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#EA4D52 — Vivid Red

#EA4D52 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 #EA4D52 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.

#EA4D52 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 #4DEAE5; it also sits naturally between #EA4DA1 and #EA964D. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EA4D52 · RGB 234, 77, 82

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Color values

HEX#EA4D52
RGB234, 77, 82
HSL358°, 79%, 61%
HSV358°, 67%, 92%
CMYK0%, 67%, 65%, 8%
XYZ38.11, 23.41, 10.49
Yxy23.41, 0.5292, 0.3251
CIE-Lab55.49, 60.54, 31.57
Hunter Lab48.38, 59.44, 19.08

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 30% · Blue 32%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 67% · Yellow 65% · Key 8%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EA4D52 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EA4D52 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EA4D52

.text { color: #EA4D52; }
.background { background-color: #EA4D52; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EA4D52; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(234, 77, 82); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(358, 79%, 61%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EA4D52; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(234, 77, 82, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EA4D52; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(234, 77, 82, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EA4D52">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EA4D52">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EA4D52

#E73238#E41B21#C9181D#AD1419#971216#7B0E12#600B0E#44080A#2E0507#120203

Tints of #EA4D52

#EC5F64#EE6D71#F07F83#F28D90#F49FA2#F5ADAF#F8BFC1#F9CDCE#FBDFE0#FDEDED

Tones of #EA4D52

#DF585C#D36468#C86F72#BD7A7C#B28586#A69191

Color harmonies

Complementary — #4DEAE5:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text3.70:1 AA large only
Against black text5.68:1 AA

Best text color on #EA4D52: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EA4D52

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 #EA4D52: ·

How #EA4D52 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #A6A551Deuteranopia · #AFBB51Tritanopia · #E25050

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 · #EF4444Tailwind rose 500 · #F43F5EBootstrap danger · #DC3545

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #EA4D52 rather than the exact color:

Palette 5b7e3c
#5B7E3C · #FFD65A · #FF9D23 · #EA5252
Palette A13939
#A13939 · #E75151 · #FCC88A · #C2C57F
Palette 219c90
#219C90 · #FFF455 · #FFC700 · #EE4E4E
Palette 799351
#799351 · #A1DD70 · #F6EEC9 · #EE4E4E
Palette Faf4d0
#FAF4D0 · #C14545 · #EA4C4C · #703B3B
Palette Eb4c4c
#EB4C4C · #FF7070 · #FFA6A6 · #FFEDC7

Similar colors

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

#EA5252#E75151#EE4E4E#EA4C4C#EB4C4C#EA5455#F0504E#ED5258#F05454#E24F57#E8505B#E54A4A

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EA4D51  ·  #EA4D53 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EA4D52?

#EA4D52 is Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 234, 77, 82). Its closest standard named color is Tomato.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EA4D52?

#EA4D52 is RGB 234, 77, 82 — HSL 358°, 79%, 61% — CMYK 0%, 67%, 65%, 8%.

What colors go with #EA4D52?

Its complement is #4DEAE5; analogous partners are #EA4DA1 and #EA964D. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EA4D52 for text?

Black text on #EA4D52 has a contrast ratio of 5.68:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 3.70:1.