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#EEBCB4 — Pale Red

#EEBCB4 is a red color we call Pale 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 #EEBCB4 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.

#EEBCB4 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 #B4E6EE; it also sits naturally between #EEB4C9 and #EED9B4. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EEBCB4 · RGB 238, 188, 180

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Color values

HEX#EEBCB4
RGB238, 188, 180
HSL8°, 63%, 82%
HSV8°, 24%, 93%
CMYK0%, 21%, 24%, 7%
XYZ61.48, 57.44, 51.03
Yxy57.44, 0.3618, 0.3380
CIE-Lab80.43, 16.79, 10.90
Hunter Lab75.79, 16.48, 9.35

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 93% · Green 74% · Blue 71%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 21% · Yellow 24% · Key 7%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EEBCB4 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EEBCB4 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EEBCB4

.text { color: #EEBCB4; }
.background { background-color: #EEBCB4; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EEBCB4; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(238, 188, 180); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(8, 63%, 82%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EEBCB4; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(238, 188, 180, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EEBCB4; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(238, 188, 180, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EEBCB4">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EEBCB4">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EEBCB4

#E69E93#DF8072#D86655#D14833#B33B29#913021#702519#531B13#32100B#110504

Tints of #EEBCB4

#EFC0B8#F1C7C1#F2CBC5#F4D2CD#F5D6D1#F6DAD5#F7E1DE#F8E5E2#FAECEA#FBF0EE

Tones of #EEBCB4

#EABFB8#E6C2BC#E2C5C1#DDC8C5#D9CBC9#D5CECD

Color harmonies

Complementary — #B4E6EE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.68:1 Fails
Against black text12.49:1 AAA

Best text color on #EEBCB4: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EEBCB4

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 #EEBCB4: ·

How #EEBCB4 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D8D8B6Deuteranopia · #DBDFB6Tritanopia · #ECB7B8

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 · #9E9E9EBootstrap light · #F8F9FATailwind pink 500 · #EC4899

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #EEBCB4 rather than the exact color:

Crimson Ruby Solace
#8A3E16 · #31DE6C · #8250E3 · #EBC3B4
Palette 432e54
#432E54 · #4B4376 · #AE445A · #E8BCB9
Burning Horizon
#1082B7 · #37DBED · #EB5F1D · #F3BBAE
Vivid Monsoon
#1F9AA2 · #5BD2E0 · #D93F35 · #ECC2B9
Gentle Orchard
#F3BFBA · #EB7B70 · #BD2C1E · #53140E
Mellow Horizon
#125F83 · #6CD7EB · #E98C61 · #EEC3AE

Similar colors

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

#EBC3B4#E8BCB9#F3BBAE#ECC2B9#F3BFBA#EEC3AE#F4C3B4#E5BEB5#F0BEBD#EEB3B0#F5BABB#E8B4B8

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EEBCB3  ·  #EEBCB5 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EEBCB4?

#EEBCB4 is Pale Red, a red color (RGB 238, 188, 180). Its closest standard named color is LightPink.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EEBCB4?

#EEBCB4 is RGB 238, 188, 180 — HSL 8°, 63%, 82% — CMYK 0%, 21%, 24%, 7%.

What colors go with #EEBCB4?

Its complement is #B4E6EE; analogous partners are #EEB4C9 and #EED9B4. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EEBCB4 for text?

Black text on #EEBCB4 has a contrast ratio of 12.49:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.68:1.