Palettes / Colors / #EEAAA0

#EEAAA0 — Light Red

#EEAAA0 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 #EEAAA0 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.

#EEAAA0 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 #A0E4EE; it also sits naturally between #EEA0BC and #EED1A0. 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 63%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 29% · Yellow 33% · Key 7%

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

Previews

CSS code for #EEAAA0

.text { color: #EEAAA0; }
.background { background-color: #EEAAA0; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EEAAA0; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(238, 170, 160); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(8, 70%, 78%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EEAAA0; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(238, 170, 160, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EEAAA0; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(238, 170, 160, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EEAAA0">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EEAAA0">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EEAAA0

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #A0E4EE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #EEAAA0: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EEAAA0

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 #EEAAA0 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 #EEAAA0 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

← #EEAA9F  ·  #EEAAA1 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EEAAA0?

#EEAAA0 is Light Red, a red color (RGB 238, 170, 160). Its closest standard named color is BurlyWood.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EEAAA0?

#EEAAA0 is RGB 238, 170, 160 — HSL 8°, 70%, 78% — CMYK 0%, 29%, 33%, 7%.

What colors go with #EEAAA0?

Its complement is #A0E4EE; analogous partners are #EEA0BC and #EED1A0. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EEAAA0 for text?

Black text on #EEAAA0 has a contrast ratio of 10.89:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.93:1.