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#FD4E4B — Vivid Red

#FD4E4B 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 #FD4E4B 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.

#FD4E4B 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 #49FAFD; it also sits naturally between #FD49A0 and #FDA649. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FD4E4B · RGB 253, 78, 75

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Color values

HEX#FD4E4B
RGB253, 78, 75
HSL1°, 98%, 64%
HSV1°, 70%, 99%
CMYK0%, 69%, 70%, 1%
XYZ44.50, 26.84, 9.49
Yxy26.84, 0.5505, 0.3320
CIE-Lab58.83, 65.73, 40.33
Hunter Lab51.81, 66.48, 23.45

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 99% · Green 31% · Blue 29%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 69% · Yellow 70% · Key 1%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FD4E4B on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FD4E4B on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FD4E4B

.text { color: #FD4E4B; }
.background { background-color: #FD4E4B; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FD4E4B; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(253, 78, 75); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(1, 98%, 64%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FD4E4B; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(253, 78, 75, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FD4E4B; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(253, 78, 75, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FD4E4B">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FD4E4B">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FD4E4B

#FD2E2B#FD110D#E80602#CA0502#AC0502#8D0401#6F0301#510201#320101#140100

Tints of #FD4E4B

#FD5B58#FD6A68#FE7E7C#FE8D8B#FE9C9A#FEABA9#FEB9B8#FECDCD#FFDCDC#FFEBEB

Tones of #FD4E4B

#F05956#E36563#D77270#CA7E7D#BD8A89#B09796

Color harmonies

Complementary — #49FAFD:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text3.30:1 AA large only
Against black text6.37:1 AA

Best text color on #FD4E4B: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FD4E4B

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 #FD4E4B: ·

How #FD4E4B looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #B1B04CDeuteranopia · #BBC94CTritanopia · #F44C4C

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 #FD4E4B rather than the exact color:

Palette F3feb8
#F3FEB8 · #FFDE4D · #FFB22C · #FF4C4C
Palette 88e0ef
#88E0EF · #161E54 · #FF5151 · #FF9B6A
Mellow Ruby Meadow
#08071C · #9FFE2C · #FA5451 · #3CFC18
Palette Ffd41d
#FFD41D · #FFA240 · #D73535 · #FF4646
Palette Fcf596
#FCF596 · #FBD288 · #FF9C73 · #FF4545
Palette 0d92f4
#0D92F4 · #77CDFF · #F95454 · #C62E2E

Similar colors

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

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

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FD4E4A  ·  #FD4E4C →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FD4E4B?

#FD4E4B is Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 253, 78, 75). Its closest standard named color is Tomato.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FD4E4B?

#FD4E4B is RGB 253, 78, 75 — HSL 1°, 98%, 64% — CMYK 0%, 69%, 70%, 1%.

What colors go with #FD4E4B?

Its complement is #49FAFD; analogous partners are #FD49A0 and #FDA649. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FD4E4B for text?

Black text on #FD4E4B has a contrast ratio of 6.37:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 3.30:1.