Palettes / Colors / #EADCDE

#EADCDE — Pale Dusty Red

#EADCDE is a red color we call Pale Dusty Red, closest to the named color Gainsboro (#DCDCDC). It belongs to the red family.

#EADCDE is a warm red color associated with energy, passion and urgency. It is light enough to work as a background or base color, with darker text on top.

Its strongest partner is its complement #DCEAE8; it also sits naturally between #EADCE5 and #EAE1DC. 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 92% · Green 86% · Blue 87%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 6% · Yellow 5% · Key 8%

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

Previews

CSS code for #EADCDE

.text { color: #EADCDE; }
.background { background-color: #EADCDE; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EADCDE; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(234, 220, 222); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(351, 25%, 89%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EADCDE; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(234, 220, 222, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EADCDE; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(234, 220, 222, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #EADCDE

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Tones of #EADCDE

Color harmonies

Complementary — #DCEAE8:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #EADCDE: #000000.

How #EADCDE 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 #EADCDE 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

← #EADCDD  ·  #EADCDF →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EADCDE?

#EADCDE is Pale Dusty Red, a red color (RGB 234, 220, 222). Its closest standard named color is Gainsboro.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EADCDE?

#EADCDE is RGB 234, 220, 222 — HSL 351°, 25%, 89% — CMYK 0%, 6%, 5%, 8%.

What colors go with #EADCDE?

Its complement is #DCEAE8; analogous partners are #EADCE5 and #EAE1DC. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EADCDE for text?

Black text on #EADCDE has a contrast ratio of 15.79:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.33:1.