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#EBACAC — Light Red

#EBACAC is a red color we call Light Red, closest to the named color LightPink (#FFB6C1). It belongs to the red family.

#EBACAC 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 #ADEBEB; it also sits naturally between #EBADCC and #EBCCAD. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EBACAC · RGB 235, 172, 172

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Color values

HEX#EBACAC
RGB235, 172, 172
HSL0°, 61%, 80%
HSV0°, 27%, 92%
CMYK0%, 27%, 27%, 8%
XYZ56.46, 50.15, 45.73
Yxy50.15, 0.3706, 0.3292
CIE-Lab76.16, 23.08, 9.11
Hunter Lab70.81, 22.53, 7.71

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 67% · Blue 67%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 27% · Yellow 27% · Key 8%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #EBACAC

.text { color: #EBACAC; }
.background { background-color: #EBACAC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EBACAC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(235, 172, 172); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(0, 61%, 80%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EBACAC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(235, 172, 172, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EBACAC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(235, 172, 172, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #EBACAC

#E38C8C#DC6F6F#D44E4E#CD3232#AC2A2A#8C2222#6F1B1B#4E1313#310C0C#100404

Tints of #EBACAC

#EDB5B5#EEB9B9#F0C1C1#F1C6C6#F3CECE#F5D6D6#F6DADA#F8E2E2#F9E6E6#FBEFEF

Tones of #EBACAC

#E7B1B1#E2B6B6#DEBABA#D9BFBF#D5C3C3#D1C7C7

Color harmonies

Complementary — #ADEBEB:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.90:1 Fails
Against black text11.03:1 AAA

Best text color on #EBACAC: #000000.

How #EBACAC looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D0CFACDeuteranopia · #D3D8ACTritanopia · #E8ACAC

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 #EBACAC rather than the exact color:

Honey Ruby Meadow
#179A8D · #37E2C2 · #D51F31 · #EDADAD
Royal Ember
#F2C4EE · #ECAFAC · #F4F4DF · #BDF1BB
Palette 9cf196
#9CF196 · #ECEBA7 · #EBCE95 · #EDAAAA
Palette Eaafaf
#EAAFAF · #A2738C · #645C84 · #427996
Smoky Ruby Petal
#981630 · #67E549 · #2045DC · #EAAAB1
Electric Ruby Meadow
#A025AA · #CF2D9F · #DD658D · #EDB1AE

Similar colors

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

#EDADAD#ECAFAC#EDAAAA#EAAFAF#EAAAB1#EDB1AE#EFB1A9#EAAEB3#F2AAAA#E7A8B2#ECA6A6#EEB3B0

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EBACAB  ·  #EBACAD →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EBACAC?

#EBACAC is Light Red, a red color (RGB 235, 172, 172). Its closest standard named color is LightPink.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EBACAC?

#EBACAC is RGB 235, 172, 172 — HSL 0°, 61%, 80% — CMYK 0%, 27%, 27%, 8%.

What colors go with #EBACAC?

Its complement is #ADEBEB; analogous partners are #EBADCC and #EBCCAD. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EBACAC for text?

Black text on #EBACAC has a contrast ratio of 11.03:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.90:1.