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#E4BFBE — Pale Muted Red

#E4BFBE is a red color we call Pale Muted Red, closest to the named color LightPink (#FFB6C1). It belongs to the red family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: lightpink (#FFB6C1) — not an exact match. CSS lightpink gives you #FFB6C1, a different color; use #E4BFBE 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.

#E4BFBE is a warm red color associated with energy, passion and urgency. It is light enough to work as a background or base color, with darker text on top.

Its strongest partner is its complement #BEE3E4; it also sits naturally between #E4BED0 and #E4D2BE. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#E4BFBE · RGB 228, 191, 190

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Color values

HEX#E4BFBE
RGB228, 191, 190
HSL2°, 41%, 82%
HSV2°, 17%, 89%
CMYK0%, 16%, 17%, 11%
XYZ59.92, 57.47, 56.65
Yxy57.47, 0.3443, 0.3302
CIE-Lab80.45, 13.02, 5.43
Hunter Lab75.81, 12.66, 4.81

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 89% · Green 75% · Blue 75%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 16% · Yellow 17% · Key 11%

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

Previews

Sample text in #E4BFBE on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #E4BFBE on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #E4BFBE

.text { color: #E4BFBE; }
.background { background-color: #E4BFBE; }
.border { border: 3px solid #E4BFBE; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(228, 191, 190); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(2, 41%, 82%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #E4BFBE; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(228, 191, 190, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #E4BFBE; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(228, 191, 190, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#E4BFBE">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#E4BFBE">Div content here</div>

Shades of #E4BFBE

#D8A3A2#CC8785#C16E6C#B5524F#9B4441#7E3735#612B29#481F1E#2B1312#0E0606

Tints of #E4BFBE

#E5C3C2#E8CAC9#EACECD#EDD5D4#EED8D7#F0DCDB#F3E3E2#F4E6E6#F7EDED#F9F1F1

Tones of #E4BFBE

#E1C2C1#DEC5C4#DCC7C7#D9C9C9#D7CCCC#D4CFCE

Color harmonies

Complementary — #BEE3E4:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.68:1 Fails
Against black text12.49:1 AAA

Best text color on #E4BFBE: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #E4BFBE

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 #E4BFBE: ·

How #E4BFBE looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D4D4BEDeuteranopia · #D6D9BETritanopia · #E2BEBE

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 #E4BFBE rather than the exact color:

Dusty Ruby Summit
#E2BBBF · #D1858C · #C0686F · #A54149
Palette 999b84
#999B84 · #926E6F · #CA8A8B · #E6C4C0
Palette D3e4cd
#D3E4CD · #99A799 · #F2DDC1 · #E2C2B9
Palette 6c4a4a
#6C4A4A · #C89595 · #DDBEBE · #EDEDED
Palette 432e54
#432E54 · #4B4376 · #AE445A · #E8BCB9
Amber Canyon
#3186A7 · #82B5DA · #D18262 · #E7C5C1

Similar colors

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

#E2BBBF#E6C4C0#E2C2B9#DDBEBE#E8BCB9#E7C5C1#E5C1C5#E7BEC5#DEC2BA#E2BCB7#E8C4C4#E7B7C1

Browse neighbouring colors

← #E4BFBD  ·  #E4BFBF →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #E4BFBE?

#E4BFBE is Pale Muted Red, a red color (RGB 228, 191, 190). Its closest standard named color is LightPink.

What is the RGB and HSL of #E4BFBE?

#E4BFBE is RGB 228, 191, 190 — HSL 2°, 41%, 82% — CMYK 0%, 16%, 17%, 11%.

What colors go with #E4BFBE?

Its complement is #BEE3E4; analogous partners are #E4BED0 and #E4D2BE. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #E4BFBE for text?

Black text on #E4BFBE has a contrast ratio of 12.49:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.68:1.