RAL Classic color

RAL 3015 Light pink #EA899A

RAL 3015 Light pink is shown here as #EA899A, a widely published sRGB approximation of the printed swatch. It is a light soft pink in the pink family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.738, chroma 0.119 and hue 9.1°. The nearest CSS named color is lightcoral (#F08080), ΔE2000 7.0 away.

Relative luminance
0.3772
OKLCH L · C · h
0.738 · 0.119 · 9.1
Best text
Black 8.54:1
Hue family
Pink
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#EA899A color codes

HEX
#EA899A
RGB
rgb(234, 137, 154)
HSL
hsl(349, 70%, 73%)
OKLCH
oklch(0.738 0.119 9.1)
OKLab
oklab(0.738 0.118 0.019)
CIELAB (D65)
L* 67.81, a* 38.86, b* 7.14
XYZ (D65)
X 48.71, Y 37.72, Z 35.28
CMYK (naive)
cmyk(0%, 41%, 34%, 8%)

CIELAB and XYZ use the D65 white point; CSS lab() uses D50, so paste the OKLCH or HEX value into stylesheets. CMYK here is a plain formula with no press profile.

RAL and RAL Classic are trademarks of RAL gGmbH, which this site is not affiliated with. The sRGB value is an approximation of the printed swatch; check a physical RAL color card before you specify a paint.

Legibility

Contrast: is #EA899A accessible?

Black text on it reaches 8.54:1, passing AAA. White text fails at 2.45:1.

WCAG 2 gives the same ratio whichever color is the text; APCA does not, so its Lc changes sign and size with polarity.

Open the Contrast System

  • Black text on it

    8.54:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA passes
    • APCA Lc +55

  • White text on it

    2.45:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large fails
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc −53

  • As text on black

    8.54:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA passes
    • APCA Lc −53

  • As text on white

    2.45:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large fails
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc +48

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

  • For text on white

    #B55A6C 4.52:1

    Darkening its OKLCH lightness from 0.74 to 0.58 reaches 4.52:1 on white, keeping the hue.

    Compare both in the Contrast System

  • For text on black

    #EA899A 8.54:1

    It already reaches 8.54:1 on black, so no change is needed.

Checking another pair? Use the Contrast Checker.

Studio

Adjust #EA899A live

Move lightness, chroma and hue in OKLCH, or drag on the map. The map is every lightness and chroma at the current hue: sRGB inside the solid area, Display P3 out to the dashed line.

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Scale

Shades and tints of #EA899A

Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #EA899A sits at step 400.

  1. 50#FFF1F3
    White
    1.09
    Black
    19.12
  2. 100#FFE3E7
    White
    1.20
    Black
    17.39
  3. 200#FFC6CE
    White
    1.47
    Black
    14.22
  4. 300#FC9FAE
    White
    1.96
    Black
    10.70
  5. 400This color#EA899A
    White
    2.45
    Black
    8.54
  6. 500#C26577
    White
    3.87
    Black
    5.42
  7. 600#A74E60
    White
    5.38
    Black
    3.90
  8. 700#8C374A
    White
    7.60
    Black
    2.76
  9. 800#6D2033
    White
    11.02
    Black
    1.90
  10. 900#4E081E
    White
    15.24
    Black
    1.37
  11. 950#31000E
    White
    18.47
    Black
    1.13

Under each step, white and black text on it; a bold figure passes 4.5:1.

Gamut

How vivid #EA899A can get

At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.166; #EA899A uses 72% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.214 there: 29% more.

0.00.20.40.60.80.20.40.60.8 460480500520540560580600620
  • sRGB
  • Display P3
  • Rec. 2020
  • Dominant wavelength
OKLCH chroma
0.119
sRGB edge
0.166
Display P3 edge
0.214
Rec. 2020 edge
0.308
Dominant wavelength
Complementary 494 nm
Excitation purity
23%
Chromaticity
x 0.4002, y 0.3099
  • This color#EA899A
  • Most vivid in sRGB#FF7894
  • Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.738 0.214 9.1)

On a screen without Display P3 the last tile shows the sRGB edge instead.

Use the wider color where screens show it
.accent {
  color: #ea899a;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
  .accent { color: color(display-p3 1 0.431 0.5586); }
}

Mixing

Mixing #EA899A

Each row is the same mix worked out in a different space, with the halfway color at its end. sRGB, which older CSS gradients use, can sag gray or dark in the middle; OKLab keeps the lightness steps even; OKLCH holds chroma and hue as it goes.

White #FFFFFF

  • sRGB50%#F5C4CD
  • OKLab50%#F8C4CB
  • OKLCH50%#F8C4CB

Black #000000

  • sRGB50%#75454D
  • OKLab50%#5A3139
  • OKLCH50%#5A3139

Its complement #2CC2B9

  • sRGB50%#8BA6AA
  • OKLab50%#AAAAAA
  • OKLCH50%#BDAB49
In CSS
/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #ea899a, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #ea899a 50%, white);

In use

#EA899A in an interface

A button, a link, a heading, a focused field, an icon and a chart line in this color, on a light page and a dark one. Each check is a WCAG 2 contrast minimum: 1.4.3 for text, 1.4.11 for the rest.

Light page

  • Button labelText, 4.5:18.54:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:12.45:1 Fails
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:12.45:1 Fails
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:12.45:1 Fails

For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #B55A6C 4.52:1

Dark page

  • Button labelText, 4.5:18.54:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:17.62:1 Passes
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:17.62:1 Passes
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:17.62:1 Passes

Color vision

How #EA899A looks with color blindness

Deuteranopia changes it most, ΔE2000 28.9; tritanopia changes it least, 4.2.

Simulated with Machado et al. (2009) at full severity, in linear light.

Simulate a whole page What each type sees

  • Protanopia

    No working red (long-wavelength) cones

    #9A9A9A ΔE2000 24.0

    Distinct

    Reads as gray

  • Deuteranopia

    No working green (medium-wavelength) cones

    #B2AC98 ΔE2000 28.9

    Distinct

    Reads as light grayish amber

  • Tritanopia

    No working blue (short-wavelength) cones

    #FA808F ΔE2000 4.2

    Close match

    Reads as light soft pink

  • Achromatopsia

    No cone color vision; lightness only

    #A5A5A5 ΔE2000 23.7

    Distinct

    Reads as light gray

Pairing check

Checked against its complement, #2CC2B9. Their lightness contrast is only 1.11:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.

VisionThe pairΔE2000Verdict
Normal vision#EA899A · #2CC2B956.1Stays distinct
Protanopia#9A9A9A · #B7B7B98.6Harder to tell apart
Deuteranopia#B2AC98 · #A2A8BA18.2Stays distinct
Tritanopia#FA808F · #00C7BF60.5Stays distinct
Achromatopsia#A5A5A5 · #AFAFAF2.9Easily confused

Harmony

Color harmonies for #EA899A

Its complement is #2CC2B9, a light soft cyan, on the cool side of the wheel.

Hue rotations in OKLCH, mapped into sRGB by trimming chroma so hue and lightness stay put.

Open the Harmony Studio
  • Base#EA899A
  • Complement#2CC2B9

Complementary

Open in Harmony Studio
  • −30°#DB8CC3
  • Base#EA899A
  • +30°#EA8F70

Analogous

Open in Harmony Studio
  • Base#EA899A
  • +120°#92B965
  • +240°#6BB0F2

Triadic

Open in Harmony Studio
  • Base#EA899A
  • +150°#5FC18F
  • +210°#38BBDD

Split-complementary

Open in Harmony Studio

Code

Design tokens

Ready-to-paste tokens in six formats. Rename them to fit your system.

CSS custom property

:root {
  --color-ral-3015: #ea899a;
}

Tailwind config

// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        'ral-3015': '#ea899a',
      },
    },
  },
};

Tailwind v4 theme

/* app.css — Tailwind CSS v4 */
@import "tailwindcss";

@theme {
  --color-ral-3015: oklch(0.738 0.119 9.1);
}

Design token (W3C DTCG)

{
  "color": {
    "ral-3015": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [0.9176, 0.5373, 0.6039],
        "hex": "#ea899a"
      },
      "$description": "RAL 3015 Light pink (approximate sRGB)"
    }
  }
}

SwiftUI color

import SwiftUI

enum Palette {
    static let ral3015 = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.918, green: 0.537, blue: 0.604, opacity: 1)
}

Jetpack Compose color

import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color

object Palette {
    val Ral3015 = Color(0xFFEA899A)
}

Matches

The nearest match in each system

The closest CSS name, Tailwind shade, RAL Classic paint and Crayola crayon by ΔE2000; under 2 is hard to tell apart side by side. RAL and Crayola values approximate physical colors.

Neighbors

The eight nearest colors on this site by ΔE2000, closest first. Under 2 is hard to tell apart side by side.

Tools

Open #EA899A in the tools

Each opens over this page. More colors live in the Color Library, and every color page is listed on the hub.