Plaster `#EAEAEA`

Plaster (#EAEAEA) is a near-white neutral with an OKLCH hue of 90°, lightness 0.94 and chroma 0. In practice it behaves as a background color — quiet over large surfaces.

Color values

HEX	`#EAEAEA`
RGB	`rgb(234, 234, 234)`
HSL	`hsl(0, 0%, 92%)`
HSV	`hsv(0, 0%, 92%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 0%, 0%, 8%)`
CIE Lab	`lab(92.7 0 0)`
OKLCH	`oklch(0.937 0.000 90)`

How Plaster behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light Plaster shifts subtly: takes on a orange cast, gains intensity; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 2.2), so it is a lighting-stable choice.

Warm interior (2700K incandescent / warm LED): → #f3e4db — ΔE 2.2, shifts subtly: takes on a orange cast, gains intensity
Neutral LED (4000K task and retail lighting): → #f2ebe5 — ΔE 1.3, shifts only faintly, with no single dominant change
Daylight (6500K standard daylight (reference)): → #eaeaea — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged
Blue-sky shade (cool daylight (~10000K proxy)): → #eaebed — ΔE 0.4, is virtually unchanged

Test Plaster 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 1.2:1 and against black 17.46:1, 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 Plaster

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.

#eaeaea · #c9c9c9 · #a2a2a2 · #7c7c7c · #595959 · #383838

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.

#eaeaea · #f3d0a2 · #e6b998 · #d5a390 · #c18f8a · #ab7d83

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.

#eaeaea · #9db09b · #9a8a5e · #547950 · #5f5029 · #2b3d29

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.

#eaeaea · #ccc6b6 · #aea387 · #8b8269 · #495784 · #2d2819

Quiet Support

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

#eaeaea · #cacdd4 · #938f85 · #54565b · #272319 · #010102

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.

#eaeaea · #c9c9c9 · #9c9c9c · #222222 · #030303 · #e7c04d

Complementary

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

#eaeaea · #c7ccdc · #818eb5 · #465480 · #172042 · #0b0500

Split-complementary

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

#eaeaea · #c7ccdc · #6e95b1 · #5d4c7a · #00263d · #020006

Triadic

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

#eaeaea · #bdd1d5 · #629aa3 · #6e466a · #341632 · #000305

Tetradic

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

#eaeaea · #bed2cd · #659c90 · #465480 · #3b1422 · #000008

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#eeeeee · #f1f1f1 · #f5f5f5 · #f8f8f8 · #fcfcfc

Shades

#c3c3c3 · #9c9c9c · #757575 · #4e4e4e · #272727

Using Plaster

Its high lightness and low chroma make it a natural background or large-surface color.