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#ECAFA3 — Light Red

#ECAFA3 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 #ECAFA3 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.

#ECAFA3 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 #A2E0EC; it also sits naturally between #ECA2BB and #ECD3A2. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#ECAFA3 · RGB 236, 175, 163

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Color values

HEX#ECAFA3
RGB236, 175, 163
HSL10°, 66%, 78%
HSV10°, 31%, 93%
CMYK0%, 26%, 31%, 7%
XYZ56.53, 51.14, 41.54
Yxy51.14, 0.3789, 0.3427
CIE-Lab76.76, 20.66, 14.88
Hunter Lab71.51, 20.11, 12.17

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 93% · Green 69% · Blue 64%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 26% · Yellow 31% · Key 7%

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

Previews

Sample text in #ECAFA3 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #ECAFA3 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #ECAFA3

.text { color: #ECAFA3; }
.background { background-color: #ECAFA3; }
.border { border: 3px solid #ECAFA3; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(236, 175, 163); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(10, 66%, 78%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #ECAFA3; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(236, 175, 163, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #ECAFA3; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(236, 175, 163, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#ECAFA3">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#ECAFA3">Div content here</div>

Shades of #ECAFA3

#E69584#DF7762#D95D45#CB452A#AE3B24#90311D#6E2517#501B10#2F100A#110603

Tints of #ECAFA3

#EEB6AA#EFBDB3#F0C1B7#F2C8C0#F4CFC8#F5D7D0#F7DED9#F8E2DD#FAE9E6#FCF0EE

Tones of #ECAFA3

#E7B2A7#E1B5AD#DCB9B2#D7BCB7#D2C0BC#CCC4C2

Color harmonies

Complementary — #A2E0EC:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.87:1 Fails
Against black text11.23:1 AAA

Best text color on #ECAFA3: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #ECAFA3

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 #ECAFA3: ·

How #ECAFA3 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D2D1A6Deuteranopia · #D5DAA7Tritanopia · #E9A8A9

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 #ECAFA3 rather than the exact color:

Radiant Solace
#176694 · #7AA6EB · #C75C1F · #EAB1A3
Palette 2d4356
#2D4356 · #435B66 · #A76F6F · #EAB2A0
Scarlet Opal
#ECB4A7 · #D56348 · #9E3319 · #5F2011
Frozen Ruby Monsoon
#18A2CD · #73EEEE · #EC7F5D · #EFB1A9
Mellow Petal
#962816 · #4AE560 · #5740E4 · #E9B5A5
Electric Mosaic
#A2236B · #D3315F · #E17473 · #EBB7A3

Similar colors

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

#EAB1A3#EAB2A0#ECB4A7#EFB1A9#E9B5A5#EBB7A3#E7B3A8#F0B4A8#EFB09B#EDAAAA#ECAFAC#ECA6A6

Browse neighbouring colors

← #ECAFA2  ·  #ECAFA4 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #ECAFA3?

#ECAFA3 is Light Red, a red color (RGB 236, 175, 163). Its closest standard named color is BurlyWood.

What is the RGB and HSL of #ECAFA3?

#ECAFA3 is RGB 236, 175, 163 — HSL 10°, 66%, 78% — CMYK 0%, 26%, 31%, 7%.

What colors go with #ECAFA3?

Its complement is #A2E0EC; analogous partners are #ECA2BB and #ECD3A2. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #ECAFA3 for text?

Black text on #ECAFA3 has a contrast ratio of 11.23:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.87:1.