Palettes / Colors / #EBE5EA

#EBE5EA — Pale Dusty Pink

#EBE5EA is a pink color we call Pale Dusty Pink, closest to the named color Lavender (#E6E6FA). It belongs to the pink family.

#EBE5EA 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 #E5EBE6; it also sits naturally between #E9E5EB and #EBE5E7. 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 90% · Blue 92%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 3% · Yellow 0% · Key 8%

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

Previews

CSS code for #EBE5EA

.text { color: #EBE5EA; }
.background { background-color: #EBE5EA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EBE5EA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(235, 229, 234); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(310, 13%, 91%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EBE5EA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(235, 229, 234, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EBE5EA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(235, 229, 234, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EBE5EA">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EBE5EA">Div content here</div>

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #E5EBE6:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #EBE5EA: #000000.

How #EBE5EA 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 #EBE5EA 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

← #EBE5E9  ·  #EBE5EB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EBE5EA?

#EBE5EA is Pale Dusty Pink, a pink color (RGB 235, 229, 234). Its closest standard named color is Lavender.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EBE5EA?

#EBE5EA is RGB 235, 229, 234 — HSL 310°, 13%, 91% — CMYK 0%, 3%, 0%, 8%.

What colors go with #EBE5EA?

Its complement is #E5EBE6; analogous partners are #E9E5EB and #EBE5E7. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EBE5EA for text?

Black text on #EBE5EA has a contrast ratio of 16.93:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.24:1.