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#EB403F — Vivid Red

#EB403F 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 #EB403F 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.

#EB403F 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 #3DEBEB; it also sits naturally between #EB3D94 and #EB943D. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EB403F · RGB 235, 64, 63

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Color values

HEX#EB403F
RGB235, 64, 63
HSL0°, 81%, 58%
HSV0°, 73%, 92%
CMYK0%, 73%, 73%, 8%
XYZ36.99, 21.69, 6.94
Yxy21.69, 0.5637, 0.3305
CIE-Lab53.69, 64.65, 40.28
Hunter Lab46.57, 63.77, 22.05

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 25% · Blue 25%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 73% · Yellow 73% · Key 8%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EB403F on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EB403F on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EB403F

.text { color: #EB403F; }
.background { background-color: #EB403F; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EB403F; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(235, 64, 63); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(0, 81%, 58%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EB403F; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(235, 64, 63, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EB403F; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(235, 64, 63, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EB403F">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EB403F">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EB403F

#E82626#D91717#C21414#A61111#8F0F0F#780D0D#5C0A0A#450707#2A0404#120202

Tints of #EB403F

#ED5050#EF6262#F07070#F28282#F49595#F6A7A7#F8BABA#F9C8C8#FBDADA#FDEDED

Tones of #EB403F

#DE4A4A#D25656#C56363#B96E6E#AD7B7B#A18787

Color harmonies

Complementary — #3DEBEB:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text3.93:1 AA large only
Against black text5.34:1 AA

Best text color on #EB403F: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EB403F

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 #EB403F: ·

How #EB403F looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #A19F3FDeuteranopia · #ABB83FTritanopia · #E23F3F

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 #EB403F rather than the exact color:

Palette 711db0
#711DB0 · #C21292 · #EF4040 · #FFA732
Palette 2d132c
#2D132C · #801336 · #C72C41 · #EE4540
Palette Ffdbc5
#FFDBC5 · #EF4339 · #B01C33 · #2E112D
Palette Fff3e2
#FFF3E2 · #FFE5CA · #FA9884 · #E74646
Palette C9182b
#C9182B · #F23A3A · #E3F3AC · #44C662
Palette 8b1e2d
#8B1E2D · #E63946 · #F4D35E · #457B9D

Similar colors

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

#EF4040#EE4540#EF4339#E74646#F23A3A#E63946#E43F35#E4373A#DF3C3E#DE3E3E#DD403F#E0383B

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EB403E  ·  #EB4040 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EB403F?

#EB403F is Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 235, 64, 63). Its closest standard named color is Tomato.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EB403F?

#EB403F is RGB 235, 64, 63 — HSL 0°, 81%, 58% — CMYK 0%, 73%, 73%, 8%.

What colors go with #EB403F?

Its complement is #3DEBEB; analogous partners are #EB3D94 and #EB943D. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EB403F for text?

Black text on #EB403F has a contrast ratio of 5.34:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 3.93:1.