Information about #EA4959 color

#EA4959 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

In the Register's classification, #EA4959 belongs to the Red Color Family, featuring High Saturation and Very Light brightness. In numbers: rgb(234, 73, 89) (91.8% red, 28.6% green, 34.9% blue), or CMYK 0 / 63 / 57 / 8 for print. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

A strongly colored earthy red, #EA4959 has a delicate, washed-out lightness. Designers typically reach for tones like this for minimalist layouts, soft backgrounds and pastel palettes. In The Official Register of Color Names it is very close to Brilliant Red (#E75151). Slightly further away sit Brilliant Amaranth (#E75164) and Material Girl (#E85560).

In RGB terms — rgb(234, 73, 89) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #EA4959: 5.6:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 3.8:1 for white. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.

#EA4959 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#EA4959 color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #EA4959

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Desire color link
Desire

#EA3C53

Warm Red color link
Warm Red

#E6534E

Rapture color link
Rapture

#F6484C

Watermelon color link
Watermelon

#FD4659

Carmine Pink color link
Carmine Pink

#EB4C42

Lychee color link
Lychee

#DC5349

Pale Red color link
Pale Red

#D9544D

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#EA4959
  • RGB234, 73, 89
  • CMYK0, 63, 57, 8
  • CSSrgb(234, 73, 89)
  • HSL354°, 79%, 60%
  • HSL Precise354.037°, 79.31%, 60.196%
  • HSV354°, 69%, 92%
  • HSB354°, 69%, 92%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.918
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.286
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.349
  • GLSLvec3(0.918, 0.286, 0.349)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.918, 0.286, 0.349, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.918, 0.286, 0.349)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB91.8%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB28.6%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB34.9%
  • Color FamilyRed
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX IDEA4959
  • DECIMAL ID15354201
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers12 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01