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#EEAAA4 — Light Red

#EEAAA4 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 #EEAAA4 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.

#EEAAA4 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 #A5E8EE; it also sits naturally between #EEA5C3 and #EED0A5. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EEAAA4 · RGB 238, 170, 164

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Color values

HEX#EEAAA4
RGB238, 170, 164
HSL5°, 69%, 79%
HSV5°, 31%, 93%
CMYK0%, 29%, 31%, 7%
XYZ56.34, 49.61, 41.73
Yxy49.61, 0.3815, 0.3359
CIE-Lab75.83, 24.19, 13.05
Hunter Lab70.43, 23.65, 10.74

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 93% · Green 67% · Blue 64%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 29% · Yellow 31% · Key 7%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EEAAA4 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EEAAA4 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EEAAA4

.text { color: #EEAAA4; }
.background { background-color: #EEAAA4; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EEAAA4; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(238, 170, 164); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(5, 69%, 79%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EEAAA4; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(238, 170, 164, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EEAAA4; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(238, 170, 164, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EEAAA4">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EEAAA4">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EEAAA4

#E98F86#E36E64#DD5246#D33527#B52E21#93251B#741D15#52150F#340D09#110403

Tints of #EEAAA4

#F0B3AD#F1B7B1#F2BFBA#F4C7C3#F6CFCB#F6D3D0#F8DBD8#F9E3E1#FAE7E5#FCEFEE

Tones of #EEAAA4

#E9AFAA#E4B4AF#DEB8B5#DABCB9#D4C1BF#CFC5C4

Color harmonies

Complementary — #A5E8EE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.92:1 Fails
Against black text10.92:1 AAA

Best text color on #EEAAA4: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EEAAA4

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 #EEAAA4: ·

How #EEAAA4 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D1D0A5Deuteranopia · #D5DAA6Tritanopia · #EBA7A7

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 #EEAAA4 rather than the exact color:

Palette E2dea9
#E2DEA9 · #D18CE0 · #ECA6A6 · #EEEEEE
Palette 8e7ab5
#8E7AB5 · #B784B7 · #E493B3 · #EEA5A6
Palette 9cf196
#9CF196 · #ECEBA7 · #EBCE95 · #EDAAAA
Palette 1f1d36
#1F1D36 · #3F3351 · #864879 · #E9A6A6
Palette Ddf3f5
#DDF3F5 · #A6DCEF · #F2AAAA · #E36387
Palette Fbc6a4
#FBC6A4 · #F4A9A8 · #CE97B0 · #AFB9C8

Similar colors

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

#ECA6A6#EEA5A6#EDAAAA#E9A6A6#F2AAAA#F4A9A8#EAB1A3#F5A8A8#EFB1A9#EDADAD#ECAFAC#EAB2A0

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EEAAA3  ·  #EEAAA5 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EEAAA4?

#EEAAA4 is Light Red, a red color (RGB 238, 170, 164). Its closest standard named color is LightPink.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EEAAA4?

#EEAAA4 is RGB 238, 170, 164 — HSL 5°, 69%, 79% — CMYK 0%, 29%, 31%, 7%.

What colors go with #EEAAA4?

Its complement is #A5E8EE; analogous partners are #EEA5C3 and #EED0A5. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EEAAA4 for text?

Black text on #EEAAA4 has a contrast ratio of 10.92:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.92:1.