Palettes / Colors / #ECE4E3

#ECE4E3 — Pale Dusty Red

#ECE4E3 is a red color we call Pale Dusty Red, closest to the named color MistyRose (#FFE4E1). It belongs to the red family.

#ECE4E3 is a warm red color associated with energy, passion and urgency. It is light enough to work as a background or base color, with darker text on top.

Its strongest partner is its complement #E4EBEC; it also sits naturally between #ECE4E7 and #ECE9E4. 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 89% · Blue 89%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 3% · Yellow 4% · Key 7%

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

Previews

CSS code for #ECE4E3

.text { color: #ECE4E3; }
.background { background-color: #ECE4E3; }
.border { border: 3px solid #ECE4E3; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(236, 228, 227); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(7, 19%, 91%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #ECE4E3; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(236, 228, 227, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #ECE4E3; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(236, 228, 227, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#ECE4E3">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#ECE4E3">Div content here</div>

Shades of #ECE4E3

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #E4EBEC:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #ECE4E3: #000000.

How #ECE4E3 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 #ECE4E3 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

← #ECE4E2  ·  #ECE4E4 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #ECE4E3?

#ECE4E3 is Pale Dusty Red, a red color (RGB 236, 228, 227). Its closest standard named color is MistyRose.

What is the RGB and HSL of #ECE4E3?

#ECE4E3 is RGB 236, 228, 227 — HSL 7°, 19%, 91% — CMYK 0%, 3%, 4%, 7%.

What colors go with #ECE4E3?

Its complement is #E4EBEC; analogous partners are #ECE4E7 and #ECE9E4. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #ECE4E3 for text?

Black text on #ECE4E3 has a contrast ratio of 16.77:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.25:1.