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#EA656C — Light Red

#EA656C is a red color we call Light Red, closest to the named color Salmon (#FA8072). It belongs to the red family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: salmon (#FA8072) — not an exact match. CSS salmon gives you #FA8072, a different color; use #EA656C 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.

#EA656C 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 #66EAE4; it also sits naturally between #EA66AF and #EAA266. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EA656C · RGB 234, 101, 108

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Color values

HEX#EA656C
RGB234, 101, 108
HSL357°, 76%, 66%
HSV357°, 57%, 92%
CMYK0%, 57%, 54%, 8%
XYZ41.29, 27.88, 17.39
Yxy27.88, 0.4770, 0.3221
CIE-Lab59.78, 52.04, 22.14
Hunter Lab52.80, 50.79, 15.12

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 40% · Blue 42%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 57% · Yellow 54% · Key 8%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EA656C on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EA656C on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EA656C

.text { color: #EA656C; }
.background { background-color: #EA656C; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EA656C; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(234, 101, 108); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(357, 76%, 66%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EA656C; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(234, 101, 108, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EA656C; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(234, 101, 108, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EA656C">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EA656C">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EA656C

#E74B53#E33139#D31D26#B81921#9D151C#821217#670E13#480A0D#2D0608#120203

Tints of #EA656C

#EC747A#EE8187#F08F94#F29CA1#F3AAAD#F5B7BA#F7C5C7#F9D2D4#FBE0E1#FDEDEE

Tones of #EA656C

#E17076#D7797E#CE8387#C58C8F#BB9597#B29FA0

Color harmonies

Complementary — #66EAE4:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text3.19:1 AA large only
Against black text6.58:1 AA

Best text color on #EA656C: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EA656C

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:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #EA656C: ·

How #EA656C looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #B0AF6ADeuteranopia · #B8C26ATritanopia · #E36969

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:

Tailwind rose 500 · #F43F5ETailwind red 500 · #EF4444Tailwind pink 500 · #EC4899

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #EA656C rather than the exact color:

Mellow Harbor
#EA59D1 · #EA428C · #EB666E · #97441B
Scarlet Ruby Terrace
#F6B2B2 · #ED686A · #DA1B1D · #A41E1F
Frozen Ruby Terrace
#C11D53 · #E86173 · #5BE7B8 · #A6EBD4
Palette F2676a
#F2676A · #FBE087 · #AD2959 · #62013C
Palette Fffbf1
#FFFBF1 · #FFF2D0 · #FFB2B2 · #E36A6A
Palette 77bef0
#77BEF0 · #FFCB61 · #FF894F · #EA5B6F

Similar colors

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

#EB666E#ED686A#E86173#F2676A#E36A6A#EA5B6F#E96962#EA5A68#E76161#E55D64#EF5A6F#F15A6F

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EA656B  ·  #EA656D →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EA656C?

#EA656C is Light Red, a red color (RGB 234, 101, 108). Its closest standard named color is Salmon.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EA656C?

#EA656C is RGB 234, 101, 108 — HSL 357°, 76%, 66% — CMYK 0%, 57%, 54%, 8%.

What colors go with #EA656C?

Its complement is #66EAE4; analogous partners are #EA66AF and #EAA266. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EA656C for text?

Black text on #EA656C has a contrast ratio of 6.58:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 3.19:1.