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#EA4E35 — Vivid Red

#EA4E35 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 #EA4E35 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.

#EA4E35 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 #34D1EA; it also sits naturally between #EA3477 and #EAA734. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EA4E35 · RGB 234, 78, 53

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Color values

HEX#EA4E35
RGB234, 78, 53
HSL8°, 81%, 56%
HSV8°, 77%, 92%
CMYK0%, 67%, 77%, 8%
XYZ37.30, 23.20, 5.88
Yxy23.20, 0.5619, 0.3495
CIE-Lab55.28, 58.84, 47.29
Hunter Lab48.16, 57.41, 24.77

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 31% · Blue 21%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 67% · Yellow 77% · Key 8%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EA4E35 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EA4E35 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EA4E35

.text { color: #EA4E35; }
.background { background-color: #EA4E35; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EA4E35; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(234, 78, 53); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(8, 81%, 56%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EA4E35; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(234, 78, 53, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EA4E35; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(234, 78, 53, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EA4E35">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EA4E35">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EA4E35

#E7381D#D43016#B92913#A22411#8A1F0F#731A0C#5C150A#410E07#2A0904#120402

Tints of #EA4E35

#EC5C46#EE6D59#EF7D6B#F18D7E#F39D90#F5AEA3#F7BEB5#F9CEC8#FBDEDA#FDEFED

Tones of #EA4E35

#DC5641#D05F4E#C2695B#B67268#A97C75#9C8581

Color harmonies

Complementary — #34D1EA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text3.72:1 AA large only
Against black text5.64:1 AA

Best text color on #EA4E35: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EA4E35

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 #EA4E35: ·

How #EA4E35 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #A6A53BDeuteranopia · #B0BB3CTritanopia · #E24041

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 #EA4E35 rather than the exact color:

Misty Ruby Marble
#7238E6 · #DC17EC · #E83089 · #EE5240
Palette Ffdbc5
#FFDBC5 · #EF4339 · #B01C33 · #2E112D
Gentle Zephyr
#924311 · #E75B36 · #5DB4EC · #A4D2EE
Palette 524646
#524646 · #A8A492 · #FCF2E5 · #EC5B38
Palette 5eabd6
#5EABD6 · #FEFBC7 · #FFB4B4 · #E14434
Palette Eb5a3c
#EB5A3C · #DF9755 · #E7D283 · #EDF4C2

Similar colors

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

#EE5240#EF4339#E75B36#EC5B38#E14434#EB5A3C#ED5529#EE4540#E85D35#E43F35#E0462B#DD4530

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EA4E34  ·  #EA4E36 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EA4E35?

#EA4E35 is Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 234, 78, 53). Its closest standard named color is Tomato.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EA4E35?

#EA4E35 is RGB 234, 78, 53 — HSL 8°, 81%, 56% — CMYK 0%, 67%, 77%, 8%.

What colors go with #EA4E35?

Its complement is #34D1EA; analogous partners are #EA3477 and #EAA734. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EA4E35 for text?

Black text on #EA4E35 has a contrast ratio of 5.64:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 3.72:1.