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#EAABAA — Light Red

#EAABAA 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 #EAABAA 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.

#EAABAA 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 #A9E9EA; it also sits naturally between #EAA9C8 and #EACBA9. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EAABAA · RGB 234, 171, 170

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Color values

HEX#EAABAA
RGB234, 171, 170
HSL1°, 60%, 79%
HSV1°, 27%, 92%
CMYK0%, 27%, 27%, 8%
XYZ55.75, 49.52, 44.65
Yxy49.52, 0.3719, 0.3303
CIE-Lab75.77, 22.96, 9.64
Hunter Lab70.37, 22.37, 8.11

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

CSS code for #EAABAA

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

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

Shades of #EAABAA

#E28E8D#DA6E6C#D35250#C83432#AB2D2B#8B2423#6E1D1C#4E1413#310D0C#100404

Tints of #EAABAA

#ECB2B1#EDB6B6#EFBFBE#F1C7C6#F3CFCE#F4D3D2#F6DBDA#F8E3E2#F9E7E7#FBEFEF

Tones of #EAABAA

#E5AFAE#E0B3B2#DCB8B7#D7BCBC#D3C1C0#CEC5C5

Color harmonies

Complementary — #A9E9EA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.93:1 Fails
Against black text10.90:1 AAA

Best text color on #EAABAA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EAABAA

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 #EAABAA: ·

How #EAABAA looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #CFCEAADeuteranopia · #D2D7AATritanopia · #E7AAAA

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 #EAABAA rather than the exact color:

Palette 9cf196
#9CF196 · #ECEBA7 · #EBCE95 · #EDAAAA
Honey Ruby Meadow
#179A8D · #37E2C2 · #D51F31 · #EDADAD
Royal Ember
#F2C4EE · #ECAFAC · #F4F4DF · #BDF1BB
Palette Eaafaf
#EAAFAF · #A2738C · #645C84 · #427996
Palette 1f1d36
#1F1D36 · #3F3351 · #864879 · #E9A6A6
Palette E2dea9
#E2DEA9 · #D18CE0 · #ECA6A6 · #EEEEEE

Similar colors

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

#EDAAAA#EDADAD#ECAFAC#EAAFAF#E9A6A6#ECA6A6#EAAAB1#EDB1AE#EFB1A9#F2AAAA#EEA5A6#E7B3A8

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EAABA9  ·  #EAABAB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EAABAA?

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

What is the RGB and HSL of #EAABAA?

#EAABAA is RGB 234, 171, 170 — HSL 1°, 60%, 79% — CMYK 0%, 27%, 27%, 8%.

What colors go with #EAABAA?

Its complement is #A9E9EA; analogous partners are #EAA9C8 and #EACBA9. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EAABAA for text?

Black text on #EAABAA has a contrast ratio of 10.90:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.93:1.