Palettes / Colors / #EEABA3

#EEABA3 — Light Red

#EEABA3 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 #EEABA3 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.

#EEABA3 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 #A5E7EE; it also sits naturally between #EEA5C2 and #EED1A5. 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 64%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 28% · Yellow 32% · Key 7%

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

Previews

CSS code for #EEABA3

.text { color: #EEABA3; }
.background { background-color: #EEABA3; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EEABA3; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(238, 171, 163); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(6, 69%, 79%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EEABA3; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(238, 171, 163, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EEABA3; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(238, 171, 163, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EEABA3">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EEABA3">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EEABA3

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #A5E7EE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #EEABA3: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EEABA3

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 #EEABA3 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 #EEABA3 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

← #EEABA2  ·  #EEABA4 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EEABA3?

#EEABA3 is Light Red, a red color (RGB 238, 171, 163). Its closest standard named color is BurlyWood.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EEABA3?

#EEABA3 is RGB 238, 171, 163 — HSL 6°, 69%, 79% — CMYK 0%, 28%, 32%, 7%.

What colors go with #EEABA3?

Its complement is #A5E7EE; analogous partners are #EEA5C2 and #EED1A5. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EEABA3 for text?

Black text on #EEABA3 has a contrast ratio of 10.99:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.91:1.