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#EAECEA — Soft White

#EAECEA 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 #EAECEA 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.

#EAECEA 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 #ECEAEC; it also sits naturally between #EBECEA and #EAECEB. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EAECEA · RGB 234, 236, 234

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Color values

HEX#EAECEA
RGB234, 236, 234
HSL120°, 5%, 92%
HSV120°, 1%, 93%
CMYK1%, 0%, 1%, 7%
XYZ78.78, 83.42, 89.79
Yxy83.42, 0.3126, 0.3311
CIE-Lab93.20, -1.02, 0.72
Hunter Lab91.34, -1.02, 0.70

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 93% · Blue 92%

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

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #EAECEA

.text { color: #EAECEA; }
.background { background-color: #EAECEA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EAECEA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(234, 236, 234); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(120, 5%, 92%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EAECEA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(234, 236, 234, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EAECEA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(234, 236, 234, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #EAECEA

#D1D6D1#B9C0B9#A4ADA4#8C978C#748174#5E685E#495049#353B35#1F231F#0A0B0A

Tints of #EAECEA

#EAECEA#ECEEEC#ECEEEC#EFF0EF#EFF0EF#EFF0EF#F2F3F2#F2F3F2#F4F5F4#F4F5F4

Tones of #EAECEA

#EAEBEA#EAEBEA#EAEBEA#EAEBEA#EAEBEA#EAEBEA

Color harmonies

Complementary — #ECEAEC:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.19:1 Fails
Against black text17.68:1 AAA

Best text color on #EAECEA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EAECEA

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 #EAECEA: ·

How #EAECEA looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #EBEBEADeuteranopia · #EBEBEBTritanopia · #EAEBEB

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 #EAECEA rather than the exact color:

Palette Ef7722
#EF7722 · #FAA533 · #EBEBEB · #0BA6DF
Palette 08d9d6
#08D9D6 · #252A34 · #FF2E63 · #EAEAEA
Palette 66d2ce
#66D2CE · #2DAA9E · #EAEAEA · #E3D2C3
Palette Ececec
#ECECEC · #84934A · #656D3F · #492828
Palette 282f44
#282F44 · #E6AF2E · #F5D061 · #ECECEC
Palette 001bb7
#001BB7 · #0046FF · #FF8040 · #E9E9E9

Similar colors

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

#EBEBEB#EAEAEA#ECECEC#E9E9E9#E9EFEC#EEEDEB#EDEDED#E8E8E8#E8EAE6#EFEEEA#EFECEC#EAEFEF

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EAECE9  ·  #EAECEB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EAECEA?

#EAECEA is Soft White, a white color (RGB 234, 236, 234). Its closest standard named color is Lavender.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EAECEA?

#EAECEA is RGB 234, 236, 234 — HSL 120°, 5%, 92% — CMYK 1%, 0%, 1%, 7%.

What colors go with #EAECEA?

Its complement is #ECEAEC; analogous partners are #EBECEA and #EAECEB. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EAECEA for text?

Black text on #EAECEA has a contrast ratio of 17.68:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.19:1.