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#EBAEA3 — Light Red

#EBAEA3 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 #EBAEA3 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.

#EBAEA3 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 #A3E0EB; it also sits naturally between #EBA3BC and #EBD2A3. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EBAEA3 · RGB 235, 174, 163

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Color values

HEX#EBAEA3
RGB235, 174, 163
HSL9°, 64%, 78%
HSV9°, 31%, 92%
CMYK0%, 26%, 31%, 8%
XYZ56.01, 50.58, 41.46
Yxy50.58, 0.3783, 0.3416
CIE-Lab76.42, 20.81, 14.39
Hunter Lab71.12, 20.23, 11.78

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 68% · Blue 64%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 26% · Yellow 31% · Key 8%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EBAEA3 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EBAEA3 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EBAEA3

.text { color: #EBAEA3; }
.background { background-color: #EBAEA3; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EBAEA3; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(235, 174, 163); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(9, 64%, 78%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EBAEA3; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(235, 174, 163, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EBAEA3; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(235, 174, 163, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EBAEA3">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EBAEA3">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EBAEA3

#E49486#DD7664#D75D47#C9442C#AB3A26#8E301F#6D2518#4F1B11#2E0F0A#110604

Tints of #EBAEA3

#EDB5AB#EEBDB4#EFC0B8#F1C8C0#F3CFC9#F5D6D1#F7DED9#F8E1DE#F9E9E6#FBF0EE

Tones of #EBAEA3

#E6B1A8#E1B5AD#DCB8B2#D6BCB8#D1C0BD#CCC3C2

Color harmonies

Complementary — #A3E0EB:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.89:1 Fails
Against black text11.12:1 AAA

Best text color on #EBAEA3: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EBAEA3

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 #EBAEA3: ·

How #EBAEA3 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D1D0A6Deuteranopia · #D4D9A6Tritanopia · #E8A8A8

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 #EBAEA3 rather than the exact color:

Radiant Solace
#176694 · #7AA6EB · #C75C1F · #EAB1A3
Palette 2d4356
#2D4356 · #435B66 · #A76F6F · #EAB2A0
Scarlet Opal
#ECB4A7 · #D56348 · #9E3319 · #5F2011
Mellow Petal
#962816 · #4AE560 · #5740E4 · #E9B5A5
Frozen Ruby Monsoon
#18A2CD · #73EEEE · #EC7F5D · #EFB1A9
Burning Ruby Tempest
#2481B8 · #51A5DD · #DE8957 · #E7B3A8

Similar colors

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

#EAB1A3#EAB2A0#ECB4A7#E9B5A5#EFB1A9#E7B3A8#EDAAAA#ECA6A6#E9A6A6#EBB7A3#ECAFAC#EFB09B

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EBAEA2  ·  #EBAEA4 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EBAEA3?

#EBAEA3 is Light Red, a red color (RGB 235, 174, 163). Its closest standard named color is BurlyWood.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EBAEA3?

#EBAEA3 is RGB 235, 174, 163 — HSL 9°, 64%, 78% — CMYK 0%, 26%, 31%, 8%.

What colors go with #EBAEA3?

Its complement is #A3E0EB; analogous partners are #EBA3BC and #EBD2A3. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EBAEA3 for text?

Black text on #EBAEA3 has a contrast ratio of 11.12:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.89:1.