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#EFE4E5 — Pale Dusty Red

#EFE4E5 is a red color we call Pale Dusty Red, closest to the named color MistyRose (#FFE4E1). It belongs to the red family.

#EFE4E5 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 #E5F0EF; it also sits naturally between #F0E5EB and #F0EAE5. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EFE4E5 · RGB 239, 228, 229

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Color values

HEX#EFE4E5
RGB239, 228, 229
HSL355°, 26%, 92%
HSV355°, 5%, 94%
CMYK0%, 5%, 4%, 6%
XYZ77.48, 79.49, 85.39
Yxy79.49, 0.3197, 0.3280
CIE-Lab91.46, 3.90, 0.84
Hunter Lab89.16, 3.92, 0.81

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 94% · Green 89% · Blue 90%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 5% · Yellow 4% · Key 6%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EFE4E5 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EFE4E5 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EFE4E5

.text { color: #EFE4E5; }
.background { background-color: #EFE4E5; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EFE4E5; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(239, 228, 229); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(355, 26%, 92%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EFE4E5; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(239, 228, 229, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EFE4E5; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(239, 228, 229, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EFE4E5">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EFE4E5">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EFE4E5

#DFC8CA#CEABAE#BF9296#AE757A#9A5B60#7D4A4E#60393C#472A2C#2A191A#0D0808

Tints of #EFE4E5

#F0E5E6#F2E9E9#F2E9E9#F4ECEC#F4ECEC#F4ECEC#F6EFEF#F6EFEF#F7F2F3#F7F2F3

Tones of #EFE4E5

#EFE6E7#EEE7E7#EEE8E8#EDE8E9#ECE9E9#EBEAEA

Color harmonies

Complementary — #E5F0EF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.24:1 Fails
Against black text16.90:1 AAA

Best text color on #EFE4E5: #000000.

How #EFE4E5 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #EAEAE5Deuteranopia · #EBECE5Tritanopia · #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 #EFE4E5 rather than the exact color:

Palette C4317b
#C4317B · #AC7C7C · #D0BAA8 · #EFE4E4
Palette 2b3a55
#2B3A55 · #CE7777 · #E8C4C4 · #F2E5E5
Palette 3291b6
#3291B6 · #BB8ED0 · #E0A8A8 · #F1E2E2
Palette Ff896b
#FF896B · #E8D4B4 · #EBE6E6 · #F3F3F3
Palette 657dc4
#657DC4 · #838ED9 · #ECE8E5 · #F59292
Palette Fcd1d1
#FCD1D1 · #ECE2E1 · #D3E0DC · #AEE1E1

Similar colors

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

#EFE4E4#F2E5E5#F1E2E2#EBE6E6#ECE8E5#ECE2E1#EFE9E3#EDE4E0#EDE9E6#F2E9E4#E9E4E6#F3E1E1

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EFE4E4  ·  #EFE4E6 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EFE4E5?

#EFE4E5 is Pale Dusty Red, a red color (RGB 239, 228, 229). Its closest standard named color is MistyRose.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EFE4E5?

#EFE4E5 is RGB 239, 228, 229 — HSL 355°, 26%, 92% — CMYK 0%, 5%, 4%, 6%.

What colors go with #EFE4E5?

Its complement is #E5F0EF; analogous partners are #F0E5EB and #F0EAE5. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EFE4E5 for text?

Black text on #EFE4E5 has a contrast ratio of 16.90:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.24:1.