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#EBDAEC — Pale Muted Pink

#EBDAEC 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 #EBDAEC 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.

#EBDAEC 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 #DBECDA; it also sits naturally between #E2DAEC and #ECDAE4. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EBDAEC · RGB 235, 218, 236

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Color values

HEX#EBDAEC
RGB235, 218, 236
HSL297°, 32%, 89%
HSV297°, 8%, 93%
CMYK0%, 8%, 0%, 7%
XYZ74.47, 73.86, 89.69
Yxy73.86, 0.3129, 0.3103
CIE-Lab88.86, 8.98, -6.69
Hunter Lab85.94, 9.01, -6.64

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 85% · Blue 93%

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

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #EBDAEC

.text { color: #EBDAEC; }
.background { background-color: #EBDAEC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EBDAEC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(235, 218, 236); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(297, 32%, 89%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EBDAEC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(235, 218, 236, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EBDAEC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(235, 218, 236, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #EBDAEC

#DDBFDE#CCA1CE#BE86C1#AD68B1#9A519E#7D4280#633465#452447#2B172C#0D070D

Tints of #EBDAEC

#EDDDEE#EDDDEE#EFE1EF#F0E4F1#F2E7F3#F2E7F3#F4EBF5#F6EEF6#F6EEF6#F8F2F8

Tones of #EBDAEC

#EADBEB#E9DCE9#E7DEE8#E6DFE7#E5E0E5#E4E2E4

Color harmonies

Complementary — #DBECDA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.33:1 Fails
Against black text15.77:1 AAA

Best text color on #EBDAEC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EBDAEC

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 #EBDAEC: ·

How #EBDAEC looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #E4E3E8Deuteranopia · #E5E6E7Tritanopia · #EAE4E3

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 fuchsia 500 · #D946EF

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #EBDAEC rather than the exact color:

Honey Marble
#7C348B · #C7B667 · #5AC2B0 · #E9DDED
Amber Zephyr
#77285D · #A8CA62 · #6CAECE · #EEDCE9
Dusty Ruby Horizon
#95289F · #CABC33 · #59D5CA · #EED5EF
Palette E5d9f2
#E5D9F2 · #F5EFFF · #CDC1FF · #A594F9
Palette F5efff
#F5EFFF · #E5D9F2 · #CDC1FF · #A294F9
Misty Marble
#622971 · #AF973F · #46BCA3 · #E7D3E8

Similar colors

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

#E9DDED#EEDCE9#EED5EF#E5D9F2#E7D3E8#F4DCEE#F2D4EA#EFD1EB#E3D5F1#E0DAEC#E0DBEE#F2D6E4

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EBDAEB  ·  #EBDAED →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EBDAEC?

#EBDAEC is Pale Muted Pink, a pink color (RGB 235, 218, 236). Its closest standard named color is Lavender.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EBDAEC?

#EBDAEC is RGB 235, 218, 236 — HSL 297°, 32%, 89% — CMYK 0%, 8%, 0%, 7%.

What colors go with #EBDAEC?

Its complement is #DBECDA; analogous partners are #E2DAEC and #ECDAE4. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EBDAEC for text?

Black text on #EBDAEC has a contrast ratio of 15.77:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.33:1.