Palettes / Colors / #EAEEE9

#EAEEE9 — Pale Dusty Green

#EAEEE9 is a green color we call Pale Dusty Green, closest to the named color WhiteSmoke (#F5F5F5). It belongs to the green family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: whitesmoke (#F5F5F5) — not an exact match. CSS whitesmoke gives you #F5F5F5, a different color; use #EAEEE9 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.

#EAEEE9 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 #ECE8ED; it also sits naturally between #ECEDE8 and #E8EDEA. 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 2% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 2% · Key 7%

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

Previews

CSS code for #EAEEE9

.text { color: #EAEEE9; }
.background { background-color: #EAEEE9; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EAEEE9; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(234, 238, 233); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(108, 13%, 92%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EAEEE9; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(234, 238, 233, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EAEEE9; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(234, 238, 233, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EAEEE9">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EAEEE9">Div content here</div>

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #ECE8ED:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #EAEEE9: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EAEEE9

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 #EAEEE9 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 #EAEEE9 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

← #EAEEE8  ·  #EAEEEA →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EAEEE9?

#EAEEE9 is Pale Dusty Green, a green color (RGB 234, 238, 233). Its closest standard named color is WhiteSmoke.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EAEEE9?

#EAEEE9 is RGB 234, 238, 233 — HSL 108°, 13%, 92% — CMYK 2%, 0%, 2%, 7%.

What colors go with #EAEEE9?

Its complement is #ECE8ED; analogous partners are #ECEDE8 and #E8EDEA. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EAEEE9 for text?

Black text on #EAEEE9 has a contrast ratio of 17.90:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.17:1.