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#EA969F — Light Red

#EA969F is a red color we call Light Red, closest to the named color DarkSalmon (#E9967A). It belongs to the red family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: darksalmon (#E9967A) — not an exact match. CSS darksalmon gives you #E9967A, a different color; use #EA969F 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.

#EA969F 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 #95EAE1; it also sits naturally between #EA95C8 and #EAB795. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EA969F · RGB 234, 150, 159

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Color values

HEX#EA969F
RGB234, 150, 159
HSL354°, 67%, 75%
HSV354°, 36%, 92%
CMYK0%, 36%, 32%, 8%
XYZ51.10, 41.81, 38.18
Yxy41.81, 0.3898, 0.3189
CIE-Lab70.74, 32.68, 8.52
Hunter Lab64.66, 31.85, 6.99

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 59% · Blue 62%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 36% · Yellow 32% · Key 8%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EA969F on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EA969F on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EA969F

.text { color: #EA969F; }
.background { background-color: #EA969F; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EA969F; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(234, 150, 159); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(354, 67%, 75%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EA969F; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(234, 150, 159, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EA969F; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(234, 150, 159, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EA969F">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EA969F">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EA969F

#E47782#DE5966#D83B4B#C82838#AA222F#881B26#6A151E#4D0F15#2F090D#110305

Tints of #EA969F

#EC9DA5#EDA6AD#EFAEB5#F1B7BC#F3C3C8#F5CCD0#F7D4D8#F8DDE0#FAE5E7#FCEEEF

Tones of #EA969F

#E49BA2#DEA1A7#D7A7AC#D2ADB0#CBB3B6#C6B9BA

Color harmonies

Complementary — #95EAE1:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.24:1 Fails
Against black text9.36:1 AAA

Best text color on #EA969F: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EA969F

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 #EA969F: ·

How #EA969F looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #C6C59DDeuteranopia · #CBD19CTritanopia · #E69B9B

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 rose 500 · #F43F5E

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #EA969F rather than the exact color:

Scarlet Ember
#12C589 · #64F0D3 · #EC3170 · #EF96A3
Palette Ffcdb2
#FFCDB2 · #FFB4A2 · #E5989B · #B5828C
Royal Ruby
#601D49 · #BD5579 · #EA9D9D · #FFEBB8
Modern Ruby Petal
#F0BEBD · #E89897 · #E07C7A · #942B29
Frozen Ruby Twilight
#4F16AC · #D630E5 · #ED6EB4 · #F29A9C
Vivid Solace
#17B0A1 · #41E6D3 · #EA5A68 · #EC9F9D

Similar colors

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

#EF96A3#E5989B#EA9D9D#E89897#F29A9C#EC9F9D#EF9F9F#E49BA6#E8A19F#F39399#E19999#EF9595

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EA969E  ·  #EA96A0 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EA969F?

#EA969F is Light Red, a red color (RGB 234, 150, 159). Its closest standard named color is DarkSalmon.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EA969F?

#EA969F is RGB 234, 150, 159 — HSL 354°, 67%, 75% — CMYK 0%, 36%, 32%, 8%.

What colors go with #EA969F?

Its complement is #95EAE1; analogous partners are #EA95C8 and #EAB795. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EA969F for text?

Black text on #EA969F has a contrast ratio of 9.36:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.24:1.