Skip to content
red · warm

#eae0df

a pale, soft red · warm · closest name: Gainsboro

Token name suggestion: Mist Ember

RGB
234, 224, 223
HSL
6°, 21%, 90%
CMYK
0, 4, 5, 8
Luminance
0.7613

#eae0df is a pale soft red, 6° on the wheel and 28/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (16.23:1). As text it scores 1.29:1 on white — use #996964 instead. Nearest name is Gainsboro, nearest Tailwind family is yellow.

hsl(6 21% 90%)rgb(234 224 223)Base step 200AAA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #eae0df is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#eae0df
Hue
red
Saturation
21%
soft
Lightness
90%
pale
Brightness
92%
HSV value
Perceived
89%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.7613
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
28/100 cool
Color family
Red
Tone
Soft
Best ink
Black
16.23:1
Closest name
Gainsboro
ΔE2000 4.8
Chroma
3.6
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.914
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
yellow
500 · ΔE 30.1
Web-safe
#FFCCCC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue6° of 360°
Saturation21%
Lightness90%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #eae0df.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool28% cool

Reads warm. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red23%
Green70%
Blue7%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#eae0df
HEX (8-digit)#eae0dfff
RGBrgb(234, 224, 223)
RGBArgba(234, 224, 223, 1)
HSLhsl(6, 21%, 90%)
HSV / HSBhsv(5, 5%, 92%)
HWBhwb(6 87% 8%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 4%, 5%, 8%)
LABlab(89.9 3.2 1.7)
LCHlch(89.9 3.6 27.8)
OKLCHoklch(0.914 0.011 24.3)
XYZ (D65)xyz(73.90, 76.13, 80.60)
Decimal15392991
Display P3color(display-p3 0.918 0.878 0.875)
Web-safe#FFCCCC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #eae0df;
background-color: #eae0df;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #eae0df;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#eae0df] bg-[#eae0df]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #eae0df;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.918, green: 0.878, blue: 0.875)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.918, green: 0.878, blue: 0.875, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#EAE0DF</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFEAE0DF)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFEAE0DF)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(223, 224, 234)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(234, 224, 223)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(234, 224, 223)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 234, 224, 223)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.9176f, 0.8784f, 0.8745f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{234,224,223}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #eae0df 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #eae0df 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#4D3532, #E7DBDA);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #eae0df h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #F9F6F6;
  --brand-100: #F2EEED;
  --brand-200: #eae0df;
  --brand-300: #D3BDBB;
  --brand-400: #BC9D99;
  --brand-500: #A67C77;
  --brand-600: #946661;
  --brand-700: #7B5551;
  --brand-800: #634441;
  --brand-900: #493431;
  --brand-950: #2E201F;
  --brand: #eae0df;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F9F6F6;
  --brand-border: #DFCFCE;
  --brand-hover: #DCCBC9;
  --brand-pressed: #CEB6B4;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #221716;
    --brand-ink: #E7DBDA;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F9F6F6',
        100: '#F2EEED',
        200: '#eae0df',
        300: '#D3BDBB',
        400: '#BC9D99',
        500: '#A67C77',
        600: '#946661',
        700: '#7B5551',
        800: '#634441',
        900: '#493431',
        950: '#2E201F',
        DEFAULT: '#eae0df',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F9F6F6,
  '100': #F2EEED,
  '200': #eae0df,
  '300': #D3BDBB,
  '400': #BC9D99,
  '500': #A67C77,
  '600': #946661,
  '700': #7B5551,
  '800': #634441,
  '900': #493431,
  '950': #2E201F,
);
$brand-base: #eae0df;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F9F6F6", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F2EEED", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#eae0df", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#D3BDBB", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#BC9D99", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#A67C77", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#946661", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#7B5551", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#634441", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#493431", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#2E201F", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#000000 on #eae0df · 16.23:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.29:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 16.23:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #eae0df as text scores 1.29:1 on white and 16.23:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #4D3532 at 8.67:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#996964 · 4.61:1
AA on white−40% L
#996964
The quick fox
#74504C · 7.01:1
AAA on white−52% L
#74504C
The quick fox
#eae0df · 16.23:1
AA on blackalready passes
#eae0df
The quick fox
#eae0df · 16.23:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#eae0df

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #B18C89 is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#eae0df on white: 1.29:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#eae0df on black: 16.23:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #eae0df as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #eae0df.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.29:1AaAa
Slate 501.24:1AaAa
Slate 1001.18:1AaAa
Slate 2001.05:1AaAa
Slate 3001.15:1AaAa
Slate 4001.98:1AaAa
Slate 5003.68:1AaAa
Slate 6005.86:1AaAa
Slate 7008.00:1AaAa
Slate 80011.30:1AaAa
Slate 90013.79:1AaAa
Black16.23:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #E2E1DF
deuteranopia · #E4E3DF
tritanopia · #EDDFE0

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #eae0df is pinned to step 200; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F9F6F6
#F2EEED
#eae0df
#D3BDBB
#BC9D99
#A67C77
#946661
#7B5551
#634441
#493431
#2E201F
Base = 200Lightest = 50 · #F9F6F6Darkest = 950 · #2E201FText step on white = 600
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.003 24.3);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.004 24.3);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.007 24.3);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.009 24.3);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.010 24.3);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.011 24.3);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.011 24.3);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.010 24.3);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.009 24.3);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.008 24.3);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.006 24.3);
}

Colors that work with #eae0df

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#F9F6F6
Tinted page background
Border#DFCFCE
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#8B5F5B
Captions on the surface
Accent#4D7F77
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#4D3532
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F5F0F0
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#221716
Dark-mode background
Hover#DCCBC9
One step down in lightness
Pressed#CEB6B4
Two steps down
Disabled#F7F3F3
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#F1E5E4
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
Your export is ready

The file stays available for seven days. Download it before it expires.

NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #eae0df

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Charts, tags and secondary surfaces
  • Card and section backgrounds
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • White text placed on it
  • Status meaning — pair it with an icon or label, never colour alone
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Not as text
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #4D3532
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #B18C89

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

urgentappetisingboldphysical

Red arrives before the rest of the page does. It raises attention and appetite, which is why it runs food, sport and clearance pricing.

The muted chroma softens the association — it reads considered rather than loud, which suits long-form and data-heavy screens. The high lightness makes it recede — a surface colour rather than a statement.

Worth knowing

It is also the universal error colour. Use it as a brand accent and users may read a warning that is not there.

Reads as
  • FormalityMedium
  • EnergyMedium
  • Weight10/100
  • TemperatureWarm
  • ApproachabilityHigh

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#DFE9EA
Analogous left#EADFE3
Analogous right#EAE5DF
Split-complement 1#DFEAE5
Split-complement 2#DFE3EA
Triadic 1#DFEAE0
Triadic 2#E0DFEA
Tetradic#E3EADF
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°6°

#eae0df sits at 6°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red91.8%
Green87.8%
Blue87.5%
R · 0–255
234
0xea
G · 0–255
224
0xe0
B · 0–255
223
0xdf

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta4.3%
Yellow4.7%
Key (black)8.2%

Total ink coverage is 17%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#eae0df text on a black background

contrast 16.23:1

Card sample

#eae0df text on a white background

contrast 1.29:1

Card sample

#eae0df on grey

1.18:1

#eae0df on its own surface

1.20:1

#eae0df on its dark surface

13.50:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #eae0df;
Background color
Panel with #eae0df background
background-color: #eae0df;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #eae0df;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(234, 224, 223, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(234, 224, 223, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #eae0df;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #eae0df, #EAE7DF);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #eae0df, #EAEADF);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #eae0df;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #eae0df;
caret-color: #eae0df;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #eae0df;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F5F0F0;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #eae0df;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#eae0df 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #eae0df over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(234, 224, 223, 0.5)
rgb(234 224 223 / 50%)
#eae0df80
hsl(6 21% 90% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #eae0df 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#eae0df1a#FDFCFC
20%#eae0df33#FBF9F9
40%#eae0df66#F7F3F2
60%#eae0df99#F2ECEC
80%#eae0dfcc#EEE6E5

Gradients from #eae0df

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #F7F3F3, #eae0df 45%, #4D3532);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #eae0df, #DEDBCC);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #eae0df, #DFE9EA);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #F9F6F6 0%, #eae0df 45%, #4D3532 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F9F6F6, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #FEFEFE 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #F6F5F1 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #4D3532 0%, transparent 65%), #eae0df;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #eae0df

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#eae0df in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
Food and drinkEntertainmentRetailSport
Common UI roles
SurfacesBadgesHighlightsEmpty states
Print note

Very light tints can drop out on uncoated stock; check it at 100% size before signing off.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 16.23:1.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#eae0df, answered

What color is #eae0df?

#eae0df is a pale soft red, closest to Gainsboro (ΔE2000 4.8). It sits at 6° on the hue wheel with 21% saturation and 90% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #eae0df?

rgb(234, 224, 223) — 234 red, 224 green and 223 blue out of 255, or 91.8% / 87.8% / 87.5% by channel.

What is #eae0df in HSL and HSV?

hsl(6, 21%, 90%) and hsv(5, 5%, 92%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #eae0df a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.7613 and perceived brightness is 89%, so black text on it reaches 16.23:1.

Should I use black or white text on #eae0df?

Black. It scores 16.23:1 against #eae0df, versus 1.29:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #eae0df accessible on a white background?

#eae0df on white scores 1.29:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #996964 to reach 4.5:1, or #74504C for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #eae0df?

#DFE9EA sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #DFEAE5 and #DFE3EA, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #eae0df?

For interface work: #F9F6F6 as the surface, #DFCFCE for borders, #8B5F5B for secondary text, #4D7F77 as an accent and #4D3532 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #EADFE3 and #EAE5DF stays calm, while #DFE9EA is the loudest partner.

What is #eae0df in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 4%, 5%, 8%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #eae0df warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 28 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #EAE3DF; nudged cooler, #EBDEE2.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #eae0df?

The yellow family — its 500 step is #eab308, ΔE2000 30.1 away. That is a visible difference, so define #eae0df as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #eae0df in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#eae0df] or text-[#eae0df], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #eae0df with 50% opacity?

rgba(234, 224, 223, 0.5), or #eae0df80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #F5F0EF; over black, #757070.

Is #eae0df a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #FFCCCC, ΔE2000 13.1 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #eae0df mean?

As a red, it reads urgent, appetising, bold. Red arrives before the rest of the page does. It raises attention and appetite, which is why it runs food, sport and clearance pricing. At this moderate chroma the association is present but not shouted.

What gradient works with #eae0df?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #F7F3F3, #eae0df 45%, #4D3532). For more colour, a short hue run to #DEDBCC keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #eae0df in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #eae0df at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.