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#FD4E60 — Vivid Red

#FD4E60 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 #FD4E60 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.

#FD4E60 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 #4EFDEC; it also sits naturally between #FD4EB7 and #FD944E. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FD4E60 · RGB 253, 78, 96

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Color values

HEX#FD4E60
RGB253, 78, 96
HSL354°, 98%, 65%
HSV354°, 69%, 99%
CMYK0%, 69%, 62%, 1%
XYZ45.34, 27.18, 13.92
Yxy27.18, 0.5246, 0.3144
CIE-Lab59.14, 66.82, 28.79
Hunter Lab52.13, 67.88, 18.50

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 99% · Green 31% · Blue 38%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 69% · Yellow 62% · Key 1%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FD4E60 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FD4E60 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FD4E60

.text { color: #FD4E60; }
.background { background-color: #FD4E60; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FD4E60; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(253, 78, 96); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(354, 98%, 65%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FD4E60; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(253, 78, 96, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FD4E60; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(253, 78, 96, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FD4E60">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FD4E60">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FD4E60

#FD3044#FD1229#ED021A#CF0217#B10213#8D010F#6F010C#510109#320106#140002

Tints of #FD4E60

#FD5D6D#FE6D7B#FE7C89#FE8B96#FE9FA9#FEAEB6#FEBDC4#FECDD2#FFDCDF#FFEBED

Tones of #FD4E60

#F15B6A#E46774#D8747E#CB8088#BF8D92#B2999C

Color harmonies

Complementary — #4EFDEC:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text3.26:1 AA large only
Against black text6.44:1 AA

Best text color on #FD4E60: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FD4E60

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 #FD4E60: ·

How #FD4E60 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #B1B05CDeuteranopia · #BBC95BTritanopia · #F45857

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 rose 500 · #F43F5ETailwind red 500 · #EF4444Material Red 500 · #F44336

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #FD4E60 rather than the exact color:

Modern Ruby Twilight
#091621 · #FBC42D · #F84C64 · #F99A3F
Palette 004182
#004182 · #118DF0 · #FBFFA3 · #FF4B68
Palette F6f982
#F6F982 · #D9D46F · #FA5862 · #C64272
Tender Bloom
#25250B · #4CF9F2 · #F94E56 · #9347FA
Electric Ruby Mirage
#0E1A09 · #FC445C · #3636FD · #4A70FE
Palette Fa4659
#FA4659 · #FEFFE4 · #A3DE83 · #2EB872

Similar colors

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

#F84C64#FF4B68#FA5862#F94E56#FC445C#FA4659#FC4668#FE4669#FF5757#FF5656#FF5555#FF5A5A

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FD4E5F  ·  #FD4E61 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FD4E60?

#FD4E60 is Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 253, 78, 96). Its closest standard named color is Tomato.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FD4E60?

#FD4E60 is RGB 253, 78, 96 — HSL 354°, 98%, 65% — CMYK 0%, 69%, 62%, 1%.

What colors go with #FD4E60?

Its complement is #4EFDEC; analogous partners are #FD4EB7 and #FD944E. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FD4E60 for text?

Black text on #FD4E60 has a contrast ratio of 6.44:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 3.26:1.