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#EAABA7 — Light Red

#EAABA7 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 #EAABA7 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.

#EAABA7 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 #A9E6EA; it also sits naturally between #EAA9C5 and #EACEA9. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EAABA7 · RGB 234, 171, 167

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Color values

HEX#EAABA7
RGB234, 171, 167
HSL4°, 61%, 79%
HSV4°, 29%, 92%
CMYK0%, 27%, 29%, 8%
XYZ55.47, 49.41, 43.17
Yxy49.41, 0.3747, 0.3337
CIE-Lab75.70, 22.56, 11.18
Hunter Lab70.29, 21.95, 9.31

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 67% · Blue 65%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 27% · Yellow 29% · Key 8%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EAABA7 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EAABA7 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EAABA7

.text { color: #EAABA7; }
.background { background-color: #EAABA7; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EAABA7; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(234, 171, 167); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(4, 61%, 79%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EAABA7; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(234, 171, 167, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EAABA7; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(234, 171, 167, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EAABA7">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EAABA7">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EAABA7

#E3928C#DB736B#D4574E#C93B31#AC322A#8C2922#6F201B#4E1713#310E0C#100504

Tints of #EAABA7

#ECB5B1#EDB9B5#EFC1BD#F1C8C6#F3D0CE#F4D4D2#F6DCDA#F8E4E2#F9E8E6#FBEFEF

Tones of #EAABA7

#E5B1AE#E1B5B2#DCB9B7#D7BDBC#D3C2C0#CEC5C5

Color harmonies

Complementary — #A9E6EA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.93:1 Fails
Against black text10.88:1 AAA

Best text color on #EAABA7: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EAABA7

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 #EAABA7: ·

How #EAABA7 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #CFCEA8Deuteranopia · #D2D7A8Tritanopia · #E7A9A9

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 #EAABA7 rather than the exact color:

Palette 9cf196
#9CF196 · #ECEBA7 · #EBCE95 · #EDAAAA
Palette 1f1d36
#1F1D36 · #3F3351 · #864879 · #E9A6A6
Palette E2dea9
#E2DEA9 · #D18CE0 · #ECA6A6 · #EEEEEE
Royal Ember
#F2C4EE · #ECAFAC · #F4F4DF · #BDF1BB
Honey Ruby Meadow
#179A8D · #37E2C2 · #D51F31 · #EDADAD
Radiant Solace
#176694 · #7AA6EB · #C75C1F · #EAB1A3

Similar colors

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

#EDAAAA#E9A6A6#ECA6A6#ECAFAC#EDADAD#EAB1A3#EEA5A6#EFB1A9#E7B3A8#F2AAAA#EAAFAF#ECB4A7

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EAABA6  ·  #EAABA8 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EAABA7?

#EAABA7 is Light Red, a red color (RGB 234, 171, 167). Its closest standard named color is LightPink.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EAABA7?

#EAABA7 is RGB 234, 171, 167 — HSL 4°, 61%, 79% — CMYK 0%, 27%, 29%, 8%.

What colors go with #EAABA7?

Its complement is #A9E6EA; analogous partners are #EAA9C5 and #EACEA9. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EAABA7 for text?

Black text on #EAABA7 has a contrast ratio of 10.88:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.93:1.