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#EBAAA4 — Light Red

#EBAAA4 is a red color we call Light Red, closest to the named color BurlyWood (#DEB887). It belongs to the red family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: burlywood (#DEB887) — not an exact match. CSS burlywood gives you #DEB887, a different color; use #EBAAA4 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.

#EBAAA4 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 #A3E5EB; it also sits naturally between #EBA3C1 and #EBCDA3. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EBAAA4 · RGB 235, 170, 164

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Color values

HEX#EBAAA4
RGB235, 170, 164
HSL5°, 64%, 78%
HSV5°, 30%, 92%
CMYK0%, 28%, 30%, 8%
XYZ55.34, 49.09, 41.68
Yxy49.09, 0.3787, 0.3360
CIE-Lab75.51, 23.07, 12.55
Hunter Lab70.07, 22.45, 10.34

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 67% · Blue 64%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 28% · Yellow 30% · Key 8%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EBAAA4 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EBAAA4 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EBAAA4

.text { color: #EBAAA4; }
.background { background-color: #EBAAA4; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EBAAA4; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(235, 170, 164); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(5, 64%, 78%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EBAAA4; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(235, 170, 164, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EBAAA4; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(235, 170, 164, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EBAAA4">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EBAAA4">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EBAAA4

#E48E86#DD6E64#D75347#C9392C#AB3126#8E281F#6D1F18#4F1711#2E0D0A#110504

Tints of #EBAAA4

#EDB1AB#EEB9B4#EFBDB8#F1C4C0#F3CCC9#F5D4D1#F7DCD9#F8E0DE#F9E8E6#FBEFEE

Tones of #EBAAA4

#E6ADA8#E1B1AD#DCB6B2#D6BAB8#D1BEBD#CCC3C2

Color harmonies

Complementary — #A3E5EB:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.94:1 Fails
Against black text10.82:1 AAA

Best text color on #EBAAA4: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EBAAA4

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 #EBAAA4: ·

How #EBAAA4 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #CFCEA5Deuteranopia · #D3D8A6Tritanopia · #E8A7A7

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 #EBAAA4 rather than the exact color:

Palette E2dea9
#E2DEA9 · #D18CE0 · #ECA6A6 · #EEEEEE
Palette 1f1d36
#1F1D36 · #3F3351 · #864879 · #E9A6A6
Palette 8e7ab5
#8E7AB5 · #B784B7 · #E493B3 · #EEA5A6
Palette 9cf196
#9CF196 · #ECEBA7 · #EBCE95 · #EDAAAA
Radiant Solace
#176694 · #7AA6EB · #C75C1F · #EAB1A3
Palette 2d4356
#2D4356 · #435B66 · #A76F6F · #EAB2A0

Similar colors

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

#ECA6A6#E9A6A6#EEA5A6#EDAAAA#EAB1A3#EAB2A0#F2AAAA#E9A89B#EFB1A9#ECAFAC#EDADAD#F4A9A8

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EBAAA3  ·  #EBAAA5 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EBAAA4?

#EBAAA4 is Light Red, a red color (RGB 235, 170, 164). Its closest standard named color is BurlyWood.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EBAAA4?

#EBAAA4 is RGB 235, 170, 164 — HSL 5°, 64%, 78% — CMYK 0%, 28%, 30%, 8%.

What colors go with #EBAAA4?

Its complement is #A3E5EB; analogous partners are #EBA3C1 and #EBCDA3. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EBAAA4 for text?

Black text on #EBAAA4 has a contrast ratio of 10.82:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.94:1.