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#EFCCC8 — Pale Red

#EFCCC8 is a red color we call Pale Red, closest to the named color Pink (#FFC0CB). It belongs to the red family.

#EFCCC8 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 #C8EBEF; it also sits naturally between #EFC8D7 and #EFDFC8. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EFCCC8 · RGB 239, 204, 200

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Color values

HEX#EFCCC8
RGB239, 204, 200
HSL6°, 55%, 86%
HSV6°, 16%, 94%
CMYK0%, 15%, 16%, 6%
XYZ67.61, 65.71, 63.76
Yxy65.71, 0.3431, 0.3334
CIE-Lab84.85, 11.66, 6.55
Hunter Lab81.06, 11.55, 5.91

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 94% · Green 80% · Blue 78%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 15% · Yellow 16% · Key 6%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EFCCC8 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EFCCC8 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EFCCC8

.text { color: #EFCCC8; }
.background { background-color: #EFCCC8; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EFCCC8; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(239, 204, 200); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(6, 55%, 86%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EFCCC8; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(239, 204, 200, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EFCCC8; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(239, 204, 200, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EFCCC8">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EFCCC8">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EFCCC8

#E6AEA8#DD9188#D27065#C95245#B24034#92352A#732921#4F1D17#2F110E#100605

Tints of #EFCCC8

#F0CFCC#F1D3D0#F2D7D4#F4DAD7#F5DEDB#F6E2DF#F7E5E3#F8E9E7#F9EDEB#FAF0EF

Tones of #EFCCC8

#ECCECB#E9D0CD#E6D2D0#E4D4D3#E1D7D6#DED9D8

Color harmonies

Complementary — #C8EBEF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.49:1 Fails
Against black text14.14:1 AAA

Best text color on #EFCCC8: #000000.

How #EFCCC8 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #E0E0C9Deuteranopia · #E2E4C9Tritanopia · #EDCACA

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 #EFCCC8 rather than the exact color:

Crystal Ruby Opal
#C02A22 · #46DE4E · #2C24C7 · #EFCEC8
Crimson Terrace
#F2CBC5 · #DE7563 · #D76451 · #CC3C24
Serene Tempest
#EBCECB · #B14239 · #89362F · #4E201D
Radiant Twilight
#F3D0C8 · #F2F7D9 · #C7F2CD · #C8EFF3
Modern Petal
#7C3B20 · #51D377 · #5830BC · #E9CDC5
Palette Fbefef
#FBEFEF · #FFE2E2 · #F5CBCB · #C5B3D3

Similar colors

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

#EFCEC8#F2CBC5#EBCECB#F3D0C8#E9CDC5#F5CBCB#EEC7C3#EAC7C7#F4CDC2#F7CAC9#F3C5C5#E7CBCB

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EFCCC7  ·  #EFCCC9 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EFCCC8?

#EFCCC8 is Pale Red, a red color (RGB 239, 204, 200). Its closest standard named color is Pink.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EFCCC8?

#EFCCC8 is RGB 239, 204, 200 — HSL 6°, 55%, 86% — CMYK 0%, 15%, 16%, 6%.

What colors go with #EFCCC8?

Its complement is #C8EBEF; analogous partners are #EFC8D7 and #EFDFC8. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EFCCC8 for text?

Black text on #EFCCC8 has a contrast ratio of 14.14:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.49:1.