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#EACBBC — Pale Muted Brown

#EACBBC is a brown color we call Pale Muted Brown, closest to the named color Wheat (#F5DEB3). It belongs to the brown family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: wheat (#F5DEB3) — not an exact match. CSS wheat gives you #F5DEB3, a different color; use #EACBBC 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.

#EACBBC is a warm brown color associated with earthiness, stability and comfort. It is light enough to work as a background or base color, with darker text on top.

Its strongest partner is its complement #BDDBEA; it also sits naturally between #EABDC5 and #EAE3BD. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EACBBC · RGB 234, 203, 188

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Color values

HEX#EACBBC
RGB234, 203, 188
HSL20°, 52%, 83%
HSV20°, 20%, 92%
CMYK0%, 13%, 20%, 8%
XYZ64.36, 63.84, 56.51
Yxy63.84, 0.3485, 0.3456
CIE-Lab83.88, 8.56, 11.48
Hunter Lab79.90, 8.38, 10.02

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 80% · Blue 74%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 13% · Yellow 20% · Key 8%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #EACBBC

.text { color: #EACBBC; }
.background { background-color: #EACBBC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EACBBC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(234, 203, 188); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(20, 52%, 83%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EACBBC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(234, 203, 188, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EACBBC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(234, 203, 188, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #EACBBC

#E0B49E#D79C7F#CD8460#C36C41#AB5D36#8C4C2C#6D3B22#4E2A18#2F190F#100805

Tints of #EACBBC

#EBCFC1#EED5C9#EFD8CD#F0DBD0#F3E1D8#F4E4DC#F5E7E0#F6EAE4#F9F0EC#FAF3EF

Tones of #EACBBC

#E7CDC0#E4CEC4#E1CFC7#DDD0CA#DAD1CD#D7D3D1

Color harmonies

Complementary — #BDDBEA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.53:1 Fails
Against black text13.77:1 AAA

Best text color on #EACBBC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EACBBC

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 #EACBBC: ·

How #EACBBC looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #DDDCC0Deuteranopia · #DEE1C1Tritanopia · #E8C2C3

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 #EACBBC rather than the exact color:

Tender Lagoon
#BD4824 · #27CF4F · #4F27CF · #EAC8BC
Palette Ffeddb
#FFEDDB · #EDCDBB · #E3B7A0 · #BF9270
Dreamy Aurora
#225B81 · #5F9AD5 · #D38A59 · #E7CBB9
Dreamy Breeze
#EDCCBF · #D9A896 · #B96241 · #9B4A2C
Royal Mosaic
#BF581D · #46E37F · #783BE1 · #EECEBE
Palette 987d9a
#987D9A · #BB9AB1 · #EECEB9 · #FEFBD8

Similar colors

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

#EAC8BC#EDCDBB#E7CBB9#EDCCBF#EECEBE#EECEB9#E7CAC3#EBCBB4#E7C5C1#ECCDB4#EACEB4#E3CDC1

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EACBBB  ·  #EACBBD →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EACBBC?

#EACBBC is Pale Muted Brown, a brown color (RGB 234, 203, 188). Its closest standard named color is Wheat.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EACBBC?

#EACBBC is RGB 234, 203, 188 — HSL 20°, 52%, 83% — CMYK 0%, 13%, 20%, 8%.

What colors go with #EACBBC?

Its complement is #BDDBEA; analogous partners are #EABDC5 and #EAE3BD. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EACBBC for text?

Black text on #EACBBC has a contrast ratio of 13.77:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.53:1.