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#EAAEC6 — Light Pink

#EAAEC6 is a pink color we call Light Pink, closest to the named color LightPink (#FFB6C1). It belongs to the pink family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: lightpink (#FFB6C1) — not an exact match. CSS lightpink gives you #FFB6C1, a different color; use #EAAEC6 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.

#EAAEC6 is a warm-leaning pink color associated with playfulness, romance and softness. It is light enough to work as a background or base color, with darker text on top.

Its strongest partner is its complement #AEEAD2; it also sits naturally between #EAAEE4 and #EAB4AE. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EAAEC6 · RGB 234, 174, 198

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Color values

HEX#EAAEC6
RGB234, 174, 198
HSL336°, 59%, 80%
HSV336°, 26%, 92%
CMYK0%, 26%, 15%, 8%
XYZ59.26, 51.84, 60.31
Yxy51.84, 0.3457, 0.3024
CIE-Lab77.19, 25.48, -3.58
Hunter Lab72.00, 25.15, -3.30

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 68% · Blue 78%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 26% · Yellow 15% · Key 8%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EAAEC6 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EAAEC6 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EAAEC6

.text { color: #EAAEC6; }
.background { background-color: #EAAEC6; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EAAEC6; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(234, 174, 198); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(336, 59%, 80%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EAAEC6; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(234, 174, 198, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EAAEC6; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(234, 174, 198, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EAAEC6">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EAAEC6">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EAAEC6

#E28DAF#DA719B#D25184#CB3470#AA2C5E#8A244C#6D1C3D#4D142B#310D1B#100409

Tints of #EAAEC6

#ECB6CC#EDBACF#EFC2D4#F0C6D7#F2CEDD#F5D6E2#F6DBE5#F8E3EB#F9E7EE#FBEFF4

Tones of #EAAEC6

#E6B2C7#E1B7C8#DDBBC9#D9BFC9#D5C3CA#D0C8CB

Color harmonies

Complementary — #AEEAD2:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.85:1 Fails
Against black text11.37:1 AAA

Best text color on #EAAEC6: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EAAEC6

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 #EAAEC6: ·

How #EAAEC6 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D0CFC0Deuteranopia · #D4D8BFTritanopia · #E7BCBB

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 · #9E9E9EBootstrap light · #F8F9FATailwind pink 500 · #EC4899

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #EAAEC6 rather than the exact color:

Amber Ruby Petal
#B32153 · #55B722 · #265ECA · #E6ACC4
Serene Ruby
#E11A45 · #E3AFC9 · #EFECD7 · #EDC92C
Wild Ruby Saffron
#F2B0C8 · #DA5284 · #C22961 · #7B183D
Palette 441752
#441752 · #8174A0 · #A888B5 · #EFB6C8
Palette 8174a0
#8174A0 · #A888B5 · #EFB6C8 · #FFD2A0
Tranquil Ruby Aurora
#28AD98 · #5FDACF · #DD6B7E · #E5ABBE

Similar colors

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

#E6ACC4#E3AFC9#F2B0C8#EFB6C8#E5ABBE#F3B2C3#F4ABC4#E7B7C1#E9B2BC#EAB3D0#E3A5C7#F1ACBD

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EAAEC5  ·  #EAAEC7 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EAAEC6?

#EAAEC6 is Light Pink, a pink color (RGB 234, 174, 198). Its closest standard named color is LightPink.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EAAEC6?

#EAAEC6 is RGB 234, 174, 198 — HSL 336°, 59%, 80% — CMYK 0%, 26%, 15%, 8%.

What colors go with #EAAEC6?

Its complement is #AEEAD2; analogous partners are #EAAEE4 and #EAB4AE. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EAAEC6 for text?

Black text on #EAAEC6 has a contrast ratio of 11.37:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.85:1.