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#EA3E44 — Vivid Red

#EA3E44 is a red color we call Vivid Red, closest to the named color Tomato (#FF6347). It belongs to the red family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: tomato (#FF6347) — not an exact match. CSS tomato gives you #FF6347, a different color; use #EA3E44 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.

#EA3E44 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 #3EEAE4; it also sits naturally between #EA3E9A and #EA8E3E. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EA3E44 · RGB 234, 62, 68

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Color values

HEX#EA3E44
RGB234, 62, 68
HSL358°, 80%, 58%
HSV358°, 74%, 92%
CMYK0%, 74%, 71%, 8%
XYZ36.70, 21.36, 7.66
Yxy21.36, 0.5585, 0.3250
CIE-Lab53.34, 65.22, 36.99
Hunter Lab46.21, 64.36, 20.78

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 24% · Blue 27%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 74% · Yellow 71% · Key 8%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EA3E44 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EA3E44 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EA3E44

.text { color: #EA3E44; }
.background { background-color: #EA3E44; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EA3E44; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(234, 62, 68); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(358, 80%, 58%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EA3E44; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(234, 62, 68, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EA3E44; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(234, 62, 68, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EA3E44">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EA3E44">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EA3E44

#E7272E#D8181E#C1151B#A51217#8E1014#770D11#5C0A0D#45080A#290506#120203

Tints of #EA3E44

#EC5156#EE6368#EF7175#F18387#F39599#F5A8AA#F7BABC#F9C8CA#FBDADB#FDEDED

Tones of #EA3E44

#DE4A4F#D1575B#C56366#B86F72#AD7B7D#A08889

Color harmonies

Complementary — #3EEAE4:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text3.98:1 AA large only
Against black text5.27:1 AA

Best text color on #EA3E44: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EA3E44

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 #EA3E44: ·

How #EA3E44 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #A09E43Deuteranopia · #AAB642Tritanopia · #E14141

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:

Tailwind red 500 · #EF4444Bootstrap danger · #DC3545Material Red 500 · #F44336

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #EA3E44 rather than the exact color:

Palette 8b1e2d
#8B1E2D · #E63946 · #F4D35E · #457B9D
Palette 711db0
#711DB0 · #C21292 · #EF4040 · #FFA732
Palette Fff3e2
#FFF3E2 · #FFE5CA · #FA9884 · #E74646
Palette 2d132c
#2D132C · #801336 · #C72C41 · #EE4540
Mellow Meadow
#5F59DF · #A52CE3 · #C02D97 · #E5394B
Scarlet Ruby Twilight
#8E0E27 · #EB3447 · #4FEECF · #B7F3E4

Similar colors

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

#E63946#EF4040#E74646#EE4540#E5394B#EB3447#DF3C3E#EF4339#DE3E3E#F23A3A#E4373A#DD403F

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EA3E43  ·  #EA3E45 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EA3E44?

#EA3E44 is Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 234, 62, 68). Its closest standard named color is Tomato.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EA3E44?

#EA3E44 is RGB 234, 62, 68 — HSL 358°, 80%, 58% — CMYK 0%, 74%, 71%, 8%.

What colors go with #EA3E44?

Its complement is #3EEAE4; analogous partners are #EA3E9A and #EA8E3E. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EA3E44 for text?

Black text on #EA3E44 has a contrast ratio of 5.27:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 3.98:1.