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#EA8FA4 — Light Red

#EA8FA4 is a red color we call Light Red, closest to the named color PaleVioletRed (#DB7093). It belongs to the red family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: palevioletred (#DB7093) — not an exact match. CSS palevioletred gives you #DB7093, a different color; use #EA8FA4 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.

#EA8FA4 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 #90EAD5; it also sits naturally between #EA90D2 and #EAA890. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EA8FA4 · RGB 234, 143, 164

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Color values

HEX#EA8FA4
RGB234, 143, 164
HSL346°, 68%, 74%
HSV346°, 39%, 92%
CMYK0%, 39%, 30%, 8%
XYZ50.45, 39.82, 40.15
Yxy39.82, 0.3869, 0.3053
CIE-Lab69.34, 37.01, 3.72
Hunter Lab63.10, 36.24, 3.13

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 56% · Blue 64%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 39% · Yellow 30% · Key 8%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EA8FA4 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EA8FA4 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EA8FA4

.text { color: #EA8FA4; }
.background { background-color: #EA8FA4; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EA8FA4; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(234, 143, 164); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(346, 68%, 74%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EA8FA4; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(234, 143, 164, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EA8FA4; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(234, 143, 164, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EA8FA4">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EA8FA4">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EA8FA4

#E4728C#DE5474#D9365C#C5264B#A7203F#891A34#6B1429#4D0F1D#2F0912#110307

Tints of #EA8FA4

#EB98AC#EDA1B3#EFAEBD#F1B6C4#F3BFCB#F4C7D2#F6D0D9#F8DDE3#FAE5EA#FCEEF1

Tones of #EA8FA4

#E396A8#DD9CAB#D7A3AF#D0A9B2#C9B0B6#C3B6B9

Color harmonies

Complementary — #90EAD5:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.34:1 Fails
Against black text8.96:1 AAA

Best text color on #EA8FA4: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EA8FA4

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 #EA8FA4: ·

How #EA8FA4 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #C3C29FDeuteranopia · #C8CF9ETritanopia · #E59B9A

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 · #EC4899Material Grey 500 · #9E9E9ETailwind fuchsia 500 · #D946EF

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #EA8FA4 rather than the exact color:

Gentle Ruby Monsoon
#F3BFCE · #EB8EA9 · #D75177 · #A01D42
Palette Bbeaa6
#BBEAA6 · #E3C878 · #ED9A73 · #E688A1
Scarlet Ember
#12C589 · #64F0D3 · #EC3170 · #EF96A3
Palette B5eaea
#B5EAEA · #EDF6E5 · #FFBCBC · #F38BA0
Royal Garden
#EA9FB8 · #EA85A8 · #DB2463 · #8B183F
Palette F3f2da
#F3F2DA · #4E8D7C · #045762 · #EA97AD

Similar colors

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

#EB8EA9#E688A1#EF96A3#F38BA0#EA85A8#EA97AD#E195AB#F78CA2#E49BA6#E5989B#F39399#F59AA3

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EA8FA3  ·  #EA8FA5 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EA8FA4?

#EA8FA4 is Light Red, a red color (RGB 234, 143, 164). Its closest standard named color is PaleVioletRed.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EA8FA4?

#EA8FA4 is RGB 234, 143, 164 — HSL 346°, 68%, 74% — CMYK 0%, 39%, 30%, 8%.

What colors go with #EA8FA4?

Its complement is #90EAD5; analogous partners are #EA90D2 and #EAA890. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EA8FA4 for text?

Black text on #EA8FA4 has a contrast ratio of 8.96:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.34:1.