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#EAAEAB — Light Red

#EAAEAB 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 #EAAEAB 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.

#EAAEAB 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 #A9E6EA; it also sits naturally between #EAA9C6 and #EACDA9. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EAAEAB · RGB 234, 174, 171

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Color values

HEX#EAAEAB
RGB234, 174, 171
HSL3°, 60%, 79%
HSV3°, 27%, 92%
CMYK0%, 26%, 27%, 8%
XYZ56.42, 50.70, 45.34
Yxy50.70, 0.3700, 0.3326
CIE-Lab76.50, 21.50, 10.13
Hunter Lab71.21, 20.95, 8.53

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 68% · Blue 67%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 26% · Yellow 27% · Key 8%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #EAAEAB

.text { color: #EAAEAB; }
.background { background-color: #EAAEAB; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EAAEAB; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(234, 174, 171); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(3, 60%, 79%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EAAEAB; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(234, 174, 171, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EAAEAB; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(234, 174, 171, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #EAAEAB

#E2918D#DA726C#D35650#C83932#AB312B#8B2823#6E201C#4E1613#310E0C#100504

Tints of #EAAEAB

#ECB4B1#EDB8B6#EFC0BE#F1C8C6#F3D0CE#F4D4D2#F6DCDA#F8E4E2#F9E7E7#FBEFEF

Tones of #EAAEAB

#E5B1AE#E0B5B2#DCB9B7#D7BDBC#D3C1C0#CEC5C5

Color harmonies

Complementary — #A9E6EA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.88:1 Fails
Against black text11.14:1 AAA

Best text color on #EAAEAB: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EAAEAB

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 #EAAEAB: ·

How #EAAEAB looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D0CFACDeuteranopia · #D4D8ACTritanopia · #E7ACAC

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 #EAAEAB rather than the exact color:

Royal Ember
#F2C4EE · #ECAFAC · #F4F4DF · #BDF1BB
Honey Ruby Meadow
#179A8D · #37E2C2 · #D51F31 · #EDADAD
Palette Eaafaf
#EAAFAF · #A2738C · #645C84 · #427996
Palette 9cf196
#9CF196 · #ECEBA7 · #EBCE95 · #EDAAAA
Electric Ruby Meadow
#A025AA · #CF2D9F · #DD658D · #EDB1AE
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:

#ECAFAC#EDADAD#EAAFAF#EDAAAA#EDB1AE#EFB1A9#E7B3A8#EAAAB1#ECB4A7#EAAEB3#EEB3B0#EAB1A3

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EAAEAA  ·  #EAAEAC →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EAAEAB?

#EAAEAB is Light Red, a red color (RGB 234, 174, 171). Its closest standard named color is LightPink.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EAAEAB?

#EAAEAB is RGB 234, 174, 171 — HSL 3°, 60%, 79% — CMYK 0%, 26%, 27%, 8%.

What colors go with #EAAEAB?

Its complement is #A9E6EA; analogous partners are #EAA9C6 and #EACDA9. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EAAEAB for text?

Black text on #EAAEAB has a contrast ratio of 11.14:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.88:1.