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#EA9FA4 — Light Red

#EA9FA4 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 #EA9FA4 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.

#EA9FA4 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 #9FEAE5; it also sits naturally between #EA9FC9 and #EABF9F. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EA9FA4 · RGB 234, 159, 164

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Color values

HEX#EA9FA4
RGB234, 159, 164
HSL356°, 64%, 77%
HSV356°, 32%, 92%
CMYK0%, 32%, 30%, 8%
XYZ53.03, 44.97, 41.01
Yxy44.97, 0.3815, 0.3235
CIE-Lab72.87, 28.56, 8.80
Hunter Lab67.06, 27.82, 7.31

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 62% · Blue 64%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 32% · Yellow 30% · Key 8%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EA9FA4 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EA9FA4 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EA9FA4

.text { color: #EA9FA4; }
.background { background-color: #EA9FA4; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EA9FA4; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(234, 159, 164); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(356, 64%, 77%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EA9FA4; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(234, 159, 164, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EA9FA4; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(234, 159, 164, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EA9FA4">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EA9FA4">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EA9FA4

#E38288#DC6068#D6434D#C92C37#AB262F#8A1E25#6D181E#4F1116#2E0A0C#110405

Tints of #EA9FA4

#ECA7AC#EEB0B4#EFB8BC#F1C0C4#F3C9CB#F4CDCF#F6D5D7#F8DEDF#F9E6E7#FBEEEF

Tones of #EA9FA4

#E5A4A8#DFA9AD#DAAFB2#D4B5B7#CFBABB#CABFC0

Color harmonies

Complementary — #9FEAE5:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.10:1 Fails
Against black text9.99:1 AAA

Best text color on #EA9FA4: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EA9FA4

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 #EA9FA4: ·

How #EA9FA4 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #CAC9A3Deuteranopia · #CED3A3Tritanopia · #E6A2A2

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 #EA9FA4 rather than the exact color:

Burning Aurora
#1C9AA6 · #3FABDF · #DA3425 · #E8A19F
Palette F47c7c
#F47C7C · #EF9F9F · #FAD4D4 · #FFF2F2
Vivid Solace
#17B0A1 · #41E6D3 · #EA5A68 · #EC9F9D
Royal Ruby
#601D49 · #BD5579 · #EA9D9D · #FFEBB8
Palette 1f1d36
#1F1D36 · #3F3351 · #864879 · #E9A6A6
Palette 540863
#540863 · #92487A · #E49BA6 · #FFD3D5

Similar colors

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

#E8A19F#EF9F9F#EC9F9D#EA9D9D#E9A6A6#E49BA6#EEA5A6#ECA6A6#E2A1AA#F39F9F#EF96A3#F09EAE

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EA9FA3  ·  #EA9FA5 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EA9FA4?

#EA9FA4 is Light Red, a red color (RGB 234, 159, 164). Its closest standard named color is Tan.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EA9FA4?

#EA9FA4 is RGB 234, 159, 164 — HSL 356°, 64%, 77% — CMYK 0%, 32%, 30%, 8%.

What colors go with #EA9FA4?

Its complement is #9FEAE5; analogous partners are #EA9FC9 and #EABF9F. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EA9FA4 for text?

Black text on #EA9FA4 has a contrast ratio of 9.99:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.10:1.