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#EA4E4B — Vivid Red

#EA4E4B 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 #EA4E4B 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.

#EA4E4B 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 #4DE7EA; it also sits naturally between #EA4D99 and #EA9E4D. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EA4E4B · RGB 234, 78, 75

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Color values

HEX#EA4E4B
RGB234, 78, 75
HSL1°, 79%, 61%
HSV1°, 68%, 92%
CMYK0%, 67%, 68%, 8%
XYZ37.93, 23.45, 9.18
Yxy23.45, 0.5375, 0.3323
CIE-Lab55.53, 59.78, 35.62
Hunter Lab48.42, 58.56, 20.79

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 31% · Blue 29%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 67% · Yellow 68% · Key 8%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EA4E4B on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EA4E4B on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EA4E4B

.text { color: #EA4E4B; }
.background { background-color: #EA4E4B; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EA4E4B; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(234, 78, 75); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(1, 79%, 61%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EA4E4B; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(234, 78, 75, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EA4E4B; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(234, 78, 75, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EA4E4B">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EA4E4B">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EA4E4B

#E73532#E41E1B#C91B18#AD1714#971412#7B100E#600D0B#440908#2E0605#120202

Tints of #EA4E4B

#EC625F#EE6F6D#F0817F#F28F8D#F4A19F#F5AEAD#F8C0BF#F9CECD#FBE0DF#FDEDED

Tones of #EA4E4B

#DF5A58#D36664#C8706F#BD7B7A#B28585#A69191

Color harmonies

Complementary — #4DE7EA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text3.69:1 AA large only
Against black text5.69:1 AA

Best text color on #EA4E4B: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EA4E4B

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 #EA4E4B: ·

How #EA4E4B looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #A6A54CDeuteranopia · #B0BB4CTritanopia · #E24C4C

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 · #F44336Tailwind rose 500 · #F43F5E

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #EA4E4B rather than the exact color:

Palette Faf4d0
#FAF4D0 · #C14545 · #EA4C4C · #703B3B
Palette Eb4c4c
#EB4C4C · #FF7070 · #FFA6A6 · #FFEDC7
Palette 219c90
#219C90 · #FFF455 · #FFC700 · #EE4E4E
Palette 799351
#799351 · #A1DD70 · #F6EEC9 · #EE4E4E
Rustic Opal
#9613A2 · #861352 · #E54A4A · #E7973C
Dusty Ruby Bloom
#CC4AE0 · #D71C85 · #F0504E · #B87415

Similar colors

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

#EA4C4C#EB4C4C#EE4E4E#E54A4A#F0504E#E75151#EA5252#E74646#EA5455#EE5240#F05454#ED5258

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EA4E4A  ·  #EA4E4C →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EA4E4B?

#EA4E4B is Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 234, 78, 75). Its closest standard named color is Tomato.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EA4E4B?

#EA4E4B is RGB 234, 78, 75 — HSL 1°, 79%, 61% — CMYK 0%, 67%, 68%, 8%.

What colors go with #EA4E4B?

Its complement is #4DE7EA; analogous partners are #EA4D99 and #EA9E4D. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EA4E4B for text?

Black text on #EA4E4B has a contrast ratio of 5.69:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 3.69:1.