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#EAABA3 — Light Red

#EAABA3 is a red color we call Light Red, closest to the named color BurlyWood (#DEB887). It belongs to the red family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: burlywood (#DEB887) — not an exact match. CSS burlywood gives you #DEB887, a different color; use #EAABA3 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.

#EAABA3 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 #A4E2EA; it also sits naturally between #EAA4BF and #EACFA4. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EAABA3 · RGB 234, 171, 163

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Color values

HEX#EAABA3
RGB234, 171, 163
HSL7°, 63%, 78%
HSV7°, 30%, 92%
CMYK0%, 27%, 30%, 8%
XYZ55.11, 49.26, 41.25
Yxy49.26, 0.3784, 0.3383
CIE-Lab75.61, 22.03, 13.23
Hunter Lab70.19, 21.40, 10.86

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 67% · Blue 64%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 27% · Yellow 30% · Key 8%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EAABA3 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EAABA3 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EAABA3

.text { color: #EAABA3; }
.background { background-color: #EAABA3; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EAABA3; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(234, 171, 163); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(7, 63%, 78%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EAABA3; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(234, 171, 163, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EAABA3; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(234, 171, 163, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EAABA3">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EAABA3">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EAABA3

#E49186#DC7365#D55948#C83F2D#AA3627#8D2D20#6C2219#4F1912#2E0F0A#110504

Tints of #EAABA3

#ECB3AC#EEBBB4#EFBFB8#F1C6C1#F3CEC9#F5D5D1#F7DDDA#F7E1DE#F9E8E6#FBF0EE

Tones of #EAABA3

#E5B0A9#E0B4AE#DBB7B3#D6BBB8#D1BFBD#CCC3C2

Color harmonies

Complementary — #A4E2EA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.94:1 Fails
Against black text10.85:1 AAA

Best text color on #EAABA3: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EAABA3

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 #EAABA3: ·

How #EAABA3 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #CFCEA5Deuteranopia · #D2D7A5Tritanopia · #E7A6A7

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 #EAABA3 rather than the exact color:

Palette 1f1d36
#1F1D36 · #3F3351 · #864879 · #E9A6A6
Radiant Solace
#176694 · #7AA6EB · #C75C1F · #EAB1A3
Palette E2dea9
#E2DEA9 · #D18CE0 · #ECA6A6 · #EEEEEE
Palette 2d4356
#2D4356 · #435B66 · #A76F6F · #EAB2A0
Palette 9cf196
#9CF196 · #ECEBA7 · #EBCE95 · #EDAAAA
Palette 8e7ab5
#8E7AB5 · #B784B7 · #E493B3 · #EEA5A6

Similar colors

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

#E9A6A6#EAB1A3#ECA6A6#EAB2A0#EDAAAA#EEA5A6#E9A89B#EFB1A9#E7B3A8#ECB4A7#ECAFAC#E9B5A5

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EAABA2  ·  #EAABA4 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EAABA3?

#EAABA3 is Light Red, a red color (RGB 234, 171, 163). Its closest standard named color is BurlyWood.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EAABA3?

#EAABA3 is RGB 234, 171, 163 — HSL 7°, 63%, 78% — CMYK 0%, 27%, 30%, 8%.

What colors go with #EAABA3?

Its complement is #A4E2EA; analogous partners are #EAA4BF and #EACFA4. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EAABA3 for text?

Black text on #EAABA3 has a contrast ratio of 10.85:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.94:1.