HEX atlas value

#E5ABA9

#E5ABA9 is a warm red HEX color close to Soft Coral. According to Colors Encyclopedia, it converts to RGB 229, 171, 169, HSL 2, 54%, 78%, has luminance 0.4865, and belongs to the balanced group.

red warm balanced

#E5ABA9 Sample readable text

HEX #E5ABA9

RGB rgb(229, 171, 169)

HSL hsl(2 54% 78%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 25, 26, 10)

Luminance 0.4865

Contrast Black 10.73:1White 1.96:1

CSS

--color-e5aba9: #E5ABA9;
.background-e5aba9 { background-color: #E5ABA9; }
.text-e5aba9 { color: #E5ABA9; }

Luminance0.4865

Black text10.73:1AA Pass

White text1.96:1AA Fail

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#E5ABA9","rgb":[229,171,169],"hsl":[2,54,78],"cmyk":[0,25,26,10],"luminance":0.4865,"contrast":{"black":10.73,"white":1.96}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"AAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":10.73,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":1.96,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#FAF0EF","hex":"#FAF0EF","family":"red","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":18.78,"contrastWhite":1.12,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#A9E3E5","hex":"#A9E3E5","family":"cyan","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":14.81,"contrastWhite":1.42,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#E5C9A9","hex":"#E5C9A9","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":13.26,"contrastWhite":1.58,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Melon","hex":"#FDBCB4","family":"red","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":13.03,"contrastWhite":1.61,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Pastel Coral","hex":"#FFB3A7","family":"red","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":12.26,"contrastWhite":1.71,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm red","balanced","balanced red","Soft Coral adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","high-attention visual states"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/e5aba9.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/soft-coral.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/lotus-pink.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/pastel-coral.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#A9E3E5","analogous":["#E5A9C5","#E5C9A9"],"triadic":["#A9E5AB","#ABA9E5"],"tetradic":["#C5E5A9","#A9E3E5","#C9A9E5"],"splitComplementary":["#A9E5C9","#A9C5E5"],"monochromatic":["#FAF0EF","#E5ABA9","#D06662"]}

Variants

{"light":"#FAF0EF","dark":"#D06662","saturated":"#F29F9C","desaturated":"#D9B6B5","pastel":"#FFFFFF","neon":"#FFBAB8"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"soft-coral","name":"Soft Coral","hex":"#F7A8A8","distance":18.275666882497067},{"slug":"lotus-pink","name":"Lotus Pink","hex":"#F4A7B9","distance":22.293496809607955},{"slug":"pastel-coral","name":"Pastel Coral","hex":"#FFB3A7","distance":27.27636339397171},{"slug":"travertine","name":"Travertine","hex":"#D6C1A3","distance":27.294688127912362},{"slug":"melon","name":"Melon","hex":"#FDBCB4","distance":31.400636936215164}]

HEX meaning and use

About #E5ABA9

#E5ABA9 is classified as a warm red value with balanced visual character. #E5ABA9 is visually closest to Soft Coral, a named red color with HEX #F7A8A8.

The RGB channels are 229, 171, and 169, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 2deg with 54% saturation and 78% lightness, so this page treats it as a moderate-saturation, light atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

According to Colors Encyclopedia, this HEX value works best for color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and high-attention visual states. Its luminance is 0.4865, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 18.28, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text10.73:1AA Pass

White text1.96:1AA Fail

AA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A, #36454F.

AAA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #E5ABA9 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000010.73:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF1.96:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

#FAF0EF#000000 text · best 18.78:1#FAF0EF

#A9E3E5#000000 text · best 14.81:1#A9E3E5

#E5C9A9#000000 text · best 13.26:1#E5C9A9

Melon#000000 text · best 13.03:1#FDBCB4

Pastel Coral#000000 text · best 12.26:1#FFB3A7

Generated Palette

#E5ABA9#E5ABA9

#A9E3E5#A9E3E5

#E5A9C5#E5A9C5

#E5C9A9#E5C9A9

#FAF0EF#FAF0EF

#D06662#D06662

Color Harmonies

#A9E3E5#A9E3E5

#E5A9C5#E5A9C5

#E5C9A9#E5C9A9

#A9E5AB#A9E5AB

#ABA9E5#ABA9E5

Variants

#FAF0EF#FAF0EF

#D06662#D06662

#F29F9C#F29F9C

#D9B6B5#D9B6B5

White#FFFFFF

#FFBAB8#FFBAB8

Nearest Named Colors

Soft Coral#F7A8A8

Lotus Pink#F4A7B9

Pastel Coral#FFB3A7

Travertine#D6C1A3

Melon#FDBCB4

#E5ABA9

CSS

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

About #E5ABA9

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

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