What is the hex code for pearl?

Pearl is #EAE0C8. In RGB that is 234, 224, 200, and in HSL it is 42 degrees, 45 percent saturation, 85 percent lightness.

What is the CMYK value of pearl?

#EAE0C8 converts to CMYK 0, 4, 15, 8. CMYK is a print space, so a screen can only ever approximate how it will actually be inked.

Is pearl a standard color?

No. There is no standards body defining pearl, so different sources give slightly different values. #EAE0C8 is the value in common use, and it is what every code and swatch on this page is built from.

Pearl

#EAE0C8

Pearl is commonly given as the hex color #EAE0C8, with RGB values 234, 224, 200. It is not a CSS keyword, so the value is a widely used convention rather than a standard.

NeutralCommon convention

Quick colors, then fill the screen

Or a gradient

Or let it move

#EAE0C8rgb(234, 224, 200) · hsl(42, 45%, 85%)

Hue42°

Brightness100%

Pearl color codes

Every value for #EAE0C8, ready to paste. Click any code to copy it.

Channel values for #EAE0C8 in each number base
Channel	Decimal	Share	Hex	Octal	Binary
Red	234	91.76%	EA	352	11101010
Green	224	87.84%	E0	340	11100000
Blue	200	78.43%	C8	310	11001000

The nearest web-safe color is #FFCCCC, from the 216-color palette browsers agreed on before displays could be trusted with more.

About pearl

A very pale warm neutral. Real pearl gets its look from light bouncing between layers of aragonite rather than from any pigment, which a flat fill cannot reproduce.

Shades, tints and tones

Every step is generated from #EAE0C8. Click a swatch to copy its hex.

Shades of pearl

A shade is the base color with black mixed in. Shades read as deeper and more dramatic, and they are what you reach for when a color needs to recede or carry weight.

Tints of pearl

A tint is the base color with white mixed in. Tints turn pastel as they lighten, which makes them useful for backgrounds and for anything that has to sit behind text.

Tones of pearl

A tone is the base color with grey mixed in. Tones lose the shout without losing the hue, and they are usually what separates a considered palette from a loud one.

The pearl scale

The same color as the 50 to 950 ladder every CSS framework uses, with #EAE0C8 at 500. Click a step to copy its hex, or take the whole scale as variables for a design system.

Color schemes built on pearl

Harmonies are positions on the color wheel rather than matters of taste, which is why they keep working across very different designs.

Complementary

Two colors from opposite sides of the wheel. They make each other look more vivid, which is why the pairing is used for anything that needs to stand out.

Analogous

Three neighbours on the wheel. Nothing competes, so the result reads calm and settled, closer to how colour behaves in nature.

Split complementary

The base plus the two colors either side of its complement. It keeps most of the contrast while being much easier to balance.

Triadic

Three colors spaced evenly around the wheel. Strong and lively, and usually best with one dominant color and two accents.

Tetradic

Two complementary pairs, forming a rectangle on the wheel. The richest scheme available, and the hardest to keep from shouting.

Monochromatic

One hue at different lightness levels. Effortlessly cohesive, and the safest way to build a palette around a brand color.

Colors close to #EAE0C8

Near neighbours, for when this color is almost right. Each one shifts hue, saturation or lightness by a small step.

Pearl color palettes

Five-color palettes built around #EAE0C8, each following a different scheme. Click any swatch to copy it, or open the generator to build your own.

Analogous

Complementary

Triadic

Monochromatic

Open the palette generator to lock the colors you like and regenerate the rest.

Contrast and readability

Whether pearl works as text, and what to put on top of it when it is the background. Ratios follow WCAG 2.1, where 4.5 is the bar for body text and 3 for large text.

Pearl text on white background

1.31:1 · Poor

Large text at 24 pixels

Body text at 16 pixels. A flat field of color removes every variable, which is what makes it useful for judging a display.

Body AA
Body AAA
Large AA
Large AAA

Pearl text on black background

15.99:1 · Excellent

Large text at 24 pixels

Body text at 16 pixels. A flat field of color removes every variable, which is what makes it useful for judging a display.

Body AA
Body AAA
Large AA
Large AAA

Used the other way round, #EAE0C8 as a background takes #000000 text. That is the higher-contrast of the two, and it is what the tool picks automatically for any chrome sitting on your color.

Pearl reads better on a black background of the two. Contrast is a property of the pair, not of one color, so a color that fails here can still be perfectly usable against a different partner.

The grey family

Pearl sits in the grey family. Every named grey in the library, with pearl first.

Name	Hex	RGB	HSL
Pearl is the color on this page	#EAE0C8	234, 224, 200	42, 45%, 85%
Silver is a CSS keyword	#C0C0C0	192, 192, 192	0, 0%, 75%
Charcoal	#36454F	54, 69, 79	204, 19%, 26%
Slate gray is a CSS keyword	#708090	112, 128, 144	210, 13%, 50%
Platinum	#E5E4E2	229, 228, 226	40, 5%, 89%
Stone	#928E85	146, 142, 133	42, 6%, 55%
Graphite	#4B4E53	75, 78, 83	217, 5%, 31%
Gainsboro is a CSS keyword	#DCDCDC	220, 220, 220	0, 0%, 86%
Dim gray is a CSS keyword	#696969	105, 105, 105	0, 0%, 41%