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#EAADAD — Light Red

#EAADAD is a red color we call Light Red, closest to the named color LightPink (#FFB6C1). It belongs to the red family.

#EAADAD 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 #AEEAEA; it also sits naturally between #EAAECC and #EACCAE. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EAADAD · RGB 234, 173, 173

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Color values

HEX#EAADAD
RGB234, 173, 173
HSL0°, 59%, 80%
HSV0°, 26%, 92%
CMYK0%, 26%, 26%, 8%
XYZ56.42, 50.40, 46.29
Yxy50.40, 0.3685, 0.3292
CIE-Lab76.31, 22.31, 8.77
Hunter Lab70.99, 21.76, 7.45

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 68% · 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 #EAADAD on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EAADAD on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EAADAD

.text { color: #EAADAD; }
.background { background-color: #EAADAD; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EAADAD; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(234, 173, 173); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(0, 59%, 80%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EAADAD; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(234, 173, 173, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EAADAD; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(234, 173, 173, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #EAADAD

#E28D8D#DA7171#D25151#CB3434#AA2C2C#8A2424#6D1C1C#4D1414#310D0D#100404

Tints of #EAADAD

#ECB6B6#EDBABA#EFC2C2#F0C6C6#F2CECE#F5D6D6#F6DBDB#F8E3E3#F9E7E7#FBEFEF

Tones of #EAADAD

#E6B2B2#E1B7B7#DDBBBB#D9BFBF#D5C3C3#D0C8C8

Color harmonies

Complementary — #AEEAEA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.90:1 Fails
Against black text11.08:1 AAA

Best text color on #EAADAD: #000000.

How #EAADAD looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D0CFADDeuteranopia · #D3D8ADTritanopia · #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 #EAADAD rather than the exact color:

Palette Eaafaf
#EAAFAF · #A2738C · #645C84 · #427996
Honey Ruby Meadow
#179A8D · #37E2C2 · #D51F31 · #EDADAD
Royal Ember
#F2C4EE · #ECAFAC · #F4F4DF · #BDF1BB
Smoky Ruby Petal
#981630 · #67E549 · #2045DC · #EAAAB1
Electric Ruby Meadow
#A025AA · #CF2D9F · #DD658D · #EDB1AE
Palette 9cf196
#9CF196 · #ECEBA7 · #EBCE95 · #EDAAAA

Similar colors

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

#EAAFAF#EDADAD#ECAFAC#EAAAB1#EDB1AE#EDAAAA#EAAEB3#EAB1B3#EFB1A9#E7A8B2#EEB3B0#E4AFB2

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EAADAC  ·  #EAADAE →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EAADAD?

#EAADAD is Light Red, a red color (RGB 234, 173, 173). Its closest standard named color is LightPink.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EAADAD?

#EAADAD is RGB 234, 173, 173 — HSL 0°, 59%, 80% — CMYK 0%, 26%, 26%, 8%.

What colors go with #EAADAD?

Its complement is #AEEAEA; analogous partners are #EAAECC and #EACCAE. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EAADAD for text?

Black text on #EAADAD has a contrast ratio of 11.08:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.90:1.