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#ECABA5 — Light Red

#ECABA5 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 #ECABA5 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.

#ECABA5 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 #A7E6EC; it also sits naturally between #ECA7C4 and #ECCFA7. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#ECABA5 · RGB 236, 171, 165

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Color values

HEX#ECABA5
RGB236, 171, 165
HSL5°, 65%, 79%
HSV5°, 30%, 93%
CMYK0%, 28%, 30%, 7%
XYZ55.95, 49.68, 42.24
Yxy49.68, 0.3784, 0.3360
CIE-Lab75.87, 23.04, 12.53
Hunter Lab70.48, 22.47, 10.35

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 93% · Green 67% · Blue 65%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 28% · Yellow 30% · Key 7%

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

Previews

Sample text in #ECABA5 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #ECABA5 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #ECABA5

.text { color: #ECABA5; }
.background { background-color: #ECABA5; }
.border { border: 3px solid #ECABA5; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(236, 171, 165); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(5, 65%, 79%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #ECABA5; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(236, 171, 165, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #ECABA5; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(236, 171, 165, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#ECABA5">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#ECABA5">Div content here</div>

Shades of #ECABA5

#E69189#DF7168#D9564A#CE392C#B13125#8F281E#722018#501611#320E0B#110504

Tints of #ECABA5

#EEB4AF#EFB8B3#F1C0BC#F3C8C4#F4D0CD#F5D4D1#F7DCD9#F9E3E2#FAE7E6#FBEFEE

Tones of #ECABA5

#E7B0AB#E2B5B1#DDB9B6#D8BDBA#D4C1BF#CEC5C5

Color harmonies

Complementary — #A7E6EC:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.92:1 Fails
Against black text10.94:1 AAA

Best text color on #ECABA5: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #ECABA5

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 #ECABA5: ·

How #ECABA5 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D0CFA6Deuteranopia · #D4D9A7Tritanopia · #E9A8A8

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 #ECABA5 rather than the exact color:

Palette E2dea9
#E2DEA9 · #D18CE0 · #ECA6A6 · #EEEEEE
Palette 9cf196
#9CF196 · #ECEBA7 · #EBCE95 · #EDAAAA
Palette 1f1d36
#1F1D36 · #3F3351 · #864879 · #E9A6A6
Palette 8e7ab5
#8E7AB5 · #B784B7 · #E493B3 · #EEA5A6
Radiant Solace
#176694 · #7AA6EB · #C75C1F · #EAB1A3
Frozen Ruby Monsoon
#18A2CD · #73EEEE · #EC7F5D · #EFB1A9

Similar colors

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

#ECA6A6#EDAAAA#E9A6A6#EEA5A6#EAB1A3#EFB1A9#F2AAAA#ECAFAC#EDADAD#F4A9A8#EAB2A0#ECB4A7

Browse neighbouring colors

← #ECABA4  ·  #ECABA6 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #ECABA5?

#ECABA5 is Light Red, a red color (RGB 236, 171, 165). Its closest standard named color is BurlyWood.

What is the RGB and HSL of #ECABA5?

#ECABA5 is RGB 236, 171, 165 — HSL 5°, 65%, 79% — CMYK 0%, 28%, 30%, 7%.

What colors go with #ECABA5?

Its complement is #A7E6EC; analogous partners are #ECA7C4 and #ECCFA7. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #ECABA5 for text?

Black text on #ECABA5 has a contrast ratio of 10.94:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.92:1.