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#EA4E44 — Vivid Red

#EA4E44 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 #EA4E44 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.

#EA4E44 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 #43DFEA; it also sits naturally between #EA438B and #EAA243. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EA4E44 · RGB 234, 78, 68

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Color values

HEX#EA4E44
RGB234, 78, 68
HSL4°, 80%, 59%
HSV4°, 71%, 92%
CMYK0%, 67%, 71%, 8%
XYZ37.70, 23.36, 7.99
Yxy23.36, 0.5460, 0.3383
CIE-Lab55.44, 59.44, 39.44
Hunter Lab48.33, 58.15, 22.22

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 31% · Blue 27%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 67% · Yellow 71% · Key 8%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EA4E44 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EA4E44 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EA4E44

.text { color: #EA4E44; }
.background { background-color: #EA4E44; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EA4E44; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(234, 78, 68); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(4, 80%, 59%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EA4E44; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(234, 78, 68, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EA4E44; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(234, 78, 68, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EA4E44">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EA4E44">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EA4E44

#E8382C#DC2618#C52216#AA1D13#931910#77140D#60100B#450C08#2E0805#120302

Tints of #EA4E44

#EC5F55#EE6C63#F07D75#F28F88#F4A09A#F5ADA8#F7BEBA#F9D0CD#FBDCDA#FDEEED

Tones of #EA4E44

#DF584E#D2635B#C76D66#BA7873#AE827E#A28C8B

Color harmonies

Complementary — #43DFEA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text3.70:1 AA large only
Against black text5.67:1 AA

Best text color on #EA4E44: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EA4E44

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 #EA4E44: ·

How #EA4E44 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #A6A546Deuteranopia · #B0BB47Tritanopia · #E24849

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 · #EF4444Material Red 500 · #F44336Bootstrap danger · #DC3545

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #EA4E44 rather than the exact color:

Misty Ruby Marble
#7238E6 · #DC17EC · #E83089 · #EE5240
Palette Faf4d0
#FAF4D0 · #C14545 · #EA4C4C · #703B3B
Palette Eb4c4c
#EB4C4C · #FF7070 · #FFA6A6 · #FFEDC7
Rustic Opal
#9613A2 · #861352 · #E54A4A · #E7973C
Palette Fff3e2
#FFF3E2 · #FFE5CA · #FA9884 · #E74646
Palette 2d132c
#2D132C · #801336 · #C72C41 · #EE4540

Similar colors

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

#EE5240#EA4C4C#EB4C4C#E54A4A#E74646#EE4540#EE4E4E#E45742#F0504E#F05941#E75151#EB5A3C

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EA4E43  ·  #EA4E45 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EA4E44?

#EA4E44 is Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 234, 78, 68). Its closest standard named color is Tomato.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EA4E44?

#EA4E44 is RGB 234, 78, 68 — HSL 4°, 80%, 59% — CMYK 0%, 67%, 71%, 8%.

What colors go with #EA4E44?

Its complement is #43DFEA; analogous partners are #EA438B and #EAA243. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EA4E44 for text?

Black text on #EA4E44 has a contrast ratio of 5.67:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 3.70:1.