Whisper
#29AB22 · #84E57E · #BC27C3 · #EDBFED
Gentle Ember
#E6BCF1 · #9A1FB7 · #84219B · #330B3D
Palette Aa60c8
#AA60C8 · #D69ADE · #EABDE6 · #FFDFEF
Palette 5a639c
#5A639C · #7776B3 · #9B86BD · #E2BBE9
Palette Ecee81
#ECEE81 · #8DDFCB · #82A0D8 · #EDB7ED

Similar colors

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

#E5BEEC#EDBFED#E6BCF1#EABDE6#E2BBE9#EDB7ED#E5B7F1#E2C2E6#E8C5E5#E7B7E5#EBC7E8#E5B8F4

Browse neighbouring colors

← #E8BEEB  ·  #E8BEED →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #E8BEEC?

#E8BEEC is Pale Pink, a pink color (RGB 232, 190, 236). Its closest standard named color is Thistle.

What is the RGB and HSL of #E8BEEC?

#E8BEEC is RGB 232, 190, 236 — HSL 295°, 55%, 84% — CMYK 2%, 19%, 0%, 7%.

What colors go with #E8BEEC?

Its complement is #C3EDC0; analogous partners are #D2C0ED and #EDC0DA. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #E8BEEC for text?

Black text on #E8BEEC has a contrast ratio of 13.01:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.61:1.