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#EECEEC — Pale Muted Pink

#EECEEC 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 #EECEEC 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.

#EECEEC 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 #CEEED0; it also sits naturally between #E0CEEE and #EECEDC. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EECEEC · RGB 238, 206, 236

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Color values

HEX#EECEEC
RGB238, 206, 236
HSL304°, 48%, 87%
HSV304°, 13%, 93%
CMYK0%, 13%, 1%, 7%
XYZ72.47, 68.38, 88.74
Yxy68.38, 0.3157, 0.2978
CIE-Lab86.19, 16.29, -10.62
Hunter Lab82.69, 16.41, -10.64

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 93% · Green 81% · Blue 93%

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

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

Previews

Sample text in #EECEEC on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EECEEC on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EECEEC

.text { color: #EECEEC; }
.background { background-color: #EECEEC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EECEEC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(238, 206, 236); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(304, 48%, 87%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EECEEC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(238, 206, 236, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EECEEC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(238, 206, 236, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #EECEEC

#E3B0E0#D78ED2#CD70C6#C251BA#AE3DA6#8C3186#6D2669#4F1C4C#2D102B#0F050E

Tints of #EECEEC

#EFD2ED#F0D5EF#F2D9F0#F3DDF2#F4E1F3#F4E1F3#F6E5F5#F7E8F6#F8ECF8#FAF0F9

Tones of #EECEEC

#EBD0EA#E9D3E8#E7D5E6#E5D7E4#E2D9E2#E0DCE0

Color harmonies

Complementary — #CEEED0:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.43:1 Fails
Against black text14.68:1 AAA

Best text color on #EECEEC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EECEEC

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:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #EECEEC: ·

How #EECEEC looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #E0E0E5Deuteranopia · #E2E4E3Tritanopia · #ECDFDE

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:

Bootstrap light · #F8F9FAMaterial Grey 500 · #9E9E9ETailwind fuchsia 500 · #D946EF

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #EECEEC rather than the exact color:

Mellow Ruby Terrace
#861962 · #9FD72C · #258FC2 · #F0CFEA
Vintage Ruby Twilight
#BEB1EF · #EFD1EB · #EEB3B0 · #F4F3C8
Frozen Ruby Cinder
#902481 · #BDD044 · #3ABACE · #EBCBEB
Dusty Drift
#ECCFE8 · #C685BD · #963B89 · #3B1735
Honey Ruby Harbor
#EDCBF1 · #D889E1 · #B931C9 · #45114B
Tranquil Ruby Harbor
#27843F · #70D597 · #D36CB9 · #ECCFE6

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#F0CFEA#EFD1EB#EBCBEB#ECCFE8#EDCBF1#ECCFE6#EEC8EF#F4CCE9#EFCAE6#F2D4EA#EED5EF#F3D1F1

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EECEEB  ·  #EECEED →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EECEEC?

#EECEEC is Pale Muted Pink, a pink color (RGB 238, 206, 236). Its closest standard named color is Gainsboro.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EECEEC?

#EECEEC is RGB 238, 206, 236 — HSL 304°, 48%, 87% — CMYK 0%, 13%, 1%, 7%.

What colors go with #EECEEC?

Its complement is #CEEED0; analogous partners are #E0CEEE and #EECEDC. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EECEEC for text?

Black text on #EECEEC has a contrast ratio of 14.68:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.43:1.