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#EAC2CC — Pale Muted Red

#EAC2CC is a red color we call Pale Muted Red, closest to the named color Pink (#FFC0CB). It belongs to the red family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: pink (#FFC0CB) — not an exact match. CSS pink gives you #FFC0CB, a different color; use #EAC2CC 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.

#EAC2CC 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 #C2EAE0; it also sits naturally between #EAC2E0 and #EACCC2. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EAC2CC · RGB 234, 194, 204

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Color values

HEX#EAC2CC
RGB234, 194, 204
HSL345°, 49%, 84%
HSV345°, 17%, 92%
CMYK0%, 17%, 13%, 8%
XYZ64.12, 60.44, 65.41
Yxy60.44, 0.3375, 0.3181
CIE-Lab82.07, 15.79, 0.34
Hunter Lab77.74, 15.58, 0.31

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 76% · Blue 80%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 17% · Yellow 13% · Key 8%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EAC2CC on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EAC2CC on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EAC2CC

.text { color: #EAC2CC; }
.background { background-color: #EAC2CC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EAC2CC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(234, 194, 204); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(345, 49%, 84%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EAC2CC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(234, 194, 204, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EAC2CC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(234, 194, 204, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EAC2CC">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EAC2CC">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EAC2CC

#E0A4B3#D58599#CB6780#C14967#A73955#892F45#6A2436#4C1A27#2E1017#0F0508

Tints of #EAC2CC

#EBC6CF#EDCAD3#EFD1D9#F1D5DC#F2D9DF#F3DDE2#F5E1E6#F7E8EC#F8ECEF#FAF0F2

Tones of #EAC2CC

#E7C5CE#E4C8CF#E2CBD0#DFCED2#DCD0D3#D9D3D5

Color harmonies

Complementary — #C2EAE0:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.60:1 Fails
Against black text13.09:1 AAA

Best text color on #EAC2CC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EAC2CC

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 #EAC2CC: ·

How #EAC2CC looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D9D8CADeuteranopia · #DBDEC9Tritanopia · #E8C8C7

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:

Bootstrap light · #F8F9FAMaterial Grey 500 · #9E9E9ETailwind fuchsia 500 · #D946EF

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #EAC2CC rather than the exact color:

Radiant Ruby Monsoon
#216E5B · #87DBD3 · #D26782 · #E6BEC8
Palette Eac7c7
#EAC7C7 · #A0C3D2 · #F7F5EB · #EAE0DA
Radiant Whisper
#E9C3C5 · #E4AFB2 · #BA5459 · #5A2628
Smoky Canyon
#A61E68 · #81CF25 · #3790DB · #EBBCD0
Frozen Terrace
#E4BED0 · #BF7397 · #94476B · #6A3950
Palette 2b3a55
#2B3A55 · #CE7777 · #E8C4C4 · #F2E5E5

Similar colors

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

#E6BEC8#EAC7C7#E9C3C5#EBBCD0#E4BED0#E8C4C4#E7BEC5#E5C1C5#EDC4D4#EFBBCF#E7CBCB#F3BFCE

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EAC2CB  ·  #EAC2CD →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EAC2CC?

#EAC2CC is Pale Muted Red, a red color (RGB 234, 194, 204). Its closest standard named color is Pink.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EAC2CC?

#EAC2CC is RGB 234, 194, 204 — HSL 345°, 49%, 84% — CMYK 0%, 17%, 13%, 8%.

What colors go with #EAC2CC?

Its complement is #C2EAE0; analogous partners are #EAC2E0 and #EACCC2. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EAC2CC for text?

Black text on #EAC2CC has a contrast ratio of 13.09:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.60:1.