Palettes / Colors / #EECEED

#EECEED — Pale Muted Pink

#EECEED is a pink color we call Pale Muted 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 #EECEED 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.

#EECEED 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 #CEEECF; it also sits naturally between #DFCEEE and #EECEDD. 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 93%

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

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

Previews

CSS code for #EECEED

.text { color: #EECEED; }
.background { background-color: #EECEED; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EECEED; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(238, 206, 237); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(302, 48%, 87%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EECEED; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(238, 206, 237, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EECEED; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(238, 206, 237, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #EECEED

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #CEEECF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #EECEED: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EECEED

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 #EECEED 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 #EECEED 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

← #EECEEC  ·  #EECEEE →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EECEED?

#EECEED is Pale Muted Pink, a pink color (RGB 238, 206, 237). Its closest standard named color is Lavender.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EECEED?

#EECEED is RGB 238, 206, 237 — HSL 302°, 48%, 87% — CMYK 0%, 13%, 0%, 7%.

What colors go with #EECEED?

Its complement is #CEEECF; analogous partners are #DFCEEE and #EECEDD. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EECEED for text?

Black text on #EECEED has a contrast ratio of 14.69:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.43:1.