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#EEC4BE Color

#EEC4BE is rgb(238, 196, 190) in RGB, hsl(8, 59%, 84%) in HSL, and about cmyk(0%, 18%, 20%, 7%) in CMYK. It has no registered color name of its own — the closest is Baby Pink (#F4C2C2), very hard to tell apart at ΔE 4.07. Black text is the more readable choice on this background.

#EEC4BE
HEX#EEC4BE
RGBrgb(238, 196, 190)
HSLhsl(8, 59%, 84%)
HSVhsv(8, 20%, 93%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 18%, 20%, 7%)
OKLCHoklch(85.5% 0.049 27.6)
LABlab(82.76% 14.74 8.94)
LCHlch(82.76% 17.24 31.23)

What #EEC4BE Is Called

Most hex codes have no name: there are 16.7 million of them and a few thousand registered names. These are the named colors nearest to #EEC4BE, ordered by CIE76 distance in CIELAB. Anything under about ΔE 2 is a difference most people cannot see.

Browse the full index of named colors A-Z or every red in the library.

#EEC4BE Channel Values

How #EEC4BE breaks down in each color model. Hue is measured in degrees around the color wheel; saturation, lightness, and the CMYK inks are percentages.

ModelChannelsNotes
RGBR 238 · G 196 · B 1908-bit channels as sent to the display
HSLH 8° · S 59% · L 84%Easiest model for building lighter and darker variants
HSVH 8° · S 20% · V 93%Matches the picker in most design tools
CMYKC 0% · M 18% · Y 20% · K 7%Approximate ink mix; confirm with an ICC profile before printing
Luminance1.58:1 vs white · 13.27:1 vs blackWCAG 2.2 relative-luminance contrast ratios

Text Contrast & Accessibility

WCAG 2.2 contrast ratios for text on a #EEC4BE background. AA requires 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for large text; AAA requires 7:1. Contrast is one check, not a full accessibility review.

Fails AAWhite text1.58:1AA normal AA large AAA normal
TextBlack text13.27:1AA normal AA large AAA normal

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Colors That Go With #EEC4BE

Pairings derived from color-wheel relationships. The complementary color sits opposite #EEC4BE; analogous colors sit beside it; triadic and split-complementary sets spread evenly around the wheel. Select any swatch for its own breakdown.

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Analogous
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Triadic
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Split comp.
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Tints & Shades of #EEC4BE

Lighter tints and darker shades built by moving the lightness channel while holding hue and saturation, which is what you want for hover states, backgrounds, and text variants.

Tints

Shades

Want a full 50-950 ramp with semantic roles? Generate design tokens from #EEC4BE.

How #EEC4BE Looks with Color Vision Deficiency

Simulated with the Viénot, Brettel & Mollon LMS projection model. Anomalous types are rendered as partial versions of the matching dichromacy, which is an approximation rather than a per-person clinical model.

Typical#EEC4BE
Protanopia#CCCCBE
Protanomaly#DAC9BE
Deuteranopia#D3D3BD
Deuteranomaly#DECDBD
Tritanopia#EFC3C3
Tritanomaly#EEC4C1
Achromatopsia#CDCDCD

Test a full palette in the color blindness simulator.

Using #EEC4BE in Code

Copy-ready declarations for the places this color usually ends up.

CSS custom property--color-eec4be: #EEC4BE;
CSS backgroundbackground-color: #EEC4BE;
Tailwind configcolors: { 'color-eec4be': '#EEC4BE' }
SwiftUIColor(red: 0.933, green: 0.769, blue: 0.745)
Android XML<color name="color_eec4be">#EEC4BE</color>
SVG fillfill="#EEC4BE"

More Red Colors

#EEC4BE sits in the red family. These are its neighbours across that family's full range, each with its own breakdown.

#EEC4BE Frequently Asked Questions

What color is #EEC4BE?

#EEC4BE is a lightest red — rgb(238, 196, 190) in RGB and hsl(8, 59%, 84%) in HSL. It carries no registered color name of its own; the closest named color is Baby Pink (#F4C2C2), which is very hard to tell apart at a CIE76 distance of 4.07.

What is the RGB value of #EEC4BE?

#EEC4BE is rgb(238, 196, 190) — red 238, green 196, and blue 190 on the 0-255 scale.

What is the CMYK value of #EEC4BE?

#EEC4BE converts to approximately cmyk(0%, 18%, 20%, 7%). CMYK output is a mathematical approximation for planning; confirm production print colors with your printer and ICC profile.

Should text on #EEC4BE be black or white?

Black text is the more readable choice. #EEC4BE scores 1.58:1 against white and 13.27:1 against black, and WCAG 2.2 asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal body text.

Can I write #EEC4BE as a CSS color keyword?

No. #EEC4BE is not one of the CSS color keywords, so it has to be written as a hex, rgb() or hsl() value. The closest keyword is pink (#FFC0CB) at a CIE76 distance of 11.04, which is visibly different.

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