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#EAAAAB — Light Red

#EAAAAB is a red color we call Light 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 #EAAAAB 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.

#EAAAAB 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 #A9EAE9; it also sits naturally between #EAA9CB and #EAC8A9. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EAAAAB · RGB 234, 170, 171

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Color values

HEX#EAAAAB
RGB234, 170, 171
HSL359°, 60%, 79%
HSV359°, 27%, 92%
CMYK0%, 27%, 27%, 8%
XYZ55.66, 49.18, 45.09
Yxy49.18, 0.3712, 0.3280
CIE-Lab75.56, 23.63, 8.80
Hunter Lab70.13, 23.04, 7.43

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 67% · Blue 67%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 27% · Yellow 27% · Key 8%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #EAAAAB

.text { color: #EAAAAB; }
.background { background-color: #EAAAAB; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EAAAAB; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(234, 170, 171); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(359, 60%, 79%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EAAAAB; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(234, 170, 171, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EAAAAB; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(234, 170, 171, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #EAAAAB

#E28D8E#DA6C6E#D35052#C83234#AB2B2D#8B2324#6E1C1D#4E1314#310C0D#100404

Tints of #EAAAAB

#ECB1B2#EDB6B6#EFBEBF#F1C6C7#F3CECF#F4D2D3#F6DADB#F8E2E3#F9E7E7#FBEFEF

Tones of #EAAAAB

#E5AEAF#E0B2B3#DCB7B8#D7BCBC#D3C0C1#CEC5C5

Color harmonies

Complementary — #A9EAE9:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.94:1 Fails
Against black text10.84:1 AAA

Best text color on #EAAAAB: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EAAAAB

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 #EAAAAB: ·

How #EAAAAB looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #CECEABDeuteranopia · #D2D7ABTritanopia · #E7ABAB

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 · #9E9E9ETailwind pink 500 · #EC4899Bootstrap light · #F8F9FA

Palettes with a similar color

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

Palette 9cf196
#9CF196 · #ECEBA7 · #EBCE95 · #EDAAAA
Honey Ruby Meadow
#179A8D · #37E2C2 · #D51F31 · #EDADAD
Royal Ember
#F2C4EE · #ECAFAC · #F4F4DF · #BDF1BB
Smoky Ruby Petal
#981630 · #67E549 · #2045DC · #EAAAB1
Palette Eaafaf
#EAAFAF · #A2738C · #645C84 · #427996
Palette 1f1d36
#1F1D36 · #3F3351 · #864879 · #E9A6A6

Similar colors

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

#EDAAAA#EDADAD#ECAFAC#EAAAB1#EAAFAF#E9A6A6#ECA6A6#E7A8B2#F2AAAA#EEA5A6#EDB1AE#EFB1A9

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EAAAAA  ·  #EAAAAC →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EAAAAB?

#EAAAAB is Light Red, a red color (RGB 234, 170, 171). Its closest standard named color is LightPink.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EAAAAB?

#EAAAAB is RGB 234, 170, 171 — HSL 359°, 60%, 79% — CMYK 0%, 27%, 27%, 8%.

What colors go with #EAAAAB?

Its complement is #A9EAE9; analogous partners are #EAA9CB and #EAC8A9. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EAAAAB for text?

Black text on #EAAAAB has a contrast ratio of 10.84:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.94:1.