Palettes / Colors / #EAE4E5

#EAE4E5 — Pale Dusty Red

#EAE4E5 is a red color we call Pale Dusty Red, closest to the named color Gainsboro (#DCDCDC). It belongs to the red family.

#EAE4E5 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 #E5EBEA; it also sits naturally between #EBE5E9 and #EBE7E5. 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 89% · Blue 90%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 3% · Yellow 2% · Key 8%

Previews

CSS code for #EAE4E5

.text { color: #EAE4E5; }
.background { background-color: #EAE4E5; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EAE4E5; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(234, 228, 229); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(350, 12%, 91%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EAE4E5; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(234, 228, 229, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EAE4E5; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(234, 228, 229, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EAE4E5">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EAE4E5">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EAE4E5

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Tones of #EAE4E5

Color harmonies

Complementary — #E5EBEA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #EAE4E5: #000000.

How #EAE4E5 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 #EAE4E5 or a close neighbour

Similar colors

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

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EAE4E4  ·  #EAE4E6 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EAE4E5?

#EAE4E5 is Pale Dusty Red, a red color (RGB 234, 228, 229). Its closest standard named color is Gainsboro.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EAE4E5?

#EAE4E5 is RGB 234, 228, 229 — HSL 350°, 12%, 91% — CMYK 0%, 3%, 2%, 8%.

What colors go with #EAE4E5?

Its complement is #E5EBEA; analogous partners are #EBE5E9 and #EBE7E5. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EAE4E5 for text?

Black text on #EAE4E5 has a contrast ratio of 16.73:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.26:1.