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#EEAEAA — Light Red

#EEAEAA 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 #EEAEAA 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.

#EEAEAA 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 #AAEAEE; it also sits naturally between #EEAAC7 and #EED1AA. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EEAEAA · RGB 238, 174, 170

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Color values

HEX#EEAEAA
RGB238, 174, 170
HSL4°, 67%, 80%
HSV4°, 29%, 93%
CMYK0%, 27%, 29%, 7%
XYZ57.65, 51.35, 44.90
Yxy51.35, 0.3746, 0.3337
CIE-Lab76.89, 22.85, 11.29
Hunter Lab71.66, 22.38, 9.46

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 93% · Green 68% · Blue 67%

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

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #EEAEAA

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

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

Shades of #EEAEAA

#E78E88#E2726A#DB5248#D5352A#B32D23#91241D#731D17#511410#330D0A#110403

Tints of #EEAEAA

#F0B6B2#F1BAB7#F2C3BF#F3C7C3#F5CFCC#F7D7D4#F7DBD9#F9E3E1#FAE7E5#FCEFEE

Tones of #EEAEAA

#E9B3AF#E4B7B4#DFBBB9#DBBFBD#D6C4C2#D1C8C7

Color harmonies

Complementary — #AAEAEE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.86:1 Fails
Against black text11.27:1 AAA

Best text color on #EEAEAA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EEAEAA

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 #EEAEAA: ·

How #EEAEAA looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D2D2ABDeuteranopia · #D6DBABTritanopia · #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 #EEAEAA rather than the exact color:

Royal Ember
#F2C4EE · #ECAFAC · #F4F4DF · #BDF1BB
Honey Ruby Meadow
#179A8D · #37E2C2 · #D51F31 · #EDADAD
Frozen Ruby Monsoon
#18A2CD · #73EEEE · #EC7F5D · #EFB1A9
Palette 9cf196
#9CF196 · #ECEBA7 · #EBCE95 · #EDAAAA
Electric Ruby Meadow
#A025AA · #CF2D9F · #DD658D · #EDB1AE
Palette Ddf3f5
#DDF3F5 · #A6DCEF · #F2AAAA · #E36387

Similar colors

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

#ECAFAC#EDADAD#EFB1A9#EDAAAA#EDB1AE#F2AAAA#EAAFAF#F0B4A8#ECB4A7#EEB3B0#F4A9A8#EAB1A3

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EEAEA9  ·  #EEAEAB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EEAEAA?

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

What is the RGB and HSL of #EEAEAA?

#EEAEAA is RGB 238, 174, 170 — HSL 4°, 67%, 80% — CMYK 0%, 27%, 29%, 7%.

What colors go with #EEAEAA?

Its complement is #AAEAEE; analogous partners are #EEAAC7 and #EED1AA. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EEAEAA for text?

Black text on #EEAEAA has a contrast ratio of 11.27:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.86:1.