Maroon Colors  ·  Color Library

Palettes / Colors / #EAACAE

#EAACAE — Light Red

#EAACAE 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 #EAACAE 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.

#EAACAE 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 #ADEBE9; it also sits naturally between #EBADCE and #EBCAAD. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EAACAE · RGB 234, 172, 174

Download PNG swatch SVG

Color values

HEX#EAACAE
RGB234, 172, 174
HSL358°, 60%, 80%
HSV358°, 26%, 92%
CMYK0%, 26%, 26%, 8%
XYZ56.32, 50.05, 46.74
Yxy50.05, 0.3679, 0.3269
CIE-Lab76.10, 22.98, 7.93
Hunter Lab70.75, 22.43, 6.76

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 67% · Blue 68%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 26% · Yellow 26% · Key 8%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #EAACAE

.text { color: #EAACAE; }
.background { background-color: #EAACAE; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EAACAE; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(234, 172, 174); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(358, 60%, 80%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EAACAE; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(234, 172, 174, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EAACAE; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(234, 172, 174, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #EAACAE

#E28D90#DB7074#D35054#CC3338#AB2B2F#8B2326#6E1C1E#4E1315#310C0D#100404

Tints of #EAACAE

#EDB6B7#EEBABB#F0C2C3#F1C6C7#F3CECF#F5D6D7#F6DADB#F8E2E3#F9E7E7#FBEFEF

Tones of #EAACAE

#E6B2B4#E2B6B8#DDBBBC#D9BFC0#D5C3C4#D1C7C8

Color harmonies

Complementary — #ADEBE9:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.91:1 Fails
Against black text11.01:1 AAA

Best text color on #EAACAE: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EAACAE

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 #EAACAE: ·

How #EAACAE looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #CFCFAEDeuteranopia · #D3D7ADTritanopia · #E7ADAD

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 #EAACAE rather than the exact color:

Palette Eaafaf
#EAAFAF · #A2738C · #645C84 · #427996
Honey Ruby Meadow
#179A8D · #37E2C2 · #D51F31 · #EDADAD
Smoky Ruby Petal
#981630 · #67E549 · #2045DC · #EAAAB1
Royal Ember
#F2C4EE · #ECAFAC · #F4F4DF · #BDF1BB
Palette 9cf196
#9CF196 · #ECEBA7 · #EBCE95 · #EDAAAA
Scarlet Garden
#EAAEB3 · #C7333F · #9B313A · #772229

Similar colors

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

#EAAFAF#EDADAD#EAAAB1#ECAFAC#EDAAAA#EAAEB3#EDB1AE#E7A8B2#EAB1B3#E4AFB2#E2AEAF#EEB3B0

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EAACAD  ·  #EAACAF →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EAACAE?

#EAACAE is Light Red, a red color (RGB 234, 172, 174). Its closest standard named color is LightPink.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EAACAE?

#EAACAE is RGB 234, 172, 174 — HSL 358°, 60%, 80% — CMYK 0%, 26%, 26%, 8%.

What colors go with #EAACAE?

Its complement is #ADEBE9; analogous partners are #EBADCE and #EBCAAD. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EAACAE for text?

Black text on #EAACAE has a contrast ratio of 11.01:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.91:1.