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#FD4E49 — Vivid Red

#FD4E49 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 #FD4E49 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.

#FD4E49 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 #49F7FD; it also sits naturally between #FD499D and #FDA949. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FD4E49 · RGB 253, 78, 73

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Color values

HEX#FD4E49
RGB253, 78, 73
HSL2°, 98%, 64%
HSV2°, 71%, 99%
CMYK0%, 69%, 71%, 1%
XYZ44.44, 26.81, 9.14
Yxy26.81, 0.5528, 0.3336
CIE-Lab58.80, 65.64, 41.41
Hunter Lab51.78, 66.37, 23.85

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 99% · Green 31% · Blue 29%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 69% · Yellow 71% · Key 1%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FD4E49 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FD4E49 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FD4E49

.text { color: #FD4E49; }
.background { background-color: #FD4E49; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FD4E49; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(253, 78, 73); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(2, 98%, 64%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FD4E49; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(253, 78, 73, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FD4E49; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(253, 78, 73, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FD4E49">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FD4E49">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FD4E49

#FD322B#FD150D#E80A02#CA0902#AC0702#8D0601#6F0501#510301#320201#140100

Tints of #FD4E49

#FD5E58#FD6D68#FE807C#FE8F8B#FE9D9A#FEACA9#FEBBB8#FECECD#FFDDDC#FFEBEB

Tones of #FD4E49

#F05B56#E36763#D77370#CA7F7D#BD8B89#B09796

Color harmonies

Complementary — #49F7FD:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text3.30:1 AA large only
Against black text6.36:1 AA

Best text color on #FD4E49: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FD4E49

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 #FD4E49: ·

How #FD4E49 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #B1B04ADeuteranopia · #BBC94BTritanopia · #F44B4B

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 #FD4E49 rather than the exact color:

Palette F3feb8
#F3FEB8 · #FFDE4D · #FFB22C · #FF4C4C
Palette Ffd41d
#FFD41D · #FFA240 · #D73535 · #FF4646
Palette 88e0ef
#88E0EF · #161E54 · #FF5151 · #FF9B6A
Palette Fcf596
#FCF596 · #FBD288 · #FF9C73 · #FF4545
Mellow Ruby Meadow
#08071C · #9FFE2C · #FA5451 · #3CFC18
Wild Zephyr
#0C0B29 · #1EFA76 · #FB49DF · #FF4444

Similar colors

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

#FF4C4C#FF4646#FF5151#FF4545#FA5451#FF4444#FA5947#F9594D#F95454#F94E56#FF5555#F0504E

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FD4E48  ·  #FD4E4A →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FD4E49?

#FD4E49 is Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 253, 78, 73). Its closest standard named color is Tomato.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FD4E49?

#FD4E49 is RGB 253, 78, 73 — HSL 2°, 98%, 64% — CMYK 0%, 69%, 71%, 1%.

What colors go with #FD4E49?

Its complement is #49F7FD; analogous partners are #FD499D and #FDA949. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FD4E49 for text?

Black text on #FD4E49 has a contrast ratio of 6.36:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 3.30:1.