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#EEBFC2 — Pale Red

#EEBFC2 is a red color we call Pale Red, closest to the named color Pink (#FFC0CB). It belongs to the red family.

#EEBFC2 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 #BFEEEB; it also sits naturally between #EEBFD9 and #EED3BF. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EEBFC2 · RGB 238, 191, 194

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Color values

HEX#EEBFC2
RGB238, 191, 194
HSL356°, 58%, 84%
HSV356°, 20%, 93%
CMYK0%, 20%, 18%, 7%
XYZ63.63, 59.33, 59.14
Yxy59.33, 0.3494, 0.3258
CIE-Lab81.47, 17.25, 4.88
Hunter Lab77.03, 17.03, 4.37

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 93% · Green 75% · Blue 76%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 20% · Yellow 18% · Key 7%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EEBFC2 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EEBFC2 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EEBFC2

.text { color: #EEBFC2; }
.background { background-color: #EEBFC2; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EEBFC2; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(238, 191, 194); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(356, 58%, 84%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EEBFC2; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(238, 191, 194, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EEBFC2; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(238, 191, 194, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EEBFC2">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EEBFC2">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EEBFC2

#E59EA3#DD7E84#D45E66#CC3E47#B12F38#91272E#711E24#511519#300D0F#100405

Tints of #EEBFC2

#EFC3C6#F0C7C9#F2CFD1#F3D3D5#F4D7D9#F5DBDD#F6DFE0#F9E7E8#FAEBEC#FBEFF0

Tones of #EEBFC2

#EBC2C5#E7C5C8#E4C9CB#E0CCCD#DDCFD0#D9D3D3

Color harmonies

Complementary — #BFEEEB:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.63:1 Fails
Against black text12.87:1 AAA

Best text color on #EEBFC2: #000000.

How #EEBFC2 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #DAD9C1Deuteranopia · #DCE0C1Tritanopia · #ECC1C1

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:

Bootstrap light · #F8F9FAMaterial Grey 500 · #9E9E9ETailwind pink 500 · #EC4899

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #EEBFC2 rather than the exact color:

Palette Bae5d5
#BAE5D5 · #D7ACD4 · #EEC2C2 · #F2F2B0
Modern Ruby Petal
#F0BEBD · #E89897 · #E07C7A · #942B29
Palette F4bfbf
#F4BFBF · #FFD9C0 · #FAF0D7 · #8CC0DE
Radiant Whisper
#E9C3C5 · #E4AFB2 · #BA5459 · #5A2628
Palette F0e4d7
#F0E4D7 · #F5C0C0 · #FF7171 · #9FD8DF
Lucky Ruby Tempest
#47070E · #9C0D15 · #E72950 · #E7BEC5

Similar colors

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

#EEC2C2#F0BEBD#F4BFBF#E9C3C5#F5C0C0#E7BEC5#EEC7C3#E8C4C4#F3C5C5#F3BCC8#E7C5C1#F3BFBA

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EEBFC1  ·  #EEBFC3 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EEBFC2?

#EEBFC2 is Pale Red, a red color (RGB 238, 191, 194). Its closest standard named color is Pink.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EEBFC2?

#EEBFC2 is RGB 238, 191, 194 — HSL 356°, 58%, 84% — CMYK 0%, 20%, 18%, 7%.

What colors go with #EEBFC2?

Its complement is #BFEEEB; analogous partners are #EEBFD9 and #EED3BF. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EEBFC2 for text?

Black text on #EEBFC2 has a contrast ratio of 12.87:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.63:1.