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#EEEAEC — Soft White

#EEEAEC is a white color we call Soft White, closest to the named color WhiteSmoke (#F5F5F5). It belongs to the white family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: whitesmoke (#F5F5F5) — not an exact match. CSS whitesmoke gives you #F5F5F5, a different color; use #EEEAEC 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.

#EEEAEC is a neutral white color associated with cleanliness, space and minimalism. It is light enough to work as a background or base color, with darker text on top.

Its strongest partner is its complement #EBEFED; it also sits naturally between #EFEBEF and #EFEBEB. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EEEAEC · RGB 238, 234, 236

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Color values

HEX#EEEAEC
RGB238, 234, 236
HSL330°, 11%, 93%
HSV330°, 2%, 93%
CMYK0%, 2%, 1%, 7%
XYZ79.82, 83.08, 91.19
Yxy83.08, 0.3142, 0.3270
CIE-Lab93.05, 1.70, -0.50
Hunter Lab91.15, 1.71, -0.49

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 93% · Green 92% · Blue 93%

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

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #EEEAEC

.text { color: #EEEAEC; }
.background { background-color: #EEEAEC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EEEAEC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(238, 234, 236); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(330, 11%, 93%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EEEAEC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(238, 234, 236, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EEEAEC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(238, 234, 236, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #EEEAEC

#DBD2D6#C6B8BF#B29FA8#9D8591#8B6F7D#715B66#58464F#3E3238#251E21#0B090A

Tints of #EEEAEC

#EFEBED#F1EEF0#F1EEF0#F1EEF0#F4F1F2#F4F1F2#F4F1F2#F4F1F2#F6F4F5#F6F4F5

Tones of #EEEAEC

#EFECED#EFECED#EEECED#EEECED#EEEDED#EEEDED

Color harmonies

Complementary — #EBEFED:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.19:1 Fails
Against black text17.62:1 AAA

Best text color on #EEEAEC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EEEAEC

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 #EEEAEC: ·

How #EEEAEC looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #ECECECDeuteranopia · #EDEDEBTritanopia · #EEEBEB

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 purple 500 · #A855F7

Palettes with a similar color

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

Palette 0c2d57
#0C2D57 · #FC6736 · #FFB0B0 · #EFECEC
Palette Ececec
#ECECEC · #84934A · #656D3F · #492828
Palette 282f44
#282F44 · #E6AF2E · #F5D061 · #ECECEC
Palette Eeedeb
#EEEDEB · #E6B9A6 · #939185 · #2F3645
Palette Eeedeb
#EEEDEB · #E0CCBE · #747264 · #3C3633
Palette Ef7722
#EF7722 · #FAA533 · #EBEBEB · #0BA6DF

Similar colors

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

#EFECEC#ECECEC#EEEDEB#EBEBEB#EDEDED#F1E9E9#EEEEEE#EAEAEA#EFEEEA#E9E9E9#F3EDED#EAECF0

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EEEAEB  ·  #EEEAED →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EEEAEC?

#EEEAEC is Soft White, a white color (RGB 238, 234, 236). Its closest standard named color is WhiteSmoke.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EEEAEC?

#EEEAEC is RGB 238, 234, 236 — HSL 330°, 11%, 93% — CMYK 0%, 2%, 1%, 7%.

What colors go with #EEEAEC?

Its complement is #EBEFED; analogous partners are #EFEBEF and #EFEBEB. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EEEAEC for text?

Black text on #EEEAEC has a contrast ratio of 17.62:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.19:1.