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#EBCCCC — Pale Muted Red

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

#EBCCCC 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 #CCEBEB; it also sits naturally between #EBCCDB and #EBDBCC. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EBCCCC · RGB 235, 204, 204

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Color values

HEX#EBCCCC
RGB235, 204, 204
HSL0°, 44%, 86%
HSV0°, 13%, 92%
CMYK0%, 13%, 13%, 8%
XYZ66.75, 65.21, 66.19
Yxy65.21, 0.3369, 0.3291
CIE-Lab84.59, 10.86, 4.00
Hunter Lab80.75, 10.72, 3.66

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 80% · Blue 80%

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

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #EBCCCC

.text { color: #EBCCCC; }
.background { background-color: #EBCCCC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EBCCCC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(235, 204, 204); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(0, 44%, 86%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EBCCCC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(235, 204, 204, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EBCCCC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(235, 204, 204, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #EBCCCC

#E0AEAE#D49191#C77070#BC5252#A54040#883535#6A2929#491D1D#2C1111#0F0606

Tints of #EBCCCC

#ECCFCF#EED3D3#EFD7D7#F1DADA#F2DEDE#F4E2E2#F5E5E5#F6E9E9#F8EDED#F9F0F0

Tones of #EBCCCC

#E9CECE#E6D0D0#E4D2D2#E2D5D5#E0D7D7#DDD9D9

Color harmonies

Complementary — #CCEBEB:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.50:1 Fails
Against black text14.04:1 AAA

Best text color on #EBCCCC: #000000.

How #EBCCCC looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #DEDDCCDeuteranopia · #DFE2CCTritanopia · #E9CCCC

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 #EBCCCC rather than the exact color:

Serene Tempest
#EBCECB · #B14239 · #89362F · #4E201D
Palette E7cccc
#E7CCCC · #EDE8DC · #A5B68D · #C1CFA1
Palette 643843
#643843 · #99627A · #C88EA7 · #E7CBCB
Crystal Ruby Opal
#C02A22 · #46DE4E · #2C24C7 · #EFCEC8
Palette Eac7c7
#EAC7C7 · #A0C3D2 · #F7F5EB · #EAE0DA
Modern Petal
#7C3B20 · #51D377 · #5830BC · #E9CDC5

Similar colors

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

#EBCECB#E7CCCC#E7CBCB#EFCEC8#EAC7C7#E9CDC5#F1CFD0#F1D1D0#E4D0D0#E8D1C5#F1D1D1#F1D3CE

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EBCCCB  ·  #EBCCCD →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EBCCCC?

#EBCCCC is Pale Muted Red, a red color (RGB 235, 204, 204). Its closest standard named color is Pink.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EBCCCC?

#EBCCCC is RGB 235, 204, 204 — HSL 0°, 44%, 86% — CMYK 0%, 13%, 13%, 8%.

What colors go with #EBCCCC?

Its complement is #CCEBEB; analogous partners are #EBCCDB and #EBDBCC. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EBCCCC for text?

Black text on #EBCCCC has a contrast ratio of 14.04:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.50:1.