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#EAAEAC — Light Red

#EAAEAC 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 #EAAEAC 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.

#EAAEAC 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 #ADE9EB; it also sits naturally between #EBADCA and #EBCEAD. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EAAEAC · RGB 234, 174, 172

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Color values

HEX#EAAEAC
RGB234, 174, 172
HSL2°, 60%, 80%
HSV2°, 26%, 92%
CMYK0%, 26%, 26%, 8%
XYZ56.51, 50.74, 45.85
Yxy50.74, 0.3691, 0.3314
CIE-Lab76.52, 21.64, 9.62
Hunter Lab71.23, 21.09, 8.13

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 68% · Blue 67%

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

CSS code for #EAAEAC

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

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

Shades of #EAAEAC

#E2908D#DB7470#D35450#CC3833#AB2F2B#8B2623#6E1E1C#4E1513#310D0C#100404

Tints of #EAAEAC

#EDB7B6#EEBBBA#F0C3C2#F1C7C6#F3CFCE#F5D7D6#F6DBDA#F8E3E2#F9E7E7#FBEFEF

Tones of #EAAEAC

#E6B4B2#E2B8B6#DDBCBB#D9C0BF#D5C4C3#D1C8C7

Color harmonies

Complementary — #ADE9EB:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.88:1 Fails
Against black text11.15:1 AAA

Best text color on #EAAEAC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EAAEAC

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 #EAAEAC: ·

How #EAAEAC 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 · #D4D8ADTritanopia · #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 #EAAEAC rather than the exact color:

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

Similar colors

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

#ECAFAC#EAAFAF#EDADAD#EDB1AE#EDAAAA#EAAAB1#EFB1A9#EAAEB3#E7B3A8#EEB3B0#EAB1B3#ECB4A7

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EAAEAB  ·  #EAAEAD →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EAAEAC?

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

What is the RGB and HSL of #EAAEAC?

#EAAEAC is RGB 234, 174, 172 — HSL 2°, 60%, 80% — CMYK 0%, 26%, 26%, 8%.

What colors go with #EAAEAC?

Its complement is #ADE9EB; analogous partners are #EBADCA and #EBCEAD. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EAAEAC for text?

Black text on #EAAEAC has a contrast ratio of 11.15:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.88:1.