Palettes / Colors / #E99EA3

#E99EA3 — Light Red

#E99EA3 is a red color we call Light Red, closest to the named color Tan (#D2B48C). It belongs to the red family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: tan (#D2B48C) — not an exact match. CSS tan gives you #D2B48C, a different color; use #E99EA3 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.

#E99EA3 is a warm red color associated with energy, passion and urgency. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #9FE9E4; it also sits naturally between #E99FC9 and #E9BF9F. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 91% · Green 62% · Blue 64%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 32% · Yellow 30% · Key 9%

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

Previews

CSS code for #E99EA3

.text { color: #E99EA3; }
.background { background-color: #E99EA3; }
.border { border: 3px solid #E99EA3; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(233, 158, 163); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(356, 63%, 77%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #E99EA3; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(233, 158, 163, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #E99EA3; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(233, 158, 163, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#E99EA3">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#E99EA3">Div content here</div>

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #9FE9E4:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #E99EA3: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #E99EA3

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:

How #E99EA3 looks with color blindness

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

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:

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #E99EA3 rather than the exact color:

Similar colors

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

Browse neighbouring colors

← #E99EA2  ·  #E99EA4 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #E99EA3?

#E99EA3 is Light Red, a red color (RGB 233, 158, 163). Its closest standard named color is Tan.

What is the RGB and HSL of #E99EA3?

#E99EA3 is RGB 233, 158, 163 — HSL 356°, 63%, 77% — CMYK 0%, 32%, 30%, 9%.

What colors go with #E99EA3?

Its complement is #9FE9E4; analogous partners are #E99FC9 and #E9BF9F. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #E99EA3 for text?

Black text on #E99EA3 has a contrast ratio of 9.88:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.12:1.