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#EA9CA2 — Light Red

#EA9CA2 is a red color we call Light Red, closest to the named color Tan (#D2B48C). It belongs to the red family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: tan (#D2B48C) — not an exact match. CSS tan gives you #D2B48C, a different color; use #EA9CA2 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.

#EA9CA2 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 #9AEAE3; it also sits naturally between #EA9AC8 and #EABB9A. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EA9CA2 · RGB 234, 156, 162

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Color values

HEX#EA9CA2
RGB234, 156, 162
HSL355°, 65%, 76%
HSV355°, 33%, 92%
CMYK0%, 33%, 31%, 8%
XYZ52.34, 43.88, 39.89
Yxy43.88, 0.3845, 0.3224
CIE-Lab72.15, 29.89, 8.87
Hunter Lab66.24, 29.12, 7.33

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 61% · Blue 64%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 33% · Yellow 31% · Key 8%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EA9CA2 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EA9CA2 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EA9CA2

.text { color: #EA9CA2; }
.background { background-color: #EA9CA2; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EA9CA2; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(234, 156, 162); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(355, 65%, 76%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EA9CA2; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(234, 156, 162, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EA9CA2; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(234, 156, 162, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EA9CA2">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EA9CA2">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EA9CA2

#E37D85#DD5F6A#D63D4A#C62A37#A8242F#8B1D27#6D171E#4C1015#2E0A0D#110405

Tints of #EA9CA2

#EBA2A9#EDABB0#EFB3B8#F1BCC0#F3C4C8#F4CDD0#F6D5D8#F8DDE0#FAE6E7#FBEEEF

Tones of #EA9CA2

#E4A0A5#DEA6AA#D8ABAF#D3B1B4#CDB6B8#C7BCBD

Color harmonies

Complementary — #9AEAE3:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.15:1 Fails
Against black text9.78:1 AAA

Best text color on #EA9CA2: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EA9CA2

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 #EA9CA2: ·

How #EA9CA2 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #C8C8A1Deuteranopia · #CDD3A0Tritanopia · #E69F9F

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 #EA9CA2 rather than the exact color:

Royal Ruby
#601D49 · #BD5579 · #EA9D9D · #FFEBB8
Vivid Solace
#17B0A1 · #41E6D3 · #EA5A68 · #EC9F9D
Burning Aurora
#1C9AA6 · #3FABDF · #DA3425 · #E8A19F
Palette F47c7c
#F47C7C · #EF9F9F · #FAD4D4 · #FFF2F2
Palette 540863
#540863 · #92487A · #E49BA6 · #FFD3D5
Scarlet Ember
#12C589 · #64F0D3 · #EC3170 · #EF96A3

Similar colors

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

#EA9D9D#EC9F9D#E8A19F#EF9F9F#E49BA6#EF96A3#E5989B#F39F9F#F29A9C#EEA5A6#E9A6A6#ECA6A6

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EA9CA1  ·  #EA9CA3 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EA9CA2?

#EA9CA2 is Light Red, a red color (RGB 234, 156, 162). Its closest standard named color is Tan.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EA9CA2?

#EA9CA2 is RGB 234, 156, 162 — HSL 355°, 65%, 76% — CMYK 0%, 33%, 31%, 8%.

What colors go with #EA9CA2?

Its complement is #9AEAE3; analogous partners are #EA9AC8 and #EABB9A. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EA9CA2 for text?

Black text on #EA9CA2 has a contrast ratio of 9.78:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.15:1.