Palettes / Colors / #EDE8EA

#EDE8EA — Pale Dusty Pink

#EDE8EA is a pink color we call Pale Dusty 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 #EDE8EA 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.

#EDE8EA 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 #E8EDEB; it also sits naturally between #EDE8ED and #EDE9E8. 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 91% · Blue 92%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 2% · Yellow 1% · Key 7%

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

Previews

CSS code for #EDE8EA

.text { color: #EDE8EA; }
.background { background-color: #EDE8EA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EDE8EA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(237, 232, 234); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(336, 12%, 92%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EDE8EA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(237, 232, 234, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EDE8EA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(237, 232, 234, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EDE8EA">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EDE8EA">Div content here</div>

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #E8EDEB:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #EDE8EA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EDE8EA

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 #EDE8EA 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 #EDE8EA 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

← #EDE8E9  ·  #EDE8EB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EDE8EA?

#EDE8EA is Pale Dusty Pink, a pink color (RGB 237, 232, 234). Its closest standard named color is Lavender.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EDE8EA?

#EDE8EA is RGB 237, 232, 234 — HSL 336°, 12%, 92% — CMYK 0%, 2%, 1%, 7%.

What colors go with #EDE8EA?

Its complement is #E8EDEB; analogous partners are #EDE8ED and #EDE9E8. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EDE8EA for text?

Black text on #EDE8EA has a contrast ratio of 17.33:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.21:1.