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#EA747A — Light Red

#EA747A 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 #EA747A 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.

#EA747A 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 #75EAE5; it also sits naturally between #EA75B6 and #EAAA75. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EA747A · RGB 234, 116, 122

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Color values

HEX#EA747A
RGB234, 116, 122
HSL357°, 74%, 69%
HSV357°, 50%, 92%
CMYK0%, 50%, 48%, 8%
XYZ43.69, 31.39, 22.17
Yxy31.39, 0.4493, 0.3228
CIE-Lab62.83, 46.08, 18.26
Hunter Lab56.03, 44.85, 13.20

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 45% · Blue 48%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 50% · Yellow 48% · Key 8%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EA747A on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EA747A on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EA747A

.text { color: #EA747A; }
.background { background-color: #EA747A; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EA747A; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(234, 116, 122); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(357, 74%, 69%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EA747A; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(234, 116, 122, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EA747A; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(234, 116, 122, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EA747A">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EA747A">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EA747A

#E65B62#E23C44#DE212B#BF1D25#A41920#85141A#6A1014#4B0B0E#310709#120303

Tints of #EA747A

#EC8388#EE8C91#F0999D#F2A6AA#F4B4B7#F5BCBF#F7CACC#F9D7D9#FAE0E1#FCEDEE

Tones of #EA747A

#E27E83#DA868A#D18F92#C99799#C19FA1#B9A7A8

Color harmonies

Complementary — #75EAE5:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.89:1 Fails
Against black text7.28:1 AAA

Best text color on #EA747A: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EA747A

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 #EA747A: ·

How #EA747A looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #B7B679Deuteranopia · #BEC778Tritanopia · #E47777

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 pink 500 · #EC4899Tailwind rose 500 · #F43F5ETailwind red 500 · #EF4444

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #EA747A rather than the exact color:

Palette E97777
#E97777 · #FF9F9F · #FCDDB0 · #FFFAD7
Palette Ea7b7b
#EA7B7B · #D25353 · #9E3B3B · #FFEAD3
Palette 9ddcdc
#9DDCDC · #FFF4E1 · #FFEBB7 · #E67A7A
Serene Marble
#8F112D · #EE7875 · #3FE7C2 · #ADEFD7
Wild Ruby Canyon
#AF244C · #E47A80 · #27C195 · #9CE3CE
Electric Mosaic
#A2236B · #D3315F · #E17473 · #EBB7A3

Similar colors

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

#E97777#EA7B7B#E67A7A#EE7875#E47A80#E17473#F37382#EB7B70#E07C7A#E37070#F47C7C#F36A7B

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EA7479  ·  #EA747B →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EA747A?

#EA747A is Light Red, a red color (RGB 234, 116, 122). Its closest standard named color is Salmon.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EA747A?

#EA747A is RGB 234, 116, 122 — HSL 357°, 74%, 69% — CMYK 0%, 50%, 48%, 8%.

What colors go with #EA747A?

Its complement is #75EAE5; analogous partners are #EA75B6 and #EAAA75. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EA747A for text?

Black text on #EA747A has a contrast ratio of 7.28:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.89:1.