Palettes / Colors / #EBDAEB

#EBDAEB — Pale Dusty Pink

#EBDAEB is a pink color we call Pale Dusty 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 #EBDAEB 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.

#EBDAEB is a warm-leaning 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 #DBEBDB; it also sits naturally between #E3DBEB and #EBDBE3. 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 92%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 7% · Yellow 0% · Key 8%

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

Previews

CSS code for #EBDAEB

.text { color: #EBDAEB; }
.background { background-color: #EBDAEB; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EBDAEB; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(235, 218, 235); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(300, 30%, 89%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EBDAEB; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(235, 218, 235, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EBDAEB; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(235, 218, 235, 0.8); }

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

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #DBEBDB:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #EBDAEB: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EBDAEB

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 #EBDAEB 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 #EBDAEB 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 #EBDAEB?

#EBDAEB is Pale Dusty Pink, a pink color (RGB 235, 218, 235). Its closest standard named color is Lavender.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EBDAEB?

#EBDAEB is RGB 235, 218, 235 — HSL 300°, 30%, 89% — CMYK 0%, 7%, 0%, 8%.

What colors go with #EBDAEB?

Its complement is #DBEBDB; analogous partners are #E3DBEB and #EBDBE3. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EBDAEB for text?

Black text on #EBDAEB has a contrast ratio of 15.76:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.33:1.