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#ECAEB4 — Light Red

#ECAEB4 is a red color we call Light Red, closest to the named color LightPink (#FFB6C1). It belongs to the red family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: lightpink (#FFB6C1) — not an exact match. CSS lightpink gives you #FFB6C1, a different color; use #ECAEB4 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.

#ECAEB4 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 #ACECE5; it also sits naturally between #ECACD2 and #ECC6AC. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#ECAEB4 · RGB 236, 174, 180

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Color values

HEX#ECAEB4
RGB236, 174, 180
HSL354°, 62%, 80%
HSV354°, 26%, 93%
CMYK0%, 26%, 24%, 7%
XYZ57.97, 51.40, 50.05
Yxy51.40, 0.3636, 0.3224
CIE-Lab76.92, 23.50, 5.86
Hunter Lab71.69, 23.05, 5.08

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 93% · Green 68% · Blue 71%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 26% · Yellow 24% · Key 7%

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

Previews

Sample text in #ECAEB4 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #ECAEB4 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #ECAEB4

.text { color: #ECAEB4; }
.background { background-color: #ECAEB4; }
.border { border: 3px solid #ECAEB4; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(236, 174, 180); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(354, 62%, 80%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #ECAEB4; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(236, 174, 180, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #ECAEB4; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(236, 174, 180, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#ECAEB4">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#ECAEB4">Div content here</div>

Shades of #ECAEB4

#E48B94#DD6E79#D54D5B#CF3040#AE2936#8C212C#701A23#4E1218#320C0F#110405

Tints of #ECAEB4

#EEB5BA#EFB9BE#F0C1C6#F1C5CA#F3CDD1#F5D6D9#F6DADD#F8E2E4#F9E6E8#FBEEF0

Tones of #ECAEB4

#E7B1B6#E2B6BA#DEBABE#DABEC1#D5C3C5#D1C7C8

Color harmonies

Complementary — #ACECE5:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.86:1 Fails
Against black text11.28:1 AAA

Best text color on #ECAEB4: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #ECAEB4

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 #ECAEB4: ·

How #ECAEB4 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D1D1B3Deuteranopia · #D5D9B2Tritanopia · #E9B1B1

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 · #9E9E9EBootstrap light · #F8F9FATailwind pink 500 · #EC4899

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #ECAEB4 rather than the exact color:

Scarlet Garden
#EAAEB3 · #C7333F · #9B313A · #772229
Crimson Ruby Dusk
#B8DCF1 · #C3B6EC · #E9B7E4 · #EAB1B3
Smoky Ruby Petal
#981630 · #67E549 · #2045DC · #EAAAB1
Royal Ruby Harbor
#B92221 · #25CD26 · #5959E1 · #E7AFB6
Palette Eaafaf
#EAAFAF · #A2738C · #645C84 · #427996
Royal Ruby Mirage
#17AB70 · #78EDD8 · #CF1C64 · #EDA9B7

Similar colors

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

#EAAEB3#EAB1B3#EAAAB1#E7AFB6#EAAFAF#EDA9B7#EEB3B0#EDB1AE#E8A9B7#EDADAD#E7B3B3#EEB0BB

Browse neighbouring colors

← #ECAEB3  ·  #ECAEB5 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #ECAEB4?

#ECAEB4 is Light Red, a red color (RGB 236, 174, 180). Its closest standard named color is LightPink.

What is the RGB and HSL of #ECAEB4?

#ECAEB4 is RGB 236, 174, 180 — HSL 354°, 62%, 80% — CMYK 0%, 26%, 24%, 7%.

What colors go with #ECAEB4?

Its complement is #ACECE5; analogous partners are #ECACD2 and #ECC6AC. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #ECAEB4 for text?

Black text on #ECAEB4 has a contrast ratio of 11.28:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.86:1.