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#EEE4E6 — Pale Dusty Red

#EEE4E6 is a red color we call Pale Dusty Red, closest to the named color MistyRose (#FFE4E1). It belongs to the red family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: mistyrose (#FFE4E1) — not an exact match. CSS mistyrose gives you #FFE4E1, a different color; use #EEE4E6 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.

#EEE4E6 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 #E3EDEB; it also sits naturally between #EDE3EA and #EDE6E3. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EEE4E6 · RGB 238, 228, 230

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Color values

HEX#EEE4E6
RGB238, 228, 230
HSL348°, 23%, 91%
HSV348°, 4%, 93%
CMYK0%, 4%, 3%, 7%
XYZ77.29, 79.38, 86.11
Yxy79.38, 0.3183, 0.3270
CIE-Lab91.40, 3.73, 0.23
Hunter Lab89.09, 3.75, 0.22

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 93% · Green 89% · Blue 90%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 4% · Yellow 3% · Key 7%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EEE4E6 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EEE4E6 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EEE4E6

.text { color: #EEE4E6; }
.background { background-color: #EEE4E6; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EEE4E6; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(238, 228, 230); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(348, 23%, 91%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EEE4E6; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(238, 228, 230, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EEE4E6; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(238, 228, 230, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EEE4E6">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EEE4E6">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EEE4E6

#DCC7CB#CCADB4#BA9199#A9757F#975E6A#7A4D56#5E3B42#42292E#291A1D#0D0809

Tints of #EEE4E6

#EFE6E8#EFE6E8#F1E9EB#F1E9EB#F3ECEE#F3ECEE#F5EFF0#F5EFF0#F7F2F3#F7F2F3

Tones of #EEE4E6

#EDE3E5#ECE4E6#EBE5E6#EAE6E7#EAE6E7#E9E7E8

Color harmonies

Complementary — #E3EDEB:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.24:1 Fails
Against black text16.88:1 AAA

Best text color on #EEE4E6: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EEE4E6

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 #EEE4E6: ·

How #EEE4E6 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #EAEAE6Deuteranopia · #EAEBE5Tritanopia · #EEE5E5

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 #EEE4E6 rather than the exact color:

Palette C4317b
#C4317B · #AC7C7C · #D0BAA8 · #EFE4E4
Palette Ff896b
#FF896B · #E8D4B4 · #EBE6E6 · #F3F3F3
Palette 2b3a55
#2B3A55 · #CE7777 · #E8C4C4 · #F2E5E5
Palette 657dc4
#657DC4 · #838ED9 · #ECE8E5 · #F59292
Palette F6f5f5
#F6F5F5 · #E9E4E6 · #3BB4C1 · #048998
Palette Ede9e6
#EDE9E6 · #C9996B · #5C4F4A · #5C766D

Similar colors

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

#EFE4E4#EBE6E6#F2E5E5#ECE8E5#E9E4E6#EDE9E6#F1E2E2#ECE2E1#EFE9E3#EDE4E0#F1E9E9#F2E9E4

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EEE4E5  ·  #EEE4E7 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EEE4E6?

#EEE4E6 is Pale Dusty Red, a red color (RGB 238, 228, 230). Its closest standard named color is MistyRose.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EEE4E6?

#EEE4E6 is RGB 238, 228, 230 — HSL 348°, 23%, 91% — CMYK 0%, 4%, 3%, 7%.

What colors go with #EEE4E6?

Its complement is #E3EDEB; analogous partners are #EDE3EA and #EDE6E3. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EEE4E6 for text?

Black text on #EEE4E6 has a contrast ratio of 16.88:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.24:1.