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#EA95AA — Light Red

#EA95AA is a red color we call Light Red, closest to the named color LightPink (#FFB6C1). It belongs to the red family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: lightpink (#FFB6C1) — not an exact match. CSS lightpink gives you #FFB6C1, a different color; use #EA95AA 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.

#EA95AA 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 #95EAD5; it also sits naturally between #EA95D5 and #EAAA95. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EA95AA · RGB 234, 149, 170

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Color values

HEX#EA95AA
RGB234, 149, 170
HSL345°, 67%, 75%
HSV345°, 36%, 92%
CMYK0%, 36%, 27%, 8%
XYZ51.93, 41.89, 43.38
Yxy41.89, 0.3785, 0.3053
CIE-Lab70.79, 34.65, 2.48
Hunter Lab64.72, 33.96, 2.12

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 58% · Blue 67%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 36% · Yellow 27% · Key 8%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EA95AA on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EA95AA on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EA95AA

.text { color: #EA95AA; }
.background { background-color: #EA95AA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EA95AA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(234, 149, 170); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(345, 67%, 75%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EA95AA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(234, 149, 170, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EA95AA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(234, 149, 170, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EA95AA">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EA95AA">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EA95AA

#E47792#DE597A#D83B62#C82850#AA2244#881B36#6A152A#4D0F1F#2F0913#110307

Tints of #EA95AA

#EC9DB1#EDA6B8#EFAEBE#F1B7C5#F3C3CF#F5CCD6#F7D4DD#F8DDE4#FAE5EB#FCEEF1

Tones of #EA95AA

#E49BAD#DEA1B0#D7A7B3#D2ADB6#CBB3B9#C6B9BC

Color harmonies

Complementary — #95EAD5:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.24:1 Fails
Against black text9.38:1 AAA

Best text color on #EA95AA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EA95AA

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 #EA95AA: ·

How #EA95AA looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #C5C4A5Deuteranopia · #CAD0A4Tritanopia · #E6A1A0

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:

Material Grey 500 · #9E9E9ETailwind pink 500 · #EC4899Tailwind fuchsia 500 · #D946EF

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #EA95AA rather than the exact color:

Palette F3f2da
#F3F2DA · #4E8D7C · #045762 · #EA97AD
Gentle Ruby Monsoon
#F3BFCE · #EB8EA9 · #D75177 · #A01D42
Scarlet Ember
#12C589 · #64F0D3 · #EC3170 · #EF96A3
Palette Ffedfa
#FFEDFA · #E195AB · #DE3163 · #CCDF92
Palette F2f9ff
#F2F9FF · #FFCCE1 · #E195AB · #FFF5D7
Palette 540863
#540863 · #92487A · #E49BA6 · #FFD3D5

Similar colors

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

#EA97AD#EB8EA9#EF96A3#E195AB#E49BA6#F29AAE#E493B3#F09EAE#E88EB4#EBA0B0#F48FB1#F59AA3

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EA95A9  ·  #EA95AB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EA95AA?

#EA95AA is Light Red, a red color (RGB 234, 149, 170). Its closest standard named color is LightPink.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EA95AA?

#EA95AA is RGB 234, 149, 170 — HSL 345°, 67%, 75% — CMYK 0%, 36%, 27%, 8%.

What colors go with #EA95AA?

Its complement is #95EAD5; analogous partners are #EA95D5 and #EAAA95. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EA95AA for text?

Black text on #EA95AA has a contrast ratio of 9.38:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.24:1.