Palettes / Colors / #EAECE7

#EAECE7 — Pale Dusty Green

#EAECE7 is a green color we call Pale Dusty Green, closest to the named color Beige (#F5F5DC). It belongs to the green family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: beige (#F5F5DC) — not an exact match. CSS beige gives you #F5F5DC, a different color; use #EAECE7 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.

#EAECE7 is a warm-leaning green color associated with growth, calm and balance. It is light enough to work as a background or base color, with darker text on top.

Its strongest partner is its complement #EAE8ED; it also sits naturally between #EDEDE8 and #E9EDE8. 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 93% · Blue 91%

Cyan 1% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 2% · Key 7%

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

Previews

CSS code for #EAECE7

.text { color: #EAECE7; }
.background { background-color: #EAECE7; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EAECE7; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(234, 236, 231); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(84, 12%, 92%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EAECE7; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(234, 236, 231, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EAECE7; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(234, 236, 231, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EAECE7">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EAECE7">Div content here</div>

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #EAE8ED:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #EAECE7: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EAECE7

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:

How #EAECE7 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 #EAECE7 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

← #EAECE6  ·  #EAECE8 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EAECE7?

#EAECE7 is Pale Dusty Green, a green color (RGB 234, 236, 231). Its closest standard named color is Beige.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EAECE7?

#EAECE7 is RGB 234, 236, 231 — HSL 84°, 12%, 92% — CMYK 1%, 0%, 2%, 7%.

What colors go with #EAECE7?

Its complement is #EAE8ED; analogous partners are #EDEDE8 and #E9EDE8. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EAECE7 for text?

Black text on #EAECE7 has a contrast ratio of 17.65:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.19:1.