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#ECAAA2 — Light Red

#ECAAA2 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 #ECAAA2 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.

#ECAAA2 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 #A2E5EC; it also sits naturally between #ECA2BF and #ECCEA2. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#ECAAA2 · RGB 236, 170, 162

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Color values

HEX#ECAAA2
RGB236, 170, 162
HSL6°, 66%, 78%
HSV6°, 31%, 93%
CMYK0%, 28%, 31%, 7%
XYZ55.49, 49.19, 40.75
Yxy49.19, 0.3815, 0.3382
CIE-Lab75.57, 23.19, 13.75
Hunter Lab70.14, 22.58, 11.24

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 93% · Green 67% · Blue 64%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 28% · Yellow 31% · Key 7%

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

Previews

Sample text in #ECAAA2 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #ECAAA2 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #ECAAA2

.text { color: #ECAAA2; }
.background { background-color: #ECAAA2; }
.border { border: 3px solid #ECAAA2; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(236, 170, 162); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(6, 66%, 78%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #ECAAA2; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(236, 170, 162, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #ECAAA2; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(236, 170, 162, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#ECAAA2">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#ECAAA2">Div content here</div>

Shades of #ECAAA2

#E68E84#DF6F62#D95445#CB3A2A#AE3124#90291D#6E1F17#501710#2F0D0A#110503

Tints of #ECAAA2

#EEB1AA#EFB9B3#F0BDB7#F2C5C0#F4CCC8#F5D4D0#F7DCD9#F8E0DD#FAE8E6#FCEFEE

Tones of #ECAAA2

#E7ADA7#E1B2AD#DCB6B2#D7BAB7#D2BEBC#CCC3C2

Color harmonies

Complementary — #A2E5EC:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.94:1 Fails
Against black text10.84:1 AAA

Best text color on #ECAAA2: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #ECAAA2

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 #ECAAA2: ·

How #ECAAA2 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #CFCFA4Deuteranopia · #D3D8A4Tritanopia · #E9A5A6

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 #ECAAA2 rather than the exact color:

Palette E2dea9
#E2DEA9 · #D18CE0 · #ECA6A6 · #EEEEEE
Palette 1f1d36
#1F1D36 · #3F3351 · #864879 · #E9A6A6
Palette 8e7ab5
#8E7AB5 · #B784B7 · #E493B3 · #EEA5A6
Radiant Solace
#176694 · #7AA6EB · #C75C1F · #EAB1A3
Palette Ffebb2
#FFEBB2 · #E9A89B · #D875C7 · #912BBC
Palette 9cf196
#9CF196 · #ECEBA7 · #EBCE95 · #EDAAAA

Similar colors

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

#ECA6A6#E9A6A6#EEA5A6#EAB1A3#E9A89B#EDAAAA#EAB2A0#EFB09B#F2AAAA#F4A9A8#E8A19F#EFB1A9

Browse neighbouring colors

← #ECAAA1  ·  #ECAAA3 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #ECAAA2?

#ECAAA2 is Light Red, a red color (RGB 236, 170, 162). Its closest standard named color is BurlyWood.

What is the RGB and HSL of #ECAAA2?

#ECAAA2 is RGB 236, 170, 162 — HSL 6°, 66%, 78% — CMYK 0%, 28%, 31%, 7%.

What colors go with #ECAAA2?

Its complement is #A2E5EC; analogous partners are #ECA2BF and #ECCEA2. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #ECAAA2 for text?

Black text on #ECAAA2 has a contrast ratio of 10.84:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.94:1.