Palettes / Colors / #EEDEDD

#EEDEDD — Pale Muted Red

#EEDEDD is a red color we call Pale Muted Red, closest to the named color Gainsboro (#DCDCDC). It belongs to the red family.

#EEDEDD 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 #DDEDEE; it also sits naturally between #EEDDE4 and #EEE7DD. 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 87% · Blue 87%

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

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

Previews

CSS code for #EEDEDD

.text { color: #EEDEDD; }
.background { background-color: #EEDEDD; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EEDEDD; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(238, 222, 221); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(4, 33%, 90%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EEDEDD; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(238, 222, 221, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EEDEDD; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(238, 222, 221, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #EEDEDD

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Tones of #EEDEDD

Color harmonies

Complementary — #DDEDEE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #EEDEDD: #000000.

How #EEDEDD 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 #EEDEDD 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

← #EEDEDC  ·  #EEDEDE →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EEDEDD?

#EEDEDD is Pale Muted Red, a red color (RGB 238, 222, 221). Its closest standard named color is Gainsboro.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EEDEDD?

#EEDEDD is RGB 238, 222, 221 — HSL 4°, 33%, 90% — CMYK 0%, 7%, 7%, 7%.

What colors go with #EEDEDD?

Its complement is #DDEDEE; analogous partners are #EEDDE4 and #EEE7DD. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EEDEDD for text?

Black text on #EEDEDD has a contrast ratio of 16.13:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.30:1.