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#EEA0BC — Light Pink

#EEA0BC is a pink color we call Light Pink, closest to the named color LightPink (#FFB6C1). It belongs to the pink family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: lightpink (#FFB6C1) — not an exact match. CSS lightpink gives you #FFB6C1, a different color; use #EEA0BC 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.

#EEA0BC is a warm-leaning pink color associated with playfulness, romance and softness. It is light enough to work as a background or base color, with darker text on top.

Its strongest partner is its complement #A0EED1; it also sits naturally between #EEA0E4 and #EEAAA0. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EEA0BC · RGB 238, 160, 188

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Color values

HEX#EEA0BC
RGB238, 160, 188
HSL338°, 70%, 78%
HSV338°, 33%, 93%
CMYK0%, 33%, 21%, 7%
XYZ56.91, 46.95, 53.64
Yxy46.95, 0.3613, 0.2981
CIE-Lab74.16, 32.81, -2.51
Hunter Lab68.52, 32.51, -2.26

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 93% · Green 63% · Blue 74%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 33% · Yellow 21% · Key 7%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EEA0BC on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EEA0BC on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EEA0BC

.text { color: #EEA0BC; }
.background { background-color: #EEA0BC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EEA0BC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(238, 160, 188); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(338, 70%, 78%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EEA0BC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(238, 160, 188, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EEA0BC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(238, 160, 188, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EEA0BC">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EEA0BC">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EEA0BC

#E981A7#E35F8F#DD407A#D02564#B21F55#931A47#711436#520F27#300817#110308

Tints of #EEA0BC

#F0A8C2#F1B1C9#F2B5CC#F4BED2#F5C7D8#F7CFDE#F8D8E4#F9DCE7#FAE5ED#FCEEF3

Tones of #EEA0BC

#E9A5BE#E3ABBF#DDB0C1#D8B6C2#D2BCC4#CDC1C5

Color harmonies

Complementary — #A0EED1:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.02:1 Fails
Against black text10.39:1 AAA

Best text color on #EEA0BC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EEA0BC

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 #EEA0BC: ·

How #EEA0BC looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #CCCCB5Deuteranopia · #D1D7B4Tritanopia · #EAB0AF

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 · #EC4899Tailwind fuchsia 500 · #D946EF

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #EEA0BC rather than the exact color:

Palette Eda1c1
#EDA1C1 · #FAB2AC · #BEE4D2 · #D7F8F7
Rustic Ruby Mirage
#178F6A · #3FE0C5 · #E6638C · #E9A1BA
Royal Garden
#EA9FB8 · #EA85A8 · #DB2463 · #8B183F
Dreamy Monsoon
#16AC71 · #51E98B · #E5347B · #EDA4B7
Palette Fdf4f5
#FDF4F5 · #E8A0BF · #BA90C6 · #C0DBEA
Palette Be8abf
#BE8ABF · #EA9ABB · #FEA5AD · #F8C3AF

Similar colors

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

#EDA1C1#E9A1BA#EA9FB8#EDA4B7#E8A0BF#EA9ABB#F3A0C2#F39EB6#EE99C2#EDA9B7#E8A9B7#E6A4B4

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EEA0BB  ·  #EEA0BD →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EEA0BC?

#EEA0BC is Light Pink, a pink color (RGB 238, 160, 188). Its closest standard named color is LightPink.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EEA0BC?

#EEA0BC is RGB 238, 160, 188 — HSL 338°, 70%, 78% — CMYK 0%, 33%, 21%, 7%.

What colors go with #EEA0BC?

Its complement is #A0EED1; analogous partners are #EEA0E4 and #EEAAA0. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EEA0BC for text?

Black text on #EEA0BC has a contrast ratio of 10.39:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.02:1.