Palettes / Colors / #EBD8EE

#EBD8EE — Pale Muted Pink

#EBD8EE is a pink color we call Pale Muted Pink, closest to the named color Lavender (#E6E6FA). It belongs to the pink family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: lavender (#E6E6FA) — not an exact match. CSS lavender gives you #E6E6FA, a different color; use #EBD8EE 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.

#EBD8EE is a cool pink color associated with playfulness, romance and softness. It is light enough to work as a background or base color, with darker text on top.

Its strongest partner is its complement #DBEED8; it also sits naturally between #E0D8EE and #EED8E6. 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 85% · Blue 93%

Cyan 1% · Magenta 9% · Yellow 0% · Key 7%

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

Previews

CSS code for #EBD8EE

.text { color: #EBD8EE; }
.background { background-color: #EBD8EE; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EBD8EE; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(235, 216, 238); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(292, 39%, 89%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EBD8EE; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(235, 216, 238, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EBD8EE; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(235, 216, 238, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EBD8EE">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EBD8EE">Div content here</div>

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #DBEED8:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #EBD8EE: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EBD8EE

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 #EBD8EE 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 #EBD8EE 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

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Frequently asked questions

What color is #EBD8EE?

#EBD8EE is Pale Muted Pink, a pink color (RGB 235, 216, 238). Its closest standard named color is Lavender.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EBD8EE?

#EBD8EE is RGB 235, 216, 238 — HSL 292°, 39%, 89% — CMYK 1%, 9%, 0%, 7%.

What colors go with #EBD8EE?

Its complement is #DBEED8; analogous partners are #E0D8EE and #EED8E6. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EBD8EE for text?

Black text on #EBD8EE has a contrast ratio of 15.59:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.35:1.