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#EABBBC — Pale Muted Red

#EABBBC is a red color we call Pale Muted 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 #EABBBC 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.

#EABBBC 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 #BDEBEA; it also sits naturally between #EBBDD4 and #EBD3BD. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EABBBC · RGB 234, 187, 188

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Color values

HEX#EABBBC
RGB234, 187, 188
HSL359°, 53%, 83%
HSV359°, 20%, 92%
CMYK0%, 20%, 20%, 8%
XYZ60.78, 56.66, 55.31
Yxy56.66, 0.3518, 0.3280
CIE-Lab79.99, 17.02, 5.92
Hunter Lab75.28, 16.67, 5.22

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 73% · Blue 74%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 20% · Yellow 20% · Key 8%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #EABBBC

.text { color: #EABBBC; }
.background { background-color: #EABBBC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EABBBC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(234, 187, 188); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(359, 53%, 83%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EABBBC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(234, 187, 188, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EABBBC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(234, 187, 188, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #EABBBC

#E19D9F#D77E80#CE5F61#C44042#AC3537#8C2B2D#6D2223#4E1819#2F0E0F#100505

Tints of #EABBBC

#ECC1C1#EEC8C9#EFCCCD#F1D0D1#F3D8D8#F4DCDC#F5E0E0#F7E4E4#F9EBEC#FAEFF0

Tones of #EABBBC

#E7C0C1#E4C3C4#E1C7C7#DECACA#DACDCD#D7D0D0

Color harmonies

Complementary — #BDEBEA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.70:1 Fails
Against black text12.33:1 AAA

Best text color on #EABBBC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EABBBC

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 #EABBBC: ·

How #EABBBC looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D6D5BCDeuteranopia · #D8DCBCTritanopia · #E8BCBC

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 #EABBBC rather than the exact color:

Palette 432e54
#432E54 · #4B4376 · #AE445A · #E8BCB9
Modern Ruby Petal
#F0BEBD · #E89897 · #E07C7A · #942B29
Crimson Ruby Terrace
#B6274E · #7ADB56 · #5A7DDB · #E7B7C1
Vivid Monsoon
#1F9AA2 · #5BD2E0 · #D93F35 · #ECC2B9
Maroon Velvet
#800020 · #B03060 · #E8B4B8 · #F5E6E0
Dusty Ruby Summit
#E2BBBF · #D1858C · #C0686F · #A54149

Similar colors

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

#E8BCB9#F0BEBD#E7B7C1#ECC2B9#E8B4B8#E2BBBF#E9B2BC#E5BEB5#E3B5BD#E2BCB7#F1B4BB#E7BEC5

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EABBBB  ·  #EABBBD →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EABBBC?

#EABBBC is Pale Muted Red, a red color (RGB 234, 187, 188). Its closest standard named color is LightPink.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EABBBC?

#EABBBC is RGB 234, 187, 188 — HSL 359°, 53%, 83% — CMYK 0%, 20%, 20%, 8%.

What colors go with #EABBBC?

Its complement is #BDEBEA; analogous partners are #EBBDD4 and #EBD3BD. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EABBBC for text?

Black text on #EABBBC has a contrast ratio of 12.33:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.70:1.