HEX atlas value

#EAE1E1

#EAE1E1 is a warm red HEX color nearest Platinum. RGB 234, 225, 225, HSL 0° 18% 90%, luminance 0.7678; view contrast and conversions.

red warm light

#EAE1E1 Sample readable text

HEX #EAE1E1

RGB rgb(234, 225, 225)

HSL hsl(0 18% 90%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 4, 4, 8)

Luminance 0.7678

Contrast Black 16.36:1White 1.28:1

CSS

--color-eae1e1: #EAE1E1;
.background-eae1e1 { background-color: #EAE1E1; }
.text-eae1e1 { color: #EAE1E1; }

HEX meaning and use

About #EAE1E1

#EAE1E1 is classified as a warm red value with light visual character. #EAE1E1 is visually closest to Platinum, a named gray color with HEX #E5E4E2.

The RGB channels are 234, 225, and 225, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 0deg with 18% saturation and 90% lightness, so this page treats it as a low-saturation, light atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and light surfaces. Its luminance is 0.7678, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 5.92, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text16.36:1AA Pass

White text1.28:1AA Fail

AA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A, #36454F.

AAA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A, #36454F.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #EAE1E1 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000016.36:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF1.28:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

White#FFFFFF · #000000 text · best 21:1 Mercury#EBEBEB · #000000 text · best 17.62:1 Alabaster#EDEAE0 · #000000 text · best 17.45:1 Eggshell#F0EAD6 · #000000 text · best 17.45:1 #E1EAEA#E1EAEA · #000000 text · best 17.16:1

Generated Palette

#EAE1E1#EAE1E1

#E1EAEA#E1EAEA

#EAE1E6#EAE1E6

#EAE6E1#EAE6E1

White#FFFFFF

#C4ABAB#C4ABAB

Color Harmonies

#E1EAEA#E1EAEA

#EAE1E6#EAE1E6

#EAE6E1#EAE6E1

#E1EAE1#E1EAE1

#E1E1EA#E1E1EA

Variants

White#FFFFFF

#C4ABAB#C4ABAB

#F0DBDB#F0DBDB

#E6E6E6#E6E6E6

White#FFFFFF

#FFF5F5#FFF5F5

Nearest Named Colors

Platinum#E5E4E2

Alabaster#EDEAE0

Mercury#EBEBEB

Eggshell#F0EAD6

Gainsboro#DCDCDC

Luminance0.7678

Black text16.36:1AA Pass

White text1.28:1AA Fail

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#EAE1E1","rgb":[234,225,225],"hsl":[0,18,90],"cmyk":[0,4,4,8],"luminance":0.7678,"contrast":{"black":16.36,"white":1.28}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"AAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":16.36,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":1.28,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"White","hex":"#FFFFFF","family":"gray","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":21,"contrastWhite":1,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Mercury","hex":"#EBEBEB","family":"gray","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":17.62,"contrastWhite":1.19,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Alabaster","hex":"#EDEAE0","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":17.45,"contrastWhite":1.2,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Eggshell","hex":"#F0EAD6","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":17.45,"contrastWhite":1.2,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#E1EAEA","hex":"#E1EAEA","family":"cyan","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":17.16,"contrastWhite":1.22,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm red","light","light red","Platinum adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","light surfaces","high-attention visual states"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/eae1e1.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/platinum.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/alabaster.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/mercury.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#E1EAEA","analogous":["#EAE1E6","#EAE6E1"],"triadic":["#E1EAE1","#E1E1EA"],"tetradic":["#E6EAE1","#E1EAEA","#E6E1EA"],"splitComplementary":["#E1EAE6","#E1E6EA"],"monochromatic":["#FFFFFF","#EAE1E1","#C4ABAB"]}

Variants

{"light":"#FFFFFF","dark":"#C4ABAB","saturated":"#F0DBDB","desaturated":"#E6E6E6","pastel":"#FFFFFF","neon":"#FFF5F5"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"platinum","name":"Platinum","hex":"#E5E4E2","distance":5.916079783099616},{"slug":"alabaster","name":"Alabaster","hex":"#EDEAE0","distance":9.539392014169456},{"slug":"mercury","name":"Mercury","hex":"#EBEBEB","distance":14.177446878757825},{"slug":"eggshell","name":"Eggshell","hex":"#F0EAD6","distance":15.427248620541512},{"slug":"gainsboro","name":"Gainsboro","hex":"#DCDCDC","distance":15.684387141358123}]

#EAE1E1

CSS

About #EAE1E1

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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