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#EA9FAA — Light Red

#EA9FAA 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 #EA9FAA 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.

#EA9FAA 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 #9FEADF; it also sits naturally between #EA9FD0 and #EAB99F. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EA9FAA · RGB 234, 159, 170

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Color values

HEX#EA9FAA
RGB234, 159, 170
HSL351°, 64%, 77%
HSV351°, 32%, 92%
CMYK0%, 32%, 27%, 8%
XYZ53.59, 45.19, 43.93
Yxy45.19, 0.3755, 0.3167
CIE-Lab73.02, 29.36, 5.69
Hunter Lab67.22, 28.68, 4.83

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 62% · Blue 67%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 32% · Yellow 27% · Key 8%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EA9FAA on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EA9FAA on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EA9FAA

.text { color: #EA9FAA; }
.background { background-color: #EA9FAA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EA9FAA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(234, 159, 170); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(351, 64%, 77%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EA9FAA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(234, 159, 170, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EA9FAA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(234, 159, 170, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EA9FAA">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EA9FAA">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EA9FAA

#E38290#DC6073#D64359#C92C44#AB263A#8A1E2E#6D1825#4F111B#2E0A0F#110406

Tints of #EA9FAA

#ECA7B1#EEB0B9#EFB8C0#F1C0C8#F3C9CF#F4CDD3#F6D5DA#F8DEE1#F9E6E9#FBEEF0

Tones of #EA9FAA

#E5A4AE#DFA9B1#DAAFB5#D4B5B9#CFBABD#CABFC1

Color harmonies

Complementary — #9FEADF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.09:1 Fails
Against black text10.04:1 AAA

Best text color on #EA9FAA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EA9FAA

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 #EA9FAA: ·

How #EA9FAA looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #CAC9A7Deuteranopia · #CED3A7Tritanopia · #E6A5A5

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 #EA9FAA rather than the exact color:

Smoky Zephyr
#224BA5 · #7639D6 · #DF65D5 · #EBA0B0
Amber Ruby Garden
#F09EAE · #E74666 · #A31A35 · #3E0914
Palette 1f1d36
#1F1D36 · #3F3351 · #864879 · #E9A6A6
Vintage Ruby Horizon
#1B7676 · #53CED8 · #C32E2D · #E2A1AA
Palette 540863
#540863 · #92487A · #E49BA6 · #FFD3D5
Palette 8e7ab5
#8E7AB5 · #B784B7 · #E493B3 · #EEA5A6

Similar colors

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

#EBA0B0#F09EAE#E9A6A6#E2A1AA#E49BA6#EEA5A6#ECA6A6#EA97AD#E6A2B1#F29AAE#E8A19F#EDAAAA

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EA9FA9  ·  #EA9FAB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EA9FAA?

#EA9FAA is Light Red, a red color (RGB 234, 159, 170). Its closest standard named color is LightPink.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EA9FAA?

#EA9FAA is RGB 234, 159, 170 — HSL 351°, 64%, 77% — CMYK 0%, 32%, 27%, 8%.

What colors go with #EA9FAA?

Its complement is #9FEADF; analogous partners are #EA9FD0 and #EAB99F. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EA9FAA for text?

Black text on #EA9FAA has a contrast ratio of 10.04:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.09:1.