Palettes / Colors / #ECEEE4

#ECEEE4 — Pale Dusty Green

#ECEEE4 is a green color we call Pale Dusty Green, closest to the named color Beige (#F5F5DC). It belongs to the green family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: beige (#F5F5DC) — not an exact match. CSS beige gives you #F5F5DC, a different color; use #ECEEE4 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.

#ECEEE4 is a warm-leaning green color associated with growth, calm and balance. It is light enough to work as a background or base color, with darker text on top.

Its strongest partner is its complement #E5E3ED; it also sits naturally between #EDEAE3 and #E6EDE3. 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 93% · Blue 89%

Cyan 1% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 4% · Key 7%

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

Previews

CSS code for #ECEEE4

.text { color: #ECEEE4; }
.background { background-color: #ECEEE4; }
.border { border: 3px solid #ECEEE4; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(236, 238, 228); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(72, 23%, 91%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #ECEEE4; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(236, 238, 228, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #ECEEE4; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(236, 238, 228, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#ECEEE4">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#ECEEE4">Div content here</div>

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #E5E3ED:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #ECEEE4: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #ECEEE4

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 #ECEEE4 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 #ECEEE4 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

← #ECEEE3  ·  #ECEEE5 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #ECEEE4?

#ECEEE4 is Pale Dusty Green, a green color (RGB 236, 238, 228). Its closest standard named color is Beige.

What is the RGB and HSL of #ECEEE4?

#ECEEE4 is RGB 236, 238, 228 — HSL 72°, 23%, 91% — CMYK 1%, 0%, 4%, 7%.

What colors go with #ECEEE4?

Its complement is #E5E3ED; analogous partners are #EDEAE3 and #E6EDE3. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #ECEEE4 for text?

Black text on #ECEEE4 has a contrast ratio of 17.92:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.17:1.