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#EA4E32 — Vivid Red

#EA4E32 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 #EA4E32 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.

#EA4E32 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 #34CEEA; it also sits naturally between #EA3474 and #EAAA34. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EA4E32 · RGB 234, 78, 50

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Color values

HEX#EA4E32
RGB234, 78, 50
HSL9°, 81%, 56%
HSV9°, 79%, 92%
CMYK0%, 67%, 79%, 8%
XYZ37.23, 23.17, 5.53
Yxy23.17, 0.5647, 0.3515
CIE-Lab55.25, 58.74, 48.79
Hunter Lab48.14, 57.29, 25.20

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 31% · Blue 20%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 67% · Yellow 79% · Key 8%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EA4E32 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EA4E32 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EA4E32

.text { color: #EA4E32; }
.background { background-color: #EA4E32; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EA4E32; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(234, 78, 50); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(9, 81%, 56%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EA4E32; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(234, 78, 50, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EA4E32; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(234, 78, 50, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EA4E32">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EA4E32">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EA4E32

#E73B1D#D43316#B92C13#A22711#8A210F#731C0C#5C160A#410F07#2A0A04#120402

Tints of #EA4E32

#EC5F46#EE6F59#EF7F6B#F18F7E#F39F90#F5AFA3#F7BFB5#F9CFC8#FBDFDA#FDEFED

Tones of #EA4E32

#DC5941#D0614E#C26B5B#B67368#A97D75#9C8581

Color harmonies

Complementary — #34CEEA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text3.73:1 AA large only
Against black text5.63:1 AA

Best text color on #EA4E32: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EA4E32

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 #EA4E32: ·

How #EA4E32 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #A6A539Deuteranopia · #B0BB3ATritanopia · #E23E3F

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:

Material Red 500 · #F44336Tailwind red 500 · #EF4444Material Deep Orange 500 · #FF5722

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #EA4E32 rather than the exact color:

Burning Ruby Solace
#B00F41 · #ED5529 · #F3D26D · #DBF698
Palette 5eabd6
#5EABD6 · #FEFBC7 · #FFB4B4 · #E14434
Gentle Zephyr
#924311 · #E75B36 · #5DB4EC · #A4D2EE
Palette Ffdbc5
#FFDBC5 · #EF4339 · #B01C33 · #2E112D
Palette 524646
#524646 · #A8A492 · #FCF2E5 · #EC5B38
Wild Mosaic
#2E19A9 · #E0462B · #1ECD38 · #D9D3F4

Similar colors

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

#ED5529#E14434#E75B36#EF4339#EC5B38#E0462B#EE5240#E85D35#EB5A3C#DF462A#DD4530#E43F35

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EA4E31  ·  #EA4E33 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EA4E32?

#EA4E32 is Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 234, 78, 50). Its closest standard named color is Tomato.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EA4E32?

#EA4E32 is RGB 234, 78, 50 — HSL 9°, 81%, 56% — CMYK 0%, 67%, 79%, 8%.

What colors go with #EA4E32?

Its complement is #34CEEA; analogous partners are #EA3474 and #EAAA34. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EA4E32 for text?

Black text on #EA4E32 has a contrast ratio of 5.63:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 3.73:1.