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#EAEDDD — Pale Dusty Green

#EAEDDD 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 #EAEDDD 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.

#EAEDDD 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 #E0DEED; it also sits naturally between #EDE8DE and #E3EDDE. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EAEDDD · RGB 234, 237, 221

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Color values

HEX#EAEDDD
RGB234, 237, 221
HSL71°, 31%, 90%
HSV71°, 7%, 93%
CMYK1%, 0%, 7%, 7%
XYZ77.27, 83.28, 80.41
Yxy83.28, 0.3207, 0.3456
CIE-Lab93.14, -3.77, 7.39
Hunter Lab91.26, -3.75, 6.93

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 93% · Blue 87%

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

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #EAEDDD

.text { color: #EAEDDD; }
.background { background-color: #EAEDDD; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EAEDDD; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(234, 237, 221); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(71, 31%, 90%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EAEDDD; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(234, 237, 221, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EAEDDD; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(234, 237, 221, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #EAEDDD

#D8DEC0#C8CFA5#B5C087#A5B26C#8F9D53#747F43#5C6435#404625#282B17#0C0D07

Tints of #EAEDDD

#EDEFE1#EDEFE1#EFF1E4#EFF1E4#F1F3E8#F3F4EB#F3F4EB#F5F6EE#F5F6EE#F7F8F2

Tones of #EAEDDD

#EAECDF#E9EBE0#E8EAE1#E8E9E2#E7E8E3#E6E7E4

Color harmonies

Complementary — #E0DEED:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.19:1 Fails
Against black text17.66:1 AAA

Best text color on #EAEDDD: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EAEDDD

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 #EAEDDD: ·

How #EAEDDD looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #EBEBE1Deuteranopia · #EBEBE2Tritanopia · #EAE4E5

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 · #9E9E9EMaterial Yellow 500 · #FFEB3B

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #EAEDDD rather than the exact color:

Palette Bbdce5
#BBDCE5 · #ECEEDF · #D9C4B0 · #CFAB8D
Palette A59d84
#A59D84 · #C1BAA1 · #D7D3BF · #ECEBDE
Palette E9eed9
#E9EED9 · #CBD2A4 · #9A7E6F · #54473F
Palette E7f0dc
#E7F0DC · #597445 · #658147 · #729762
Palette Eeebdd
#EEEBDD · #810000 · #630000 · #1B1717
Palette Eeebdd
#EEEBDD · #CE1212 · #810000 · #1B1717

Similar colors

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

#ECEEDF#ECEBDE#E9EED9#E7F0DC#EEEBDD#EEECDA#EEEFE0#ECE8DD#EDE8DC#EBEDE3#EDE9D9#E6F2DD

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EAEDDC  ·  #EAEDDE →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EAEDDD?

#EAEDDD is Pale Dusty Green, a green color (RGB 234, 237, 221). Its closest standard named color is Beige.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EAEDDD?

#EAEDDD is RGB 234, 237, 221 — HSL 71°, 31%, 90% — CMYK 1%, 0%, 7%, 7%.

What colors go with #EAEDDD?

Its complement is #E0DEED; analogous partners are #EDE8DE and #E3EDDE. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EAEDDD for text?

Black text on #EAEDDD has a contrast ratio of 17.66:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.19:1.