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#EAAEA9 — Light Red

#EAAEA9 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 #EAAEA9 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.

#EAAEA9 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 #A9E5EA; it also sits naturally between #EAA9C4 and #EACFA9. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EAAEA9 · RGB 234, 174, 169

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Color values

HEX#EAAEA9
RGB234, 174, 169
HSL5°, 61%, 79%
HSV5°, 28%, 92%
CMYK0%, 26%, 28%, 8%
XYZ56.23, 50.63, 44.34
Yxy50.63, 0.3719, 0.3348
CIE-Lab76.45, 21.23, 11.15
Hunter Lab71.15, 20.66, 9.33

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 68% · Blue 66%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 26% · Yellow 28% · Key 8%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EAAEA9 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EAAEA9 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EAAEA9

.text { color: #EAAEA9; }
.background { background-color: #EAAEA9; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EAAEA9; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(234, 174, 169); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(5, 61%, 79%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EAAEA9; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(234, 174, 169, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EAAEA9; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(234, 174, 169, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EAAEA9">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EAAEA9">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EAAEA9

#E3938C#DB756B#D45A4E#C93D31#AC352A#8C2B22#6F221B#4E1813#310F0C#100504

Tints of #EAAEA9

#ECB6B1#EDBAB5#EFC1BD#F1C9C6#F3D1CE#F4D5D2#F6DCDA#F8E4E2#F9E8E6#FBF0EF

Tones of #EAAEA9

#E5B2AE#E1B6B2#DCBAB7#D7BEBC#D3C2C0#CEC5C5

Color harmonies

Complementary — #A9E5EA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.89:1 Fails
Against black text11.13:1 AAA

Best text color on #EAAEA9: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EAAEA9

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 #EAAEA9: ·

How #EAAEA9 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D0CFAADeuteranopia · #D4D8ABTritanopia · #E7ABAB

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 #EAAEA9 rather than the exact color:

Royal Ember
#F2C4EE · #ECAFAC · #F4F4DF · #BDF1BB
Honey Ruby Meadow
#179A8D · #37E2C2 · #D51F31 · #EDADAD
Palette 9cf196
#9CF196 · #ECEBA7 · #EBCE95 · #EDAAAA
Frozen Ruby Monsoon
#18A2CD · #73EEEE · #EC7F5D · #EFB1A9
Burning Ruby Tempest
#2481B8 · #51A5DD · #DE8957 · #E7B3A8
Palette Eaafaf
#EAAFAF · #A2738C · #645C84 · #427996

Similar colors

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

#ECAFAC#EDADAD#EDAAAA#EFB1A9#E7B3A8#EAAFAF#EDB1AE#ECB4A7#EAB1A3#E9B5A5#F0B4A8#E9A6A6

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EAAEA8  ·  #EAAEAA →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EAAEA9?

#EAAEA9 is Light Red, a red color (RGB 234, 174, 169). Its closest standard named color is LightPink.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EAAEA9?

#EAAEA9 is RGB 234, 174, 169 — HSL 5°, 61%, 79% — CMYK 0%, 26%, 28%, 8%.

What colors go with #EAAEA9?

Its complement is #A9E5EA; analogous partners are #EAA9C4 and #EACFA9. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EAAEA9 for text?

Black text on #EAAEA9 has a contrast ratio of 11.13:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.89:1.