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#E2BCAC — Light Muted Brown

#E2BCAC is a brown color we call Light Muted Brown, closest to the named color LightPink (#FFB6C1). It belongs to the brown family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: lightpink (#FFB6C1) — not an exact match. CSS lightpink gives you #FFB6C1, a different color; use #E2BCAC when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#E2BCAC is a warm brown color associated with earthiness, stability and comfort. It is light enough to work as a background or base color, with darker text on top.

Its strongest partner is its complement #ACD2E2; it also sits naturally between #E2ACB7 and #E2D7AC. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#E2BCAC · RGB 226, 188, 172

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Color values

HEX#E2BCAC
RGB226, 188, 172
HSL18°, 48%, 78%
HSV18°, 24%, 89%
CMYK0%, 17%, 24%, 11%
XYZ56.79, 55.11, 46.67
Yxy55.11, 0.3581, 0.3475
CIE-Lab79.11, 11.19, 13.18
Hunter Lab74.24, 10.77, 11.06

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 89% · Green 74% · Blue 67%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 17% · Yellow 24% · Key 11%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #E2BCAC on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #E2BCAC on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #E2BCAC

.text { color: #E2BCAC; }
.background { background-color: #E2BCAC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #E2BCAC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(226, 188, 172); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(18, 48%, 78%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #E2BCAC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(226, 188, 172, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #E2BCAC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(226, 188, 172, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#E2BCAC">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#E2BCAC">Div content here</div>

Shades of #E2BCAC

#D9A792#CE8F73#C57959#B56340#9B5436#80462D#623622#482719#2A170F#0F0805

Tints of #E2BCAC

#E4C2B4#E7C8BB#E8CBBF#EBD1C6#EED7CE#F0DED5#F3E4DD#F4E7E1#F7EDE8#FAF3F0

Tones of #E2BCAC

#DEBEB0#DABFB4#D6C1B8#D3C2BB#CFC4BF#CBC5C3

Color harmonies

Complementary — #ACD2E2:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.75:1 Fails
Against black text12.02:1 AAA

Best text color on #E2BCAC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #E2BCAC

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #E2BCAC: ·

How #E2BCAC looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #D2D1B0Deuteranopia · #D4D7B1Tritanopia · #E0B3B4

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Material Grey 500 · #9E9E9EBootstrap light · #F8F9FATailwind pink 500 · #EC4899

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #E2BCAC rather than the exact color:

Palette F8ecd1
#F8ECD1 · #DEB6AB · #AC7D88 · #85586F
Palette F5e8c7
#F5E8C7 · #ECCCB2 · #DEB6AB · #AC7088
Palette Ffbe98
#FFBE98 · #FEECE2 · #F7DED0 · #E2BFB3
Palette Eeedeb
#EEEDEB · #E6B9A6 · #939185 · #2F3645
Palette 810b38
#810B38 · #F1E2D1 · #DCC3AA · #541A1A
Palette 896c6c
#896C6C · #E5BEB5 · #EEE6CA · #F5FAE1

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#DEB6AB#E2BFB3#E6B9A6#DCC3AA#E5BEB5#E5C3A6#E6BAA3#E2BCB7#E7B3A8#D7C0AE#E9B5A5#DCC5B2

Browse neighbouring colors

← #E2BCAB  ·  #E2BCAD →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #E2BCAC?

#E2BCAC is Light Muted Brown, a brown color (RGB 226, 188, 172). Its closest standard named color is LightPink.

What is the RGB and HSL of #E2BCAC?

#E2BCAC is RGB 226, 188, 172 — HSL 18°, 48%, 78% — CMYK 0%, 17%, 24%, 11%.

What colors go with #E2BCAC?

Its complement is #ACD2E2; analogous partners are #E2ACB7 and #E2D7AC. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #E2BCAC for text?

Black text on #E2BCAC has a contrast ratio of 12.02:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.75:1.