Palettes / Colors / #ECCEEA

#ECCEEA — Pale Muted Pink

#ECCEEA is a pink color we call Pale Muted Pink, closest to the named color Gainsboro (#DCDCDC). It belongs to the pink family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: gainsboro (#DCDCDC) — not an exact match. CSS gainsboro gives you #DCDCDC, a different color; use #ECCEEA 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.

#ECCEEA 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 #CFECD1; it also sits naturally between #E0CFEC and #ECCFDC. 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 93% · Green 81% · Blue 92%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 13% · Yellow 1% · Key 7%

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

Previews

CSS code for #ECCEEA

.text { color: #ECCEEA; }
.background { background-color: #ECCEEA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #ECCEEA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(236, 206, 234); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(304, 44%, 87%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #ECCEEA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(236, 206, 234, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #ECCEEA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(236, 206, 234, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #ECCEEA

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #CFECD1:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #ECCEEA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #ECCEEA

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 #ECCEEA 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 #ECCEEA 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

← #ECCEE9  ·  #ECCEEB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #ECCEEA?

#ECCEEA is Pale Muted Pink, a pink color (RGB 236, 206, 234). Its closest standard named color is Gainsboro.

What is the RGB and HSL of #ECCEEA?

#ECCEEA is RGB 236, 206, 234 — HSL 304°, 44%, 87% — CMYK 0%, 13%, 1%, 7%.

What colors go with #ECCEEA?

Its complement is #CFECD1; analogous partners are #E0CFEC and #ECCFDC. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #ECCEEA for text?

Black text on #ECCEEA has a contrast ratio of 14.58:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.44:1.