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#EAAEA4 — Light Red

#EAAEA4 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 #EAAEA4 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.

#EAAEA4 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 #A4DFEA; it also sits naturally between #EAA4BC and #EAD1A4. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EAAEA4 · RGB 234, 174, 164

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Color values

HEX#EAAEA4
RGB234, 174, 164
HSL9°, 62%, 78%
HSV9°, 30%, 92%
CMYK0%, 26%, 30%, 8%
XYZ55.77, 50.44, 41.92
Yxy50.44, 0.3765, 0.3405
CIE-Lab76.34, 20.56, 13.71
Hunter Lab71.02, 19.97, 11.27

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 68% · Blue 64%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 26% · Yellow 30% · Key 8%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EAAEA4 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EAAEA4 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EAAEA4

.text { color: #EAAEA4; }
.background { background-color: #EAAEA4; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EAAEA4; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(234, 174, 164); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(9, 62%, 78%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EAAEA4; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(234, 174, 164, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EAAEA4; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(234, 174, 164, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EAAEA4">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EAAEA4">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EAAEA4

#E39587#DB7866#D45E49#C6452F#A93B28#8C3121#6B2619#4E1B12#2D100B#110604

Tints of #EAAEA4

#ECB6AC#EEBDB5#EFC1B9#F0C8C1#F2CFC9#F4D7D2#F6DEDA#F7E2DE#F9E9E6#FBF0EE

Tones of #EAAEA4

#E5B2A9#E0B6AE#DBB9B3#D6BCB8#D1C0BD#CCC3C2

Color harmonies

Complementary — #A4DFEA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.89:1 Fails
Against black text11.09:1 AAA

Best text color on #EAAEA4: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EAAEA4

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 #EAAEA4: ·

How #EAAEA4 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D0CFA6Deuteranopia · #D4D8A7Tritanopia · #E7A8A9

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 #EAAEA4 rather than the exact color:

Radiant Solace
#176694 · #7AA6EB · #C75C1F · #EAB1A3
Palette 2d4356
#2D4356 · #435B66 · #A76F6F · #EAB2A0
Scarlet Opal
#ECB4A7 · #D56348 · #9E3319 · #5F2011
Burning Ruby Tempest
#2481B8 · #51A5DD · #DE8957 · #E7B3A8
Mellow Petal
#962816 · #4AE560 · #5740E4 · #E9B5A5
Frozen Ruby Monsoon
#18A2CD · #73EEEE · #EC7F5D · #EFB1A9

Similar colors

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

#EAB1A3#EAB2A0#ECB4A7#E7B3A8#E9B5A5#EFB1A9#EDAAAA#ECAFAC#E9A6A6#ECA6A6#EBB7A3#F0B4A8

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EAAEA3  ·  #EAAEA5 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EAAEA4?

#EAAEA4 is Light Red, a red color (RGB 234, 174, 164). Its closest standard named color is BurlyWood.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EAAEA4?

#EAAEA4 is RGB 234, 174, 164 — HSL 9°, 62%, 78% — CMYK 0%, 26%, 30%, 8%.

What colors go with #EAAEA4?

Its complement is #A4DFEA; analogous partners are #EAA4BC and #EAD1A4. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EAAEA4 for text?

Black text on #EAAEA4 has a contrast ratio of 11.09:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.89:1.