HEX atlas value

#EA917B

#EA917B is a warm red HEX color nearest Dark Salmon. RGB 234, 145, 123, HSL 12° 73% 70%, luminance 0.3917; view contrast and conversions.

red warm vibrant

#EA917B Sample readable text

HEX #EA917B

RGB rgb(234, 145, 123)

HSL hsl(12 73% 70%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 38, 47, 8)

Luminance 0.3917

Contrast Black 8.83:1White 2.38:1

CSS

--color-ea917b: #EA917B;
.background-ea917b { background-color: #EA917B; }
.text-ea917b { color: #EA917B; }

HEX meaning and use

About #EA917B

#EA917B is classified as a warm red value with vibrant visual character. #EA917B is visually closest to Dark Salmon, a named orange color with HEX #E9967A.

The RGB channels are 234, 145, and 123, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 12deg with 73% saturation and 70% lightness, so this page treats it as a high-saturation, light atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and high-energy accents. Its luminance is 0.3917, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 5.20, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text8.83:1AA Pass

White text2.38:1AA Fail

AA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

AAA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #EA917B needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#0000008.83:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF2.38:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

#F7D3CA#F7D3CA · #000000 text · best 15.13:1 #EAC97B#EAC97B · #000000 text · best 13.14:1 #7BD4EA#7BD4EA · #000000 text · best 12.45:1 Light Salmon#FFA07A · #000000 text · best 10.56:1 Salmon Rose#E7968B · #000000 text · best 9.13:1

Generated Palette

#EA917B#EA917B

#7BD4EA#7BD4EA

#EA7B9C#EA7B9C

#EAC97B#EAC97B

#F7D3CA#F7D3CA

#DE4F2B#DE4F2B

Color Harmonies

#7BD4EA#7BD4EA

#EA7B9C#EA7B9C

#EAC97B#EAC97B

#7BEA91#7BEA91

#917BEA#917BEA

Variants

#F7D3CA#F7D3CA

#DE4F2B#DE4F2B

#FB876A#FB876A

#DA9B8B#DA9B8B

#FAEEEB#FAEEEB

#FFA58F#FFA58F

Nearest Named Colors

Dark Salmon#E9967A

Salmon Rose#E7968B

Light Coral#F08080

Salmon#FA8072

Light Salmon#FFA07A

Luminance0.3917

Black text8.83:1AA Pass

White text2.38:1AA 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":"#EA917B","rgb":[234,145,123],"hsl":[12,73,70],"cmyk":[0,38,47,8],"luminance":0.3917,"contrast":{"black":8.83,"white":2.38}}

WCAG

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

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":8.83,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":2.38,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#F7D3CA","hex":"#F7D3CA","family":"red","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":15.13,"contrastWhite":1.39,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#EAC97B","hex":"#EAC97B","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":13.14,"contrastWhite":1.6,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#7BD4EA","hex":"#7BD4EA","family":"cyan","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":12.45,"contrastWhite":1.69,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Light Salmon","hex":"#FFA07A","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":10.56,"contrastWhite":1.99,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Salmon Rose","hex":"#E7968B","family":"red","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":9.13,"contrastWhite":2.3,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm red","vibrant","vibrant red","Dark Salmon adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","high-energy accents","high-attention visual states"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/ea917b.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/dark-salmon.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/salmon-rose.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/light-coral.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#7BD4EA","analogous":["#EA7B9C","#EAC97B"],"triadic":["#7BEA91","#917BEA"],"tetradic":["#9CEA7B","#7BD4EA","#C97BEA"],"splitComplementary":["#7BEAC9","#7B9CEA"],"monochromatic":["#F7D3CA","#EA917B","#DE4F2B"]}

Variants

{"light":"#F7D3CA","dark":"#DE4F2B","saturated":"#FB876A","desaturated":"#DA9B8B","pastel":"#FAEEEB","neon":"#FFA58F"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"dark-salmon","name":"Dark Salmon","hex":"#E9967A","distance":5.196152422706632},{"slug":"salmon-rose","name":"Salmon Rose","hex":"#E7968B","distance":17.029386365926403},{"slug":"light-coral","name":"Light Coral","hex":"#F08080","distance":18.708286933869708},{"slug":"salmon","name":"Salmon","hex":"#FA8072","distance":25.019992006393608},{"slug":"light-salmon","name":"Light Salmon","hex":"#FFA07A","distance":25.826343140289914}]

#EA917B

CSS

About #EA917B

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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