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#EB4E50 — Vivid Red

#EB4E50 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 #EB4E50 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.

#EB4E50 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 #4CEBE8; it also sits naturally between #EB4C9E and #EB994C. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EB4E50 · RGB 235, 78, 80

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Color values

HEX#EB4E50
RGB235, 78, 80
HSL359°, 80%, 61%
HSV359°, 67%, 92%
CMYK0%, 67%, 66%, 8%
XYZ38.43, 23.69, 10.14
Yxy23.69, 0.5319, 0.3278
CIE-Lab55.78, 60.36, 33.11
Hunter Lab48.67, 59.30, 19.81

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 31% · Blue 31%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 67% · Yellow 66% · Key 8%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EB4E50 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EB4E50 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EB4E50

.text { color: #EB4E50; }
.background { background-color: #EB4E50; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EB4E50; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(235, 78, 80); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(359, 80%, 61%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EB4E50; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(235, 78, 80, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EB4E50; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(235, 78, 80, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EB4E50">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EB4E50">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EB4E50

#E83034#E6191D#CA1619#AE1316#971113#7C0E10#600B0C#450809#2E0506#120202

Tints of #EB4E50

#ED5E61#EF6C6E#F17E80#F28C8E#F49FA0#F6ACAE#F8BFC0#F9CDCD#FBDFDF#FDEDED

Tones of #EB4E50

#E05759#D46365#C96E6F#BD7A7B#B28585#A69191

Color harmonies

Complementary — #4CEBE8:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text3.66:1 AA large only
Against black text5.74:1 AA

Best text color on #EB4E50: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EB4E50

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 #EB4E50: ·

How #EB4E50 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #A7A650Deuteranopia · #B0BC4FTritanopia · #E34F4F

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 · #EF4444Tailwind rose 500 · #F43F5EMaterial Red 500 · #F44336

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #EB4E50 rather than the exact color:

Palette 219c90
#219C90 · #FFF455 · #FFC700 · #EE4E4E
Palette 799351
#799351 · #A1DD70 · #F6EEC9 · #EE4E4E
Palette Eb4c4c
#EB4C4C · #FF7070 · #FFA6A6 · #FFEDC7
Palette 5b7e3c
#5B7E3C · #FFD65A · #FF9D23 · #EA5252
Palette Faf4d0
#FAF4D0 · #C14545 · #EA4C4C · #703B3B
Palette A13939
#A13939 · #E75151 · #FCC88A · #C2C57F

Similar colors

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

#EE4E4E#EB4C4C#EA5252#EA4C4C#E75151#F0504E#EA5455#F05454#ED5258#E54A4A#E24F57#E8505B

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EB4E4F  ·  #EB4E51 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EB4E50?

#EB4E50 is Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 235, 78, 80). Its closest standard named color is Tomato.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EB4E50?

#EB4E50 is RGB 235, 78, 80 — HSL 359°, 80%, 61% — CMYK 0%, 67%, 66%, 8%.

What colors go with #EB4E50?

Its complement is #4CEBE8; analogous partners are #EB4C9E and #EB994C. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EB4E50 for text?

Black text on #EB4E50 has a contrast ratio of 5.74:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 3.66:1.