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#EA989E — Light Red

#EA989E 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 #EA989E 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.

#EA989E 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 #99EAE5; it also sits naturally between #EA99C7 and #EABC99. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EA989E · RGB 234, 152, 158

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Color values

HEX#EA989E
RGB234, 152, 158
HSL356°, 66%, 76%
HSV356°, 35%, 92%
CMYK0%, 35%, 32%, 8%
XYZ51.33, 42.42, 37.83
Yxy42.42, 0.3901, 0.3224
CIE-Lab71.16, 31.50, 9.67
Hunter Lab65.13, 30.67, 7.90

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 60% · Blue 62%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 35% · Yellow 32% · Key 8%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EA989E on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EA989E on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EA989E

.text { color: #EA989E; }
.background { background-color: #EA989E; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EA989E; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(234, 152, 158); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(356, 66%, 76%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EA989E; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(234, 152, 158, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EA989E; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(234, 152, 158, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EA989E">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EA989E">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EA989E

#E47C83#DE5E67#D73C47#C72933#A9232C#8C1D24#6E171C#4C1014#2F0A0C#110304

Tints of #EA989E

#ECA2A7#EEAAAF#EFB3B7#F1BBBF#F3C4C7#F5CCCF#F6D5D7#F8DDDF#FAE6E7#FCEEEF

Tones of #EA989E

#E59FA4#DFA5A9#D9ABAE#D3B1B3#CDB6B8#C7BCBD

Color harmonies

Complementary — #99EAE5:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.21:1 Fails
Against black text9.48:1 AAA

Best text color on #EA989E: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EA989E

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 #EA989E: ·

How #EA989E looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #C6C69DDeuteranopia · #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 #EA989E rather than the exact color:

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

Similar colors

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

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

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EA989D  ·  #EA989F →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EA989E?

#EA989E is Light Red, a red color (RGB 234, 152, 158). Its closest standard named color is DarkSalmon.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EA989E?

#EA989E is RGB 234, 152, 158 — HSL 356°, 66%, 76% — CMYK 0%, 35%, 32%, 8%.

What colors go with #EA989E?

Its complement is #99EAE5; analogous partners are #EA99C7 and #EABC99. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EA989E for text?

Black text on #EA989E has a contrast ratio of 9.48:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.21:1.