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#EEAAAE — Light Red

#EEAAAE 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 #EEAAAE 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.

#EEAAAE 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 #AAEEEA; it also sits naturally between #EEAAD1 and #EEC7AA. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EEAAAE · RGB 238, 170, 174

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Color values

HEX#EEAAAE
RGB238, 170, 174
HSL356°, 67%, 80%
HSV356°, 29%, 93%
CMYK0%, 29%, 27%, 7%
XYZ57.27, 49.98, 46.67
Yxy49.98, 0.3721, 0.3247
CIE-Lab76.06, 25.52, 7.92
Hunter Lab70.70, 25.05, 6.75

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 93% · Green 67% · Blue 68%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 29% · Yellow 27% · Key 7%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #EEAAAE

.text { color: #EEAAAE; }
.background { background-color: #EEAAAE; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EEAAAE; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(238, 170, 174); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(356, 67%, 80%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EEAAAE; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(238, 170, 174, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EEAAAE; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(238, 170, 174, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #EEAAAE

#E7888E#E26A72#DB4852#D52A35#B3232D#911D24#73171D#511014#330A0D#110304

Tints of #EEAAAE

#F0B2B6#F1B7BA#F2BFC3#F3C3C7#F5CCCF#F7D4D7#F7D9DB#F9E1E3#FAE5E7#FCEEEF

Tones of #EEAAAE

#E9AFB3#E4B4B7#DFB9BB#DBBDBF#D6C2C4#D1C7C8

Color harmonies

Complementary — #AAEEEA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.91:1 Fails
Against black text11.00:1 AAA

Best text color on #EEAAAE: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EEAAAE

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 #EEAAAE: ·

How #EEAAAE looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D1D0ADDeuteranopia · #D5DAADTritanopia · #EBACAC

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 #EEAAAE rather than the exact color:

Honey Ruby Meadow
#179A8D · #37E2C2 · #D51F31 · #EDADAD
Palette 9cf196
#9CF196 · #ECEBA7 · #EBCE95 · #EDAAAA
Smoky Ruby Petal
#981630 · #67E549 · #2045DC · #EAAAB1
Palette Ddf3f5
#DDF3F5 · #A6DCEF · #F2AAAA · #E36387
Royal Ember
#F2C4EE · #ECAFAC · #F4F4DF · #BDF1BB
Palette Eaafaf
#EAAFAF · #A2738C · #645C84 · #427996

Similar colors

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

#EDADAD#EDAAAA#EAAAB1#F2AAAA#ECAFAC#EAAFAF#EDB1AE#EAAEB3#E7A8B2#F4A9A8#EFB1A9#F5AFAF

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EEAAAD  ·  #EEAAAF →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EEAAAE?

#EEAAAE is Light Red, a red color (RGB 238, 170, 174). Its closest standard named color is LightPink.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EEAAAE?

#EEAAAE is RGB 238, 170, 174 — HSL 356°, 67%, 80% — CMYK 0%, 29%, 27%, 7%.

What colors go with #EEAAAE?

Its complement is #AAEEEA; analogous partners are #EEAAD1 and #EEC7AA. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EEAAAE for text?

Black text on #EEAAAE has a contrast ratio of 11.00:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.91:1.