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#ECA293 — Light Red

#ECA293 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 #ECA293 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.

#ECA293 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 #93DDEC; it also sits naturally between #EC93B0 and #ECCE93. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#ECA293 · RGB 236, 162, 147

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Color values

HEX#ECA293
RGB236, 162, 147
HSL10°, 70%, 75%
HSV10°, 38%, 93%
CMYK0%, 31%, 38%, 7%
XYZ52.78, 45.78, 33.66
Yxy45.78, 0.3992, 0.3462
CIE-Lab73.40, 25.61, 18.91
Hunter Lab67.66, 24.83, 14.73

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 93% · Green 64% · Blue 58%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 31% · Yellow 38% · Key 7%

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

Previews

Sample text in #ECA293 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #ECA293 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #ECA293

.text { color: #ECA293; }
.background { background-color: #ECA293; }
.border { border: 3px solid #ECA293; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(236, 162, 147); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(10, 70%, 75%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #ECA293; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(236, 162, 147, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #ECA293; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(236, 162, 147, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#ECA293">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#ECA293">Div content here</div>

Shades of #ECA293

#E78774#E16D56#DC5338#CC4024#AD361F#8B2C18#6C2213#4E180E#300F08#110503

Tints of #ECA293

#EDA99B#EFB0A4#F0B8AD#F2BFB5#F4CBC2#F6D2CB#F7DAD4#F9E1DC#FAE9E5#FCF0EE

Tones of #ECA293

#E5A699#DFAA9F#D9AEA6#D2B3AC#CCB7B3#C6BBB9

Color harmonies

Complementary — #93DDEC:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.07:1 Fails
Against black text10.16:1 AAA

Best text color on #ECA293: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #ECA293

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 #ECA293: ·

How #ECA293 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #CCCB97Deuteranopia · #D0D698Tritanopia · #E8999A

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 · #EC4899Material Lime 500 · #CDDC39

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #ECA293 rather than the exact color:

Vivid Solace
#17B0A1 · #41E6D3 · #EA5A68 · #EC9F9D
Palette Ffebb2
#FFEBB2 · #E9A89B · #D875C7 · #912BBC
Royal Ruby
#601D49 · #BD5579 · #EA9D9D · #FFEBB8
Modern Ruby Petal
#F0BEBD · #E89897 · #E07C7A · #942B29
Misty Ruby Zephyr
#B533CF · #DB4AB0 · #E04E72 · #E99D89
Honey Ruby Horizon
#F6D8D0 · #E2A698 · #762F1E · #532418

Similar colors

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

#EC9F9D#E9A89B#EA9D9D#E89897#E99D89#E2A698#E8A19F#EF9F9F#EAAC8B#F29A9C#EF9595#F29696

Browse neighbouring colors

← #ECA292  ·  #ECA294 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #ECA293?

#ECA293 is Light Red, a red color (RGB 236, 162, 147). Its closest standard named color is DarkSalmon.

What is the RGB and HSL of #ECA293?

#ECA293 is RGB 236, 162, 147 — HSL 10°, 70%, 75% — CMYK 0%, 31%, 38%, 7%.

What colors go with #ECA293?

Its complement is #93DDEC; analogous partners are #EC93B0 and #ECCE93. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #ECA293 for text?

Black text on #ECA293 has a contrast ratio of 10.16:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.07:1.