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#EADCEC — Pale Dusty Pink

#EADCEC is a pink color we call Pale Dusty Pink, closest to the named color Lavender (#E6E6FA). It belongs to the pink family.

Color name

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

#EADCEC 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 #DDEBDB; it also sits naturally between #E1DBEB and #EBDBE5. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EADCEC · RGB 234, 220, 236

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Color values

HEX#EADCEC
RGB234, 220, 236
HSL292°, 30%, 89%
HSV292°, 7%, 93%
CMYK1%, 7%, 0%, 7%
XYZ74.67, 74.73, 89.85
Yxy74.73, 0.3121, 0.3124
CIE-Lab89.27, 7.61, -6.09
Hunter Lab86.45, 7.62, -6.03

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 86% · Blue 93%

Cyan 1% · Magenta 7% · Yellow 0% · Key 7%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #EADCEC

.text { color: #EADCEC; }
.background { background-color: #EADCEC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EADCEC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(234, 220, 236); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(292, 30%, 89%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EADCEC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(234, 220, 236, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EADCEC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(234, 220, 236, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #EADCEC

#D9C0DD#C7A2CD#B788BF#A56AAF#92549C#76447E#5D3663#412546#28172B#0C070D

Tints of #EADCEC

#EBDEED#EBDEED#EDE1EF#EFE4F1#F1E8F3#F1E8F3#F3EBF4#F5EEF6#F5EEF6#F7F2F8

Tones of #EADCEC

#E8DCEA#E7DDE9#E6DEE8#E6DFE7#E5E0E5#E4E2E4

Color harmonies

Complementary — #DDEBDB:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.32:1 Fails
Against black text15.95:1 AAA

Best text color on #EADCEC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EADCEC

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 #EADCEC: ·

How #EADCEC looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #E4E4E8Deuteranopia · #E5E6E7Tritanopia · #E9E5E4

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 #EADCEC rather than the exact color:

Honey Marble
#7C348B · #C7B667 · #5AC2B0 · #E9DDED
Amber Zephyr
#77285D · #A8CA62 · #6CAECE · #EEDCE9
Palette E5d9f2
#E5D9F2 · #F5EFFF · #CDC1FF · #A594F9
Palette F5efff
#F5EFFF · #E5D9F2 · #CDC1FF · #A294F9
Dusty Ruby Horizon
#95289F · #CABC33 · #59D5CA · #EED5EF
Palette F6f5f5
#F6F5F5 · #E9E4E6 · #3BB4C1 · #048998

Similar colors

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

#E9DDED#EEDCE9#E5D9F2#EED5EF#E9E4E6#F4DCEE#E0DAEC#E0DBEE#E7D3E8#E3D5F1#F2D4EA#EBE6E6

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EADCEB  ·  #EADCED →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EADCEC?

#EADCEC is Pale Dusty Pink, a pink color (RGB 234, 220, 236). Its closest standard named color is Lavender.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EADCEC?

#EADCEC is RGB 234, 220, 236 — HSL 292°, 30%, 89% — CMYK 1%, 7%, 0%, 7%.

What colors go with #EADCEC?

Its complement is #DDEBDB; analogous partners are #E1DBEB and #EBDBE5. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EADCEC for text?

Black text on #EADCEC has a contrast ratio of 15.95:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.32:1.