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#EAEEE8 — Pale Dusty Green

#EAEEE8 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 #EAEEE8 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.

#EAEEE8 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 #ECE8EE; it also sits naturally between #EDEEE8 and #E8EEE9. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EAEEE8 · RGB 234, 238, 232

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Color values

HEX#EAEEE8
RGB234, 238, 232
HSL100°, 15%, 92%
HSV100°, 3%, 93%
CMYK2%, 0%, 3%, 7%
XYZ79.07, 84.47, 88.48
Yxy84.47, 0.3138, 0.3352
CIE-Lab93.65, -2.39, 2.42
Hunter Lab91.91, -2.39, 2.34

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 93% · Blue 91%

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 #EAEEE8 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EAEEE8 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EAEEE8

.text { color: #EAEEE8; }
.background { background-color: #EAEEE8; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EAEEE8; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(234, 238, 232); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(100, 15%, 92%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EAEEE8; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(234, 238, 232, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EAEEE8; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(234, 238, 232, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EAEEE8">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EAEEE8">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EAEEE8

#D1DACD#B9C7B3#A4B59B#8CA281#748D68#5E7255#495841#354130#1F261C#0A0C09

Tints of #EAEEE8

#EAEEE8#ECF0EA#ECF0EA#EFF2ED#EFF2ED#EFF2ED#F2F4F0#F2F4F0#F4F6F3#F4F6F3

Tones of #EAEEE8

#EAEDE8#EAEDE8#EAECE9#EAECE9#EAEBEA#EAEBEA

Color harmonies

Complementary — #ECE8EE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.17:1 Fails
Against black text17.89:1 AAA

Best text color on #EAEEE8: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EAEEE8

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 #EAEEE8: ·

How #EAEEE8 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #ECECE9Deuteranopia · #ECEBEATritanopia · #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 #EAEEE8 rather than the exact color:

Palette 16423c
#16423C · #6A9C89 · #C4DAD2 · #E9EFEC
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 7c9473
#7C9473 · #CFDAC8 · #E8EAE6 · #CDD0CB

Similar colors

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

#E9EFEC#EBEBEB#EAEAEA#ECECEC#E8EAE6#EEEDEB#EBF3E8#EBEDE3#E9E9E9#EEF0E5#EFEEEA#EDEDED

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EAEEE7  ·  #EAEEE9 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EAEEE8?

#EAEEE8 is Pale Dusty Green, a green color (RGB 234, 238, 232). Its closest standard named color is Beige.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EAEEE8?

#EAEEE8 is RGB 234, 238, 232 — HSL 100°, 15%, 92% — CMYK 2%, 0%, 3%, 7%.

What colors go with #EAEEE8?

Its complement is #ECE8EE; analogous partners are #EDEEE8 and #E8EEE9. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EAEEE8 for text?

Black text on #EAEEE8 has a contrast ratio of 17.89:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.17:1.