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#eee0e2

a pale, soft red · warm · closest name: Lavender Blush

Token name suggestion: Chalk Ember

RGB
238, 224, 226
HSL
351°, 29%, 91%
CMYK
0, 6, 5, 7
Luminance
0.7698

#eee0e2 is a pale soft red, 351° on the wheel and 26/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (16.40:1). As text it scores 1.28:1 on white — use #A8606A instead. Nearest name is Lavender Blush, nearest Tailwind family is amber.

hsl(351 29% 91%)rgb(238 224 226)Base step 100AAA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #eee0e2 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#eee0e2
Hue
351°
red
Saturation
29%
soft
Lightness
91%
pale
Brightness
93%
HSV value
Perceived
90%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.7698
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
26/100 cool
Color family
Red
Tone
Soft
Best ink
Black
16.40:1
Closest name
Lavender Blush
ΔE2000 3.8
Chroma
5.2
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.918
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
amber
500 · ΔE 32
Web-safe
#FFCCCC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue351° of 360°
Saturation29%
Lightness91%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #eee0e2.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool26% 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
Red24%
Green69%
Blue7%

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

Every format

HEX#eee0e2
HEX (8-digit)#eee0e2ff
RGBrgb(238, 224, 226)
RGBArgba(238, 224, 226, 1)
HSLhsl(351, 29%, 91%)
HSV / HSBhsv(351, 6%, 93%)
HWBhwb(351 88% 7%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 6%, 5%, 7%)
LABlab(90.3 5.1 0.7)
LCHlch(90.3 5.2 8.2)
OKLCHoklch(0.918 0.015 7.5)
XYZ (D65)xyz(75.64, 76.98, 82.81)
Decimal15655138
Display P3color(display-p3 0.933 0.878 0.886)
Web-safe#FFCCCC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #eee0e2;
background-color: #eee0e2;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #eee0e2;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#eee0e2] bg-[#eee0e2]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #eee0e2;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.933, green: 0.878, blue: 0.886)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.933, green: 0.878, blue: 0.886, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#EEE0E2</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFEEE0E2)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFEEE0E2)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(226, 224, 238)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(238, 224, 226)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(238, 224, 226)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 238, 224, 226)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.9333f, 0.8784f, 0.8863f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{238,224,226}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #eee0e2 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #eee0e2 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#522D32, #E9D7DA);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #eee0e2 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: #eee0e2;
  --brand-200: #E6D5D8;
  --brand-300: #D7B7BB;
  --brand-400: #C39299;
  --brand-500: #B06E77;
  --brand-600: #9E5761;
  --brand-700: #844851;
  --brand-800: #693A41;
  --brand-900: #4E2D31;
  --brand-950: #311C1F;
  --brand: #eee0e2;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAF5F6;
  --brand-border: #E2CACE;
  --brand-hover: #E1C9CC;
  --brand-pressed: #D5B2B7;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #241416;
    --brand-ink: #E9D7DA;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F9F6F6',
        100: '#eee0e2',
        200: '#E6D5D8',
        300: '#D7B7BB',
        400: '#C39299',
        500: '#B06E77',
        600: '#9E5761',
        700: '#844851',
        800: '#693A41',
        900: '#4E2D31',
        950: '#311C1F',
        DEFAULT: '#eee0e2',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F9F6F6,
  '100': #eee0e2,
  '200': #E6D5D8,
  '300': #D7B7BB,
  '400': #C39299,
  '500': #B06E77,
  '600': #9E5761,
  '700': #844851,
  '800': #693A41,
  '900': #4E2D31,
  '950': #311C1F,
);
$brand-base: #eee0e2;
$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": "#eee0e2", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#E6D5D8", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#D7B7BB", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#C39299", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#B06E77", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#9E5761", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#844851", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#693A41", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#4E2D31", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#311C1F", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #eee0e2 · 16.40:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.28:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 16.40:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #eee0e2 as text scores 1.28:1 on white and 16.40:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #522D32 at 9.21:1.

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
#A8606A · 4.62:1
AA on white−39% L
#A8606A
The quick fox
#824750 · 7.08:1
AAA on white−51% L
#824750
The quick fox
#eee0e2 · 16.40:1
AA on blackalready passes
#eee0e2
The quick fox
#eee0e2 · 16.40:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#eee0e2

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #BB848C 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
#eee0e2 on white: 1.28:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#eee0e2 on black: 16.40:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #eee0e2 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #eee0e2.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.28:1AaAa
Slate 501.22:1AaAa
Slate 1001.17:1AaAa
Slate 2001.04:1AaAa
Slate 3001.16:1AaAa
Slate 4002.00:1AaAa
Slate 5003.72:1AaAa
Slate 6005.92:1AaAa
Slate 7008.08:1AaAa
Slate 80011.42:1AaAa
Slate 90013.94:1AaAa
Black16.40:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #E2E2E2
deuteranopia · #E5E4E2
tritanopia · #F1DFE1

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. #eee0e2 is pinned to step 100; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F9F6F6
#eee0e2
#E6D5D8
#D7B7BB
#C39299
#B06E77
#9E5761
#844851
#693A41
#4E2D31
#311C1F
Base = 100Lightest = 50 · #F9F6F6Darkest = 950 · #311C1FText 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 0.004 7.5);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.006 7.5);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.009 7.5);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.012 7.5);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.014 7.5);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.015 7.5);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.015 7.5);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.015 7.5);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.013 7.5);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.011 7.5);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.009 7.5);
}

Colors that work with #eee0e2

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#FAF5F6
Tinted page background
Border#E2CACE
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#94515B
Captions on the surface
Accent#44886E
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#522D32
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F6EFF0
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#241416
Dark-mode background
Hover#E1C9CC
One step down in lightness
Pressed#D5B2B7
Two steps down
Disabled#F7F3F3
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#F3E3E5
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

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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #eee0e2

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 #522D32
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #BB848C

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
  • Weight9/100
  • 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#E0EEEC
Analogous left#EEE0E9
Analogous right#EEE5E0
Split-complement 1#E0EEE5
Split-complement 2#E0E9EE
Triadic 1#E2EEE0
Triadic 2#E0E2EE
Tetradic#E9EEE0
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°351°

#eee0e2 sits at 351°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red93.3%
Green87.8%
Blue88.6%
R · 0–255
238
0xee
G · 0–255
224
0xe0
B · 0–255
226
0xe2

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta5.9%
Yellow5.0%
Key (black)6.7%

Total ink coverage is 18%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#eee0e2 text on a black background

contrast 16.40:1

Card sample

#eee0e2 text on a white background

contrast 1.28:1

Card sample

#eee0e2 on grey

1.17:1

#eee0e2 on its own surface

1.19:1

#eee0e2 on its dark surface

13.82:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #eee0e2;
Background color
Panel with #eee0e2 background
background-color: #eee0e2;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #eee0e2;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(238, 224, 226, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(238, 224, 226, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #eee0e2;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #eee0e2, #EEE7E0);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #eee0e2, #EEEBE0);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #eee0e2;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #eee0e2;
caret-color: #eee0e2;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #eee0e2;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F6EFF0;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #eee0e2;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#eee0e2 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #eee0e2 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(238, 224, 226, 0.5)
rgb(238 224 226 / 50%)
#eee0e280
hsl(351 29% 91% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #eee0e2 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#eee0e21a#FDFCFC
20%#eee0e233#FCF9F9
40%#eee0e266#F8F3F3
60%#eee0e299#F5ECEE
80%#eee0e2cc#F1E6E8

Gradients from #eee0e2

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, #F8F2F3, #eee0e2 45%, #522D32);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #eee0e2, #E3DACC);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #eee0e2, #E0EEEC);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #FAF5F6 0%, #eee0e2 45%, #522D32 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #FAF5F6, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #FFFFFF 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #F9F6F4 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #522D32 0%, transparent 65%), #eee0e2;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #eee0e2

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.

#eee0e2 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 16.40:1.

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.

#eee0e2, answered

What color is #eee0e2?

#eee0e2 is a pale soft red, closest to Lavender Blush (ΔE2000 3.8). It sits at 351° on the hue wheel with 29% saturation and 91% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #eee0e2?

rgb(238, 224, 226) — 238 red, 224 green and 226 blue out of 255, or 93.3% / 87.8% / 88.6% by channel.

What is #eee0e2 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(351, 29%, 91%) and hsv(351, 6%, 93%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #eee0e2 a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.7698 and perceived brightness is 90%, so black text on it reaches 16.40:1.

Should I use black or white text on #eee0e2?

Black. It scores 16.40:1 against #eee0e2, versus 1.28:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #eee0e2 accessible on a white background?

#eee0e2 on white scores 1.28:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #A8606A to reach 4.5:1, or #824750 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #eee0e2?

#E0EEEC sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #E0EEE5 and #E0E9EE, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #eee0e2?

For interface work: #FAF5F6 as the surface, #E2CACE for borders, #94515B for secondary text, #44886E as an accent and #522D32 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #EEE0E9 and #EEE5E0 stays calm, while #E0EEEC is the loudest partner.

What is #eee0e2 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 6%, 5%, 7%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #eee0e2 warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 26 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #EEE3E0; nudged cooler, #EFE0E7.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #eee0e2?

The amber family — its 500 step is #f59e0b, ΔE2000 32 away. That is a visible difference, so define #eee0e2 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #eee0e2 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#eee0e2] or text-[#eee0e2], 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 #eee0e2 with 50% opacity?

rgba(238, 224, 226, 0.5), or #eee0e280 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #F7F0F1; over black, #777071.

Is #eee0e2 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #FFCCCC, ΔE2000 11.5 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #eee0e2 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 #eee0e2?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #F8F2F3, #eee0e2 45%, #522D32). For more colour, a short hue run to #E3DACC keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #eee0e2 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #eee0e2 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.