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#EBAFA2 — Light Red

#EBAFA2 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 #EBAFA2 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.

#EBAFA2 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 #A2DEEB; it also sits naturally between #EBA2BA and #EBD4A2. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EBAFA2 · RGB 235, 175, 162

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Color values

HEX#EBAFA2
RGB235, 175, 162
HSL11°, 65%, 78%
HSV11°, 31%, 92%
CMYK0%, 26%, 31%, 8%
XYZ56.11, 50.93, 41.06
Yxy50.93, 0.3789, 0.3439
CIE-Lab76.64, 20.15, 15.23
Hunter Lab71.37, 19.58, 12.42

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 69% · 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 #EBAFA2 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EBAFA2 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EBAFA2

.text { color: #EBAFA2; }
.background { background-color: #EBAFA2; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EBAFA2; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(235, 175, 162); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(11, 65%, 78%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EBAFA2; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(235, 175, 162, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EBAFA2; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(235, 175, 162, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EBAFA2">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EBAFA2">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EBAFA2

#E59785#DE7A63#D86146#CA482B#AD3E25#8F331E#6D2717#501D11#2E110A#110604

Tints of #EBAFA2

#EDB7AB#EFBEB3#F0C2B7#F2C9C0#F3D0C8#F5D7D1#F7DFD9#F8E2DD#FAE9E6#FBF1EE

Tones of #EBAFA2

#E6B3A7#E1B7AD#DCBAB2#D7BDB7#D2C0BC#CCC4C2

Color harmonies

Complementary — #A2DEEB:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.88:1 Fails
Against black text11.19:1 AAA

Best text color on #EBAFA2: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EBAFA2

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 #EBAFA2: ·

How #EBAFA2 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D1D0A5Deuteranopia · #D5D9A6Tritanopia · #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 #EBAFA2 rather than the exact color:

Radiant Solace
#176694 · #7AA6EB · #C75C1F · #EAB1A3
Palette 2d4356
#2D4356 · #435B66 · #A76F6F · #EAB2A0
Mellow Petal
#962816 · #4AE560 · #5740E4 · #E9B5A5
Scarlet Opal
#ECB4A7 · #D56348 · #9E3319 · #5F2011
Electric Mosaic
#A2236B · #D3315F · #E17473 · #EBB7A3
Hidden Ruby Canyon
#0E7F9D · #5DE5F0 · #E84115 · #EFB09B

Similar colors

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

#EAB1A3#EAB2A0#E9B5A5#ECB4A7#EBB7A3#EFB09B#E7B3A8#EFB1A9#F0B4A8#EDAAAA#ECA6A6#ECAFAC

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EBAFA1  ·  #EBAFA3 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EBAFA2?

#EBAFA2 is Light Red, a red color (RGB 235, 175, 162). Its closest standard named color is BurlyWood.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EBAFA2?

#EBAFA2 is RGB 235, 175, 162 — HSL 11°, 65%, 78% — CMYK 0%, 26%, 31%, 8%.

What colors go with #EBAFA2?

Its complement is #A2DEEB; analogous partners are #EBA2BA and #EBD4A2. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EBAFA2 for text?

Black text on #EBAFA2 has a contrast ratio of 11.19:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.88:1.