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#EADCD1 — Pale Muted Brown

#EADCD1 is a brown color we call Pale Muted Brown, closest to the named color Gainsboro (#DCDCDC). It belongs to the brown family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: gainsboro (#DCDCDC) — not an exact match. CSS gainsboro gives you #DCDCDC, a different color; use #EADCD1 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.

#EADCD1 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 #D2DFEA; it also sits naturally between #EAD2D3 and #EAE8D2. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EADCD1 · RGB 234, 220, 209

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Color values

HEX#EADCD1
RGB234, 220, 209
HSL26°, 37%, 87%
HSV26°, 11%, 92%
CMYK0%, 6%, 11%, 8%
XYZ71.03, 73.28, 70.72
Yxy73.28, 0.3303, 0.3408
CIE-Lab88.58, 2.96, 7.11
Hunter Lab85.61, 2.93, 6.52

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 86% · Blue 82%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 6% · Yellow 11% · Key 8%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EADCD1 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EADCD1 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EADCD1

.text { color: #EADCD1; }
.background { background-color: #EADCD1; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EADCD1; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(234, 220, 209); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(26, 37%, 87%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EADCD1; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(234, 220, 209, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EADCD1; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(234, 220, 209, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EADCD1">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EADCD1">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EADCD1

#DDC7B6#CFAF96#C2997A#B5845E#A1704A#815A3B#65462F#493322#2A1D13#0E0A06

Tints of #EADCD1

#ECDFD5#EDE2D9#EFE4DC#F1E7E0#F2EAE3#F2EAE3#F4ECE7#F5EFEA#F7F2EE#F9F4F1

Tones of #EADCD1

#E8DCD3#E6DDD5#E5DDD7#E3DDD9#E1DDDA#E0DEDC

Color harmonies

Complementary — #D2DFEA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.34:1 Fails
Against black text15.66:1 AAA

Best text color on #EADCD1: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EADCD1

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 #EADCD1: ·

How #EADCD1 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #E4E4D4Deuteranopia · #E5E6D4Tritanopia · #E9D6D6

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 #EADCD1 rather than the exact color:

Smoky Dusk
#9A6C37 · #65C89A · #7F40B4 · #E8DBD3
Palette E8ded2
#E8DED2 · #A3D2CA · #5EAAA8 · #056676
Palette A8bba3
#A8BBA3 · #F7F4EA · #EBD9D1 · #B87C4C
Royal Lagoon
#2C5888 · #547AC8 · #AE7638 · #EBDECE
Palette 111844
#111844 · #4B5694 · #7288AE · #EAE0CF
Palette 213448
#213448 · #547792 · #94B4C1 · #EAE0CF

Similar colors

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

#E8DBD3#E8DED2#EBD9D1#EBDECE#EAE0CF#EBE1D1#EDD8CF#EFD9D1#EDE0D4#E7DFD5#ECDFCC#E4DCCF

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EADCD0  ·  #EADCD2 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EADCD1?

#EADCD1 is Pale Muted Brown, a brown color (RGB 234, 220, 209). Its closest standard named color is Gainsboro.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EADCD1?

#EADCD1 is RGB 234, 220, 209 — HSL 26°, 37%, 87% — CMYK 0%, 6%, 11%, 8%.

What colors go with #EADCD1?

Its complement is #D2DFEA; analogous partners are #EAD2D3 and #EAE8D2. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EADCD1 for text?

Black text on #EADCD1 has a contrast ratio of 15.66:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.34:1.