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#EEACA0 — Light Red

#EEACA0 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 #EEACA0 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.

#EEACA0 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 #A0E2EE; it also sits naturally between #EEA0BB and #EED3A0. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EEACA0 · RGB 238, 172, 160

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Color values

HEX#EEACA0
RGB238, 172, 160
HSL9°, 70%, 78%
HSV9°, 33%, 93%
CMYK0%, 28%, 33%, 7%
XYZ56.36, 50.22, 39.98
Yxy50.22, 0.3845, 0.3427
CIE-Lab76.20, 22.62, 15.76
Hunter Lab70.87, 22.07, 12.77

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 93% · Green 67% · Blue 63%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 28% · Yellow 33% · Key 7%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EEACA0 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EEACA0 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EEACA0

.text { color: #EEACA0; }
.background { background-color: #EEACA0; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EEACA0; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(238, 172, 160); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(9, 70%, 78%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EEACA0; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(238, 172, 160, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EEACA0; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(238, 172, 160, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EEACA0">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EEACA0">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EEACA0

#E99181#E3725F#DD5840#D03E25#B2351F#932C1A#712214#52190F#300E08#110503

Tints of #EEACA0

#F0B3A8#F1BBB1#F2BEB5#F4C6BE#F5CEC7#F7D5CF#F8DDD8#F9E1DC#FAE8E5#FCF0EE

Tones of #EEACA0

#E9AFA5#E3B3AB#DDB7B0#D8BBB6#D2BFBC#CDC3C1

Color harmonies

Complementary — #A0E2EE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.90:1 Fails
Against black text11.04:1 AAA

Best text color on #EEACA0: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EEACA0

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 #EEACA0: ·

How #EEACA0 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D1D1A3Deuteranopia · #D5DAA4Tritanopia · #EBA5A6

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 · #EC4899Material Lime 500 · #CDDC39

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #EEACA0 rather than the exact color:

Hidden Ruby Canyon
#0E7F9D · #5DE5F0 · #E84115 · #EFB09B
Radiant Solace
#176694 · #7AA6EB · #C75C1F · #EAB1A3
Palette 2d4356
#2D4356 · #435B66 · #A76F6F · #EAB2A0
Palette Ffebb2
#FFEBB2 · #E9A89B · #D875C7 · #912BBC
Palette E2dea9
#E2DEA9 · #D18CE0 · #ECA6A6 · #EEEEEE
Palette 8e7ab5
#8E7AB5 · #B784B7 · #E493B3 · #EEA5A6

Similar colors

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

#EFB09B#EAB1A3#EAB2A0#E9A89B#ECA6A6#EEA5A6#E9A6A6#EDAAAA#EFB1A9#F4A9A8#ECB4A7#F6AE99

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EEAC9F  ·  #EEACA1 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EEACA0?

#EEACA0 is Light Red, a red color (RGB 238, 172, 160). Its closest standard named color is BurlyWood.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EEACA0?

#EEACA0 is RGB 238, 172, 160 — HSL 9°, 70%, 78% — CMYK 0%, 28%, 33%, 7%.

What colors go with #EEACA0?

Its complement is #A0E2EE; analogous partners are #EEA0BB and #EED3A0. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EEACA0 for text?

Black text on #EEACA0 has a contrast ratio of 11.04:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.90:1.