Chantilly #EDB8C7

Chantilly (#EDB8C7) is a very light, muted pink with an OKLCH hue of 360°, lightness 0.83 and chroma 0.064. It sits on the warm side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as a mid-weight working color for secondary surfaces and editorial blocks.

Color values

HEX#EDB8C7
RGBrgb(237, 184, 199)
HSLhsl(343, 60%, 83%)
HSVhsv(343, 22%, 93%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 22%, 16%, 7%)
CIE Lablab(79.8 21.4 -0.2)
OKLCHoklch(0.834 0.064 360)

How Chantilly behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light Chantilly shifts subtly: leans toward red; in north-facing or shaded light it shifts subtly: leans toward purple. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 1.9), so it is a lighting-stable choice.

Test Chantilly in the color lighting simulator — sweep it through daylight, warm 2700K light, 4000K LED, and shade alongside the rest of your palette.

Contrast & accessibility

Against white it measures 1.71:1 and against black 12.28:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text. Avoid white text on this color entirely.

Colors that go with Chantilly

Tonal

One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.

#ffecf1 · #edb8c7 · #c293a1 · #996f7b · #714d58 · #4c2e37

Analogous

The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.

#ffced0 · #edb8c7 · #d7a4c1 · #ba94b8 · #9d86ad · #81789e

Shifted

The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.

#edb8c7 · #bda394 · #ab7b89 · #906043 · #6c4350 · #483022

Contrast

One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.

#fae7ec · #edb8c7 · #6fb6a8 · #9a7b83 · #775c64 · #534146

Quiet Support

The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.

#edb8c7 · #a6aeac · #807578 · #444a48 · #251a1d · #000101

Bright Accent

This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.

#ffecf1 · #edb8c7 · #b2979e · #3d1e28 · #180007 · #e64f8a

Gold Accent

The same quiet ground carrying one bright gold voice — the high-energy pairing a cool or muted anchor cannot reach through its own temperature.

#ffecf1 · #edb8c7 · #b2979e · #3d1e28 · #180007 · #ddc44e

Complementary

The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.

#edb8c7 · #9eb1ad · #4f8479 · #00554a · #00241e · #050001

Split-complementary

The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.

#edb8c7 · #9eb1ad · #5f8366 · #00525d · #00250b · #000305

Triadic

Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.

#edb8c7 · #aaaf9f · #747e55 · #1a4d6c · #002034 · #010100

Tetradic

Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.

#edb8c7 · #b2ac9d · #86774f · #00554a · #121a3b · #000201

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#F0C1CE · #F4CBD6 · #F7D4DE · #FADDE5 · #FDE7ED

Shades

#C495A2 · #9C737F · #76535D · #52343D · #311920

Muted

#E6BCC7 · #DEBFC8 · #D6C3C8

Using Chantilly

Its moderate chroma lets it work in mid-size areas — upholstery, secondary UI surfaces, editorial blocks — without overwhelming neighbors. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.

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