Jane Relaxed California Oxford Shirt
Lilas
#E9D7E6
Icy pink
A Deep Winter color
Icy pink
anchor color 10 of 10 in Deep Winter. Also called Dark Winter in other systems.
By Kathleen Olsen · Updated November 11, 2026
- Hex
- #E9D7E6
- RGB
- 233, 215, 230
- HSL
- 310°, 29%, 88%
Icy pink is white with a breath of cool pink in it. It is the Deep Winter light, the one that does what white does without the glare. Paler than any Summer rose and cooler than any Spring pink. In most light it reads as white. Against true white it reads as pink.
Where it sits
Icy pink is an anchor color in Deep Winter. Its closest relative outside the palette is Icy pink #F3D6E0, a True Winter and Bright Winter color, at a perceptual distance of 5. That is near enough for those seasons to wear it as a neutral, with the accents kept in their own palette.
At RGB 233, 215, 230 this is nearly white, with the red and blue sitting ahead of the green. That is what makes it pink rather than cream and cool rather than peach. It has almost no saturation. The color is in the undertone, not on the surface, and it shows up mainly by contrast with whatever sits next to it.
A Deep Winter wears it as the light in a dark outfit. A shirt under a black jacket, a knit with charcoal, a scarf against black cherry or blackened navy. It is not a color to build an outfit around. It is the one piece that keeps the rest from going heavy. It also works where true white feels too hard against the face.
Retailers call it icy pink, blush, pale pink, ballet, powder, or just pink, and most of what they sell under those names is warmer and more saturated. Hold the garment against a cream. Icy pink looks cold and almost white. Blush looks peachy. If it looks like a color from across the room, it is not this.
Easily confused with
True Winter and Bright Winter share an icy pink five points away, close enough to be the same color in most garments. True Winter's icy blue is twelve points off. From outside the Winters, Light Summer's dove grey and cool soft rose sit twelve to fourteen points off and are greyer. On a Light Summer, icy pink looks a little stark. On a Deep Winter, soft rose looks a little dusty.
The nearest named colors in other seasons, by perceptual distance (ΔE in CIELAB; under 10 is hard to tell apart on a screen, over 25 is a different color).
Icy pink #F3D6E0
True Winter and Bright Winter anchor · ΔE 5
Icy blue #D6E4F0
True Winter anchor · ΔE 12
Dove grey #C3C7CC
Light Summer neutral · ΔE 12
Cool soft rose #E3B9C0
Light Summer anchor · ΔE 14
Soft white #F1EFEA
True Summer and Soft Summer neutral · ΔE 14
Light cool grey #B9BFC4
Light Summer neutral · ΔE 15
In stock in this color today
As of November 11, 2026, 2 in-stock pieces across Marine Layer sample within a close match of #E9D7E6. The dot on each card is the color we sampled from the garment itself; trust it over the photograph. Links are affiliate links: we earn a commission when you buy through them, at no cost to you.
What it's sold as
Retailers almost never use the palette name. These are the color names on the in-stock pieces that sample within a close match of #E9D7E6 today, so they are the words to search for.
- Marine Layer
- Lilas, Mist
A retailer's name for a color says nothing about its undertone. "Navy" at one shop is a True Winter color and at another a Spring one. The sampled dot on each card above is what we trust.
Questions
Is icy pink a Deep Winter color?
Yes. Icy pink (#E9D7E6) is an anchor color in the Deep Winter palette, and close enough to a Bright Winter or True Winter color for those seasons to wear it as a neutral.
Is icy pink the same as blush?
No. Blush is warmer and carries more color. Icy pink as the Deep Winter palette uses it is RGB 233, 215, 230, nearly white with a cool pink undertone. Against a cream it looks cold and almost white. Blush against a cream looks peachy.
Can a True Winter wear icy pink?
Yes. True Winter's own icy pink is five points away, which is inside the range of a single dye lot. The two palettes share it in practice.
Can a Light Summer wear icy pink?
Sometimes. Light Summer's pinks are a shade greyer and softer, and this one can look a little stark near the face. As a shirt under a cool grey jacket it usually works.
What colors go with icy pink?
For a Deep Winter: black, charcoal, blackened navy, black cherry, emerald, cool blue-red. Icy pink and black is the classic pairing. Icy pink and black cherry is the richer one. Avoid camel, cream, and warm browns.
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