Palettes / Colors / #ECACA2

#ECACA2 — Light Red

#ECACA2 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 #ECACA2 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.

#ECACA2 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 #A2E2EC; it also sits naturally between #ECA2BD and #ECD1A2. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 93% · Green 67% · Blue 64%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 27% · Yellow 31% · Key 7%

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

Previews

CSS code for #ECACA2

.text { color: #ECACA2; }
.background { background-color: #ECACA2; }
.border { border: 3px solid #ECACA2; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(236, 172, 162); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(8, 66%, 78%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #ECACA2; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(236, 172, 162, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #ECACA2; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(236, 172, 162, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#ECACA2">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#ECACA2">Div content here</div>

Shades of #ECACA2

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #A2E2EC:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #ECACA2: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #ECACA2

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:

How #ECACA2 looks with color blindness

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

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:

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #ECACA2 rather than the exact color:

Similar colors

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

Browse neighbouring colors

← #ECACA1  ·  #ECACA3 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #ECACA2?

#ECACA2 is Light Red, a red color (RGB 236, 172, 162). Its closest standard named color is BurlyWood.

What is the RGB and HSL of #ECACA2?

#ECACA2 is RGB 236, 172, 162 — HSL 8°, 66%, 78% — CMYK 0%, 27%, 31%, 7%.

What colors go with #ECACA2?

Its complement is #A2E2EC; analogous partners are #ECA2BD and #ECD1A2. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #ECACA2 for text?

Black text on #ECACA2 has a contrast ratio of 10.99:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.91:1.