Palettes / Colors / #EEAEAD

#EEAEAD — Light Red

#EEAEAD 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 #EEAEAD 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.

#EEAEAD 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 #AFEDEF; it also sits naturally between #EFAFCD and #EFD0AF. 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 68% · Blue 68%

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

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

Previews

CSS code for #EEAEAD

.text { color: #EEAEAD; }
.background { background-color: #EEAEAD; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EEAEAD; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(238, 174, 173); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(1, 66%, 81%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EEAEAD; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(238, 174, 173, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EEAEAD; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(238, 174, 173, 0.8); }

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

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #AFEDEF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #EEAEAD: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EEAEAD

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 #EEAEAD 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 #EEAEAD 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

← #EEAEAC  ·  #EEAEAE →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EEAEAD?

#EEAEAD is Light Red, a red color (RGB 238, 174, 173). Its closest standard named color is LightPink.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EEAEAD?

#EEAEAD is RGB 238, 174, 173 — HSL 1°, 66%, 81% — CMYK 0%, 27%, 27%, 7%.

What colors go with #EEAEAD?

Its complement is #AFEDEF; analogous partners are #EFAFCD and #EFD0AF. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EEAEAD for text?

Black text on #EEAEAD has a contrast ratio of 11.29:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.86:1.