Powder Room

#eee0dd

Powder-soft gray with a subtle rosy lift

Save
Share

About Powder Room

Powder Room looks like a freshly turned page where the paper has been softened by daylight and a light wash, not tinted blush. It sits in the Gray family, but it's notably more muted and more neutral than Hint of , so you get less of that -leaning shimmer. Compared with and Cookies, it doesn't feel chalky or kitchen-counter creamy, it stays smoother and calmer. And against , Powder Room reads a touch warmer and less "pearl-dusted," so it won't tip into that cooler rose sheen.

I use it when the UI needs a soft, handled background that still feels intentional. It's great for editorial and retail product pages where fabrics, packaging, and skin tones need to stay natural, and it works well in dashboards and finance apps when you want quiet contrast without going sterile. Typography lands cleanly, and imagery doesn't pick up an unwanted rosy cast.

One quirk: keep it away from very golden creams. Pair it with cooler whites or mid-grays and it holds its composure.

Gradient preview

See how this color looks in an animated mesh gradient.

Conversions

Click any value to copy.

Need this programmatically? Color API

Code snippets

Copy this color into your project.

Contrast checker

WCAG 2.1 contrast ratios. AA requires 4.5:1 for normal text, 3:1 for large. AAA requires 7:1 / 4.5:1.

On White #ffffff

Aa
1.29:1Fail

On Gray 100 #f5f5f5

Aa
1.18:1Fail

On Gray 900 #18181b

Aa
13.79:1AAA

On Black #000000

Aa
16.34:1AAA

Variations

Shades

Darker variations, created by mixing toward black.

Tints

Lighter variations, created by mixing toward white.

Tones

Muted variations, created by reducing saturation.

Hues

Hue rotations around the color wheel.

Temperatures

Warm and cool shifts of this color.

Color harmonies

Complementary
Analogous
Triadic
Split Complementary
Tetradic

Suggested palettes

Palettes built around this color.

4 colors
3 colors
4 colors
4 colors

Community palettes

Published palettes that include this color.

Create a gradient with Powder Room

Open the generator with this color pre-loaded.

Start creating