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#FD4E78 — Vivid Red

#FD4E78 is a red color we call Vivid Red, closest to the named color Salmon (#FA8072). It belongs to the red family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: salmon (#FA8072) — not an exact match. CSS salmon gives you #FA8072, a different color; use #FD4E78 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.

#FD4E78 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 #4EFDD4; it also sits naturally between #FD4ECF and #FD7D4E. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FD4E78 · RGB 253, 78, 120

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Color values

HEX#FD4E78
RGB253, 78, 120
HSL346°, 98%, 65%
HSV346°, 69%, 99%
CMYK0%, 69%, 53%, 1%
XYZ46.62, 27.69, 20.66
Yxy27.69, 0.4909, 0.2916
CIE-Lab59.61, 68.44, 15.43
Hunter Lab52.62, 69.98, 11.11

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 99% · Green 31% · Blue 47%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 69% · Yellow 53% · Key 1%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FD4E78 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FD4E78 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FD4E78

.text { color: #FD4E78; }
.background { background-color: #FD4E78; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FD4E78; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(253, 78, 120); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(346, 98%, 65%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FD4E78; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(253, 78, 120, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FD4E78; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(253, 78, 120, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FD4E78">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FD4E78">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FD4E78

#FD3060#FD1249#ED0239#CF0232#B1022B#8D0122#6F011B#510113#32010C#140005

Tints of #FD4E78

#FD5D83#FE6D8E#FE7C9A#FE8BA6#FE9FB5#FEAEC1#FEBDCD#FECDD8#FFDCE4#FFEBEF

Tones of #FD4E78

#F15B7E#E46784#D8748B#CB8092#BF8D98#B2999F

Color harmonies

Complementary — #4EFDD4:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text3.21:1 AA large only
Against black text6.54:1 AA

Best text color on #FD4E78: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FD4E78

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 #FD4E78: ·

How #FD4E78 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #B1B06EDeuteranopia · #BBC96BTritanopia · #F46664

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 pink 500 · #EC4899Tailwind pink 600 · #DB2777

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #FD4E78 rather than the exact color:

Velvet Harbor
#1B180B · #FA4C7A · #1340FA · #DB13FA
Palette Ffe97d
#FFE97D · #FFEF9F · #E13F7C · #FF537B
Rustic Ruby Tempest
#25310E · #FC3139 · #FE4A7D · #1CEAF6
Frozen Aurora
#0F0927 · #1CF7DC · #FA41C5 · #FB557B
Ruby Cascade
#5003C0 · #AB03A9 · #FF467A · #FFD51E
Rustic Saffron
#12252B · #1BFC47 · #FC477D · #FAA81B

Similar colors

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

#FA4C7A#FF537B#FE4A7D#FB557B#FF467A#FC477D#FF487E#FF477E#F75270#FF5580#FF577F#FF597B

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FD4E77  ·  #FD4E79 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FD4E78?

#FD4E78 is Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 253, 78, 120). Its closest standard named color is Salmon.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FD4E78?

#FD4E78 is RGB 253, 78, 120 — HSL 346°, 98%, 65% — CMYK 0%, 69%, 53%, 1%.

What colors go with #FD4E78?

Its complement is #4EFDD4; analogous partners are #FD4ECF and #FD7D4E. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FD4E78 for text?

Black text on #FD4E78 has a contrast ratio of 6.54:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 3.21:1.