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#EA512E — Vivid Red

#EA512E 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 #EA512E 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.

#EA512E 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 #2EC8EA; it also sits naturally between #EA2E6A and #EAAF2E. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EA512E · RGB 234, 81, 46

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Color values

HEX#EA512E
RGB234, 81, 46
HSL11°, 82%, 55%
HSV11°, 80%, 92%
CMYK0%, 65%, 80%, 8%
XYZ37.37, 23.57, 5.17
Yxy23.57, 0.5653, 0.3566
CIE-Lab55.66, 57.41, 51.15
Hunter Lab48.55, 55.87, 26.00

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 32% · Blue 18%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 65% · Yellow 80% · Key 8%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EA512E on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EA512E on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EA512E

.text { color: #EA512E; }
.background { background-color: #EA512E; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EA512E; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(234, 81, 46); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(11, 82%, 55%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EA512E; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(234, 81, 46, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EA512E; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(234, 81, 46, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EA512E">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EA512E">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EA512E

#E83D17#D13715#BA3112#A22B10#8B250E#6F1D0B#581709#411106#2A0B04#130502

Tints of #EA512E

#EC6041#EE7053#F07F66#F28F78#F4A290#F6B2A2#F8C1B5#F9D1C7#FBE0DA#FDF0EC

Tones of #EA512E

#DD593C#D06149#C26A56#B47364#A77C72#9A847E

Color harmonies

Complementary — #2EC8EA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text3.67:1 AA large only
Against black text5.71:1 AA

Best text color on #EA512E: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EA512E

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 #EA512E: ·

How #EA512E looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #A8A636Deuteranopia · #B1BC39Tritanopia · #E23D3F

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 · #F44336Material Deep Orange 500 · #FF5722Tailwind red 500 · #EF4444

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #EA512E rather than the exact color:

Burning Ruby Solace
#B00F41 · #ED5529 · #F3D26D · #DBF698
Palette 1b1a17
#1B1A17 · #F0A500 · #E45826 · #E6D5B8
Gentle Zephyr
#924311 · #E75B36 · #5DB4EC · #A4D2EE
Silent Ruby Zephyr
#E85D35 · #E2C16F · #A5C61E · #7CE849
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#E45826#E75B36#E85D35#EC5B38#E0462B#E6521F#DC5528#DF462A#E5602B#F35B25#F45B26

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EA512D  ·  #EA512F →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EA512E?

#EA512E is Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 234, 81, 46). Its closest standard named color is Tomato.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EA512E?

#EA512E is RGB 234, 81, 46 — HSL 11°, 82%, 55% — CMYK 0%, 65%, 80%, 8%.

What colors go with #EA512E?

Its complement is #2EC8EA; analogous partners are #EA2E6A and #EAAF2E. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EA512E for text?

Black text on #EA512E has a contrast ratio of 5.71:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 3.67:1.