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#EB4E33 — Vivid Red

#EB4E33 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 #EB4E33 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.

#EB4E33 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 #33CFEB; it also sits naturally between #EB3373 and #EBAA33. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EB4E33 · RGB 235, 78, 51

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Color values

HEX#EB4E33
RGB235, 78, 51
HSL9°, 82%, 56%
HSV9°, 78%, 92%
CMYK0%, 67%, 78%, 8%
XYZ37.58, 23.35, 5.66
Yxy23.35, 0.5644, 0.3506
CIE-Lab55.43, 59.10, 48.52
Hunter Lab48.32, 57.75, 25.18

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 31% · Blue 20%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 67% · Yellow 78% · Key 8%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EB4E33 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EB4E33 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EB4E33

.text { color: #EB4E33; }
.background { background-color: #EB4E33; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EB4E33; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(235, 78, 51); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(9, 82%, 56%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EB4E33; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(235, 78, 51, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EB4E33; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(235, 78, 51, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EB4E33">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EB4E33">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EB4E33

#E93A1C#D53215#BA2B12#A22610#8B210E#741B0B#5D1609#410F06#2A0A04#130402

Tints of #EB4E33

#ED5E45#EE6F58#F07F6A#F28F7D#F49F90#F6AFA2#F8BFB5#F9CFC7#FBDFDA#FDEFEC

Tones of #EB4E33

#DD5840#D1604D#C46A5A#B67368#A97D75#9C8581

Color harmonies

Complementary — #33CFEB:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

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

Best text color on #EB4E33: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EB4E33

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 #EB4E33: ·

How #EB4E33 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #A7A63ADeuteranopia · #B0BC3BTritanopia · #E33F40

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 #EB4E33 rather than the exact color:

Burning Ruby Solace
#B00F41 · #ED5529 · #F3D26D · #DBF698
Palette Ffdbc5
#FFDBC5 · #EF4339 · #B01C33 · #2E112D
Misty Ruby Marble
#7238E6 · #DC17EC · #E83089 · #EE5240
Gentle Zephyr
#924311 · #E75B36 · #5DB4EC · #A4D2EE
Palette 524646
#524646 · #A8A492 · #FCF2E5 · #EC5B38
Palette 5eabd6
#5EABD6 · #FEFBC7 · #FFB4B4 · #E14434

Similar colors

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

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

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EB4E32  ·  #EB4E34 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EB4E33?

#EB4E33 is Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 235, 78, 51). Its closest standard named color is Tomato.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EB4E33?

#EB4E33 is RGB 235, 78, 51 — HSL 9°, 82%, 56% — CMYK 0%, 67%, 78%, 8%.

What colors go with #EB4E33?

Its complement is #33CFEB; analogous partners are #EB3373 and #EBAA33. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EB4E33 for text?

Black text on #EB4E33 has a contrast ratio of 5.67:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 3.70:1.