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#EAEBED — Soft White

#EAEBED is a white color we call Soft White, closest to the named color Lavender (#E6E6FA). It belongs to the white family.

Color name

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

#EAEBED is a neutral white color associated with cleanliness, space and minimalism. It is light enough to work as a background or base color, with darker text on top.

Its strongest partner is its complement #ECEBE9; it also sits naturally between #E9ECEC and #EAE9EC. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EAEBED · RGB 234, 235, 237

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Color values

HEX#EAEBED
RGB234, 235, 237
HSL220°, 8%, 92%
HSV220°, 1%, 93%
CMYK1%, 1%, 0%, 7%
XYZ78.93, 83.02, 91.99
Yxy83.02, 0.3108, 0.3269
CIE-Lab93.02, 0.03, -1.09
Hunter Lab91.12, 0.03, -1.07

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 92% · Blue 93%

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

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #EAEBED

.text { color: #EAEBED; }
.background { background-color: #EAEBED; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EAEBED; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(234, 235, 237); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(220, 8%, 92%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EAEBED; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(234, 235, 237, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EAEBED; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(234, 235, 237, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #EAEBED

#D0D2D7#B7BBC2#A1A6AF#898E9A#717784#5B616B#464A53#34373D#1E2024#090A0B

Tints of #EAEBED

#E9EAEC#ECEDEF#ECEDEF#EEEFF1#EEEFF1#EEEFF1#F1F2F3#F1F2F3#F4F5F6#F4F5F6

Tones of #EAEBED

#E9EAEC#E9EAEC#EAEAEC#EAEAEB#EAEAEB#EAEBEB

Color harmonies

Complementary — #ECEBE9:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.19:1 Fails
Against black text17.60:1 AAA

Best text color on #EAEBED: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EAEBED

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 #EAEBED: ·

How #EAEBED looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #EAEAEDDeuteranopia · #EAEAECTritanopia · #EAECEC

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 #EAEBED rather than the exact color:

Palette Ef7722
#EF7722 · #FAA533 · #EBEBEB · #0BA6DF
Palette Ececec
#ECECEC · #84934A · #656D3F · #492828
Palette 282f44
#282F44 · #E6AF2E · #F5D061 · #ECECEC
Palette 000000
#000000 · #233D4D · #FE7F2D · #EAECF0
Palette 08d9d6
#08D9D6 · #252A34 · #FF2E63 · #EAEAEA
Palette 66d2ce
#66D2CE · #2DAA9E · #EAEAEA · #E3D2C3

Similar colors

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

#EBEBEB#ECECEC#EAECF0#EAEAEA#EDEDED#E9EFEC#EAEFEF#E9E9E9#EEEDEB#EEEEEE#EFECEC#E8EDF2

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EAEBEC  ·  #EAEBEE →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EAEBED?

#EAEBED is Soft White, a white color (RGB 234, 235, 237). Its closest standard named color is Lavender.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EAEBED?

#EAEBED is RGB 234, 235, 237 — HSL 220°, 8%, 92% — CMYK 1%, 1%, 0%, 7%.

What colors go with #EAEBED?

Its complement is #ECEBE9; analogous partners are #E9ECEC and #EAE9EC. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EAEBED for text?

Black text on #EAEBED has a contrast ratio of 17.60:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.19:1.