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#EAAFA7 — Light Red

#EAAFA7 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 #EAAFA7 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.

#EAAFA7 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 #A9E2EA; it also sits naturally between #EAA9C2 and #EAD1A9. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EAAFA7 · RGB 234, 175, 167

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Color values

HEX#EAAFA7
RGB234, 175, 167
HSL7°, 61%, 79%
HSV7°, 29%, 92%
CMYK0%, 25%, 29%, 8%
XYZ56.24, 50.94, 43.43
Yxy50.94, 0.3734, 0.3382
CIE-Lab76.64, 20.43, 12.51
Hunter Lab71.37, 19.86, 10.39

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 69% · Blue 65%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 25% · Yellow 29% · Key 8%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EAAFA7 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EAAFA7 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EAAFA7

.text { color: #EAAFA7; }
.background { background-color: #EAAFA7; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EAAFA7; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(234, 175, 167); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(7, 61%, 79%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EAAFA7; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(234, 175, 167, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EAAFA7; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(234, 175, 167, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EAAFA7">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EAAFA7">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EAAFA7

#E3968C#DB786B#D45E4E#C94331#AC392A#8C2E22#6F251B#4E1A13#31100C#100504

Tints of #EAAFA7

#ECB8B1#EDBCB5#EFC3BD#F1CBC6#F3D2CE#F4D6D2#F6DDDA#F8E5E2#F9E9E6#FBF0EF

Tones of #EAAFA7

#E5B4AE#E1B7B2#DCBBB7#D7BFBC#D3C2C0#CEC6C5

Color harmonies

Complementary — #A9E2EA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.88:1 Fails
Against black text11.19:1 AAA

Best text color on #EAAFA7: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EAAFA7

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 #EAAFA7: ·

How #EAAFA7 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D0D0A9Deuteranopia · #D4D8A9Tritanopia · #E7AAAB

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 #EAAFA7 rather than the exact color:

Radiant Solace
#176694 · #7AA6EB · #C75C1F · #EAB1A3
Burning Ruby Tempest
#2481B8 · #51A5DD · #DE8957 · #E7B3A8
Scarlet Opal
#ECB4A7 · #D56348 · #9E3319 · #5F2011
Royal Ember
#F2C4EE · #ECAFAC · #F4F4DF · #BDF1BB
Frozen Ruby Monsoon
#18A2CD · #73EEEE · #EC7F5D · #EFB1A9
Mellow Petal
#962816 · #4AE560 · #5740E4 · #E9B5A5

Similar colors

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

#EAB1A3#E7B3A8#ECB4A7#ECAFAC#EFB1A9#E9B5A5#EDAAAA#EDADAD#EAB2A0#EDB1AE#F0B4A8#EAAFAF

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EAAFA6  ·  #EAAFA8 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EAAFA7?

#EAAFA7 is Light Red, a red color (RGB 234, 175, 167). Its closest standard named color is LightPink.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EAAFA7?

#EAAFA7 is RGB 234, 175, 167 — HSL 7°, 61%, 79% — CMYK 0%, 25%, 29%, 8%.

What colors go with #EAAFA7?

Its complement is #A9E2EA; analogous partners are #EAA9C2 and #EAD1A9. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EAAFA7 for text?

Black text on #EAAFA7 has a contrast ratio of 11.19:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.88:1.