Palettes / Colors / #EFE7E7

#EFE7E7 — Pale Dusty Red

#EFE7E7 is a red color we call Pale Dusty Red, closest to the named color MistyRose (#FFE4E1). It belongs to the red family.

#EFE7E7 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 #E7EFEF; it also sits naturally between #EFE7EB and #EFEBE7. 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 94% · Green 91% · Blue 91%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 3% · Yellow 3% · Key 6%

Previews

CSS code for #EFE7E7

.text { color: #EFE7E7; }
.background { background-color: #EFE7E7; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EFE7E7; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(239, 231, 231); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(0, 20%, 92%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EFE7E7; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(239, 231, 231, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EFE7E7; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(239, 231, 231, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EFE7E7">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EFE7E7">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EFE7E7

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Tones of #EFE7E7

Color harmonies

Complementary — #E7EFEF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #EFE7E7: #000000.

How #EFE7E7 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 #EFE7E7 or a close neighbour

Similar colors

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

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EFE7E6  ·  #EFE7E8 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EFE7E7?

#EFE7E7 is Pale Dusty Red, a red color (RGB 239, 231, 231). Its closest standard named color is MistyRose.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EFE7E7?

#EFE7E7 is RGB 239, 231, 231 — HSL 0°, 20%, 92% — CMYK 0%, 3%, 3%, 6%.

What colors go with #EFE7E7?

Its complement is #E7EFEF; analogous partners are #EFE7EB and #EFEBE7. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EFE7E7 for text?

Black text on #EFE7E7 has a contrast ratio of 17.25:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.22:1.