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#EAEEE6 — Pale Dusty Green

#EAEEE6 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 #EAEEE6 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.

#EAEEE6 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 #EBE7EE; it also sits naturally between #EEEEE7 and #E7EEE7. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EAEEE6 · RGB 234, 238, 230

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Color values

HEX#EAEEE6
RGB234, 238, 230
HSL90°, 19%, 92%
HSV90°, 3%, 93%
CMYK2%, 0%, 3%, 7%
XYZ78.79, 84.35, 86.99
Yxy84.35, 0.3150, 0.3372
CIE-Lab93.60, -2.74, 3.39
Hunter Lab91.84, -2.74, 3.25

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 93% · Blue 90%

Cyan 2% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 3% · Key 7%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EAEEE6 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EAEEE6 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EAEEE6

.text { color: #EAEEE6; }
.background { background-color: #EAEEE6; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EAEEE6; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(234, 238, 230); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(90, 19%, 92%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EAEEE6; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(234, 238, 230, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EAEEE6; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(234, 238, 230, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EAEEE6">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EAEEE6">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EAEEE6

#D4DCCB#BDC9B0#A8B998#91A67D#7A9263#637651#4D5B3E#38432D#21271B#0A0C08

Tints of #EAEEE6

#EBEEE7#EDF1EA#EDF1EA#F0F3ED#F0F3ED#F0F3ED#F2F5F0#F2F5F0#F5F7F3#F5F7F3

Tones of #EAEEE6

#EBEEE7#EBEDE8#EBEDE8#EBECE9#EBECEA#EBEBEA

Color harmonies

Complementary — #EBE7EE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.18:1 Fails
Against black text17.87:1 AAA

Best text color on #EAEEE6: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EAEEE6

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 #EAEEE6: ·

How #EAEEE6 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #ECECE8Deuteranopia · #ECEBE8Tritanopia · #EAE9EA

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 #EAEEE6 rather than the exact color:

Palette 0b1849
#0B1849 · #124D1C · #E4B028 · #EBEDE3
Palette 7c9473
#7C9473 · #CFDAC8 · #E8EAE6 · #CDD0CB
Palette 163020
#163020 · #304D30 · #B6C4B6 · #EEF0E5
Palette C0e1d2
#C0E1D2 · #E5EEE4 · #F6F4E8 · #DC9B9B
Palette 86a789
#86A789 · #B2C8BA · #D2E3C8 · #EBF3E8
Palette 08d9d6
#08D9D6 · #252A34 · #FF2E63 · #EAEAEA

Similar colors

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

#EBEDE3#E8EAE6#EEF0E5#E5EEE4#EBF3E8#EAEAEA#EEF2E6#EDE9E6#EBEBEB#E9E9E9#EFECE3#E4EFE7

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EAEEE5  ·  #EAEEE7 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EAEEE6?

#EAEEE6 is Pale Dusty Green, a green color (RGB 234, 238, 230). Its closest standard named color is Beige.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EAEEE6?

#EAEEE6 is RGB 234, 238, 230 — HSL 90°, 19%, 92% — CMYK 2%, 0%, 3%, 7%.

What colors go with #EAEEE6?

Its complement is #EBE7EE; analogous partners are #EEEEE7 and #E7EEE7. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EAEEE6 for text?

Black text on #EAEEE6 has a contrast ratio of 17.87:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.18:1.