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#FE4E4A — Vivid Red

#FE4E4A 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 #FE4E4A 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.

#FE4E4A 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 #48FBFE; it also sits naturally between #FE48A0 and #FEA648. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FE4E4A · RGB 254, 78, 74

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Color values

HEX#FE4E4A
RGB254, 78, 74
HSL1°, 99%, 64%
HSV1°, 71%, 100%
CMYK0%, 69%, 71%, 0%
XYZ44.83, 27.01, 9.33
Yxy27.01, 0.5523, 0.3328
CIE-Lab58.99, 66.00, 41.12
Hunter Lab51.98, 66.84, 23.79

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 100% · Green 31% · Blue 29%

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

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

Previews

Sample text in #FE4E4A on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FE4E4A on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FE4E4A

.text { color: #FE4E4A; }
.background { background-color: #FE4E4A; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FE4E4A; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(254, 78, 74); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(1, 99%, 64%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FE4E4A; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(254, 78, 74, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FE4E4A; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(254, 78, 74, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FE4E4A">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FE4E4A">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FE4E4A

#FE2D2A#FE0F0B#E90501#CB0401#AD0401#8E0301#700201#510200#330100#140000

Tints of #FE4E4A

#FE5A58#FE6967#FE7D7B#FE8C8A#FE9B9A#FFAAA9#FFB9B8#FFCDCC#FFDCDB#FFEBEB

Tones of #FE4E4A

#F15855#E46462#D8716F#CA7E7D#BD8A89#B09796

Color harmonies

Complementary — #48FBFE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text3.28:1 AA large only
Against black text6.40:1 AA

Best text color on #FE4E4A: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FE4E4A

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 #FE4E4A: ·

How #FE4E4A looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #B2B04BDeuteranopia · #BCC94BTritanopia · #F54C4C

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 #FE4E4A rather than the exact color:

Palette F3feb8
#F3FEB8 · #FFDE4D · #FFB22C · #FF4C4C
Palette 88e0ef
#88E0EF · #161E54 · #FF5151 · #FF9B6A
Palette Ffd41d
#FFD41D · #FFA240 · #D73535 · #FF4646
Mellow Ruby Meadow
#08071C · #9FFE2C · #FA5451 · #3CFC18
Palette Fcf596
#FCF596 · #FBD288 · #FF9C73 · #FF4545
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#FF5151#FF4646#FA5451#FF4545#FF4444#FA5947#F9594D#F95454#F94E56#FF5555#FF5656

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FE4E49  ·  #FE4E4B →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FE4E4A?

#FE4E4A is Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 254, 78, 74). Its closest standard named color is Tomato.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FE4E4A?

#FE4E4A is RGB 254, 78, 74 — HSL 1°, 99%, 64% — CMYK 0%, 69%, 71%, 0%.

What colors go with #FE4E4A?

Its complement is #48FBFE; analogous partners are #FE48A0 and #FEA648. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FE4E4A for text?

Black text on #FE4E4A has a contrast ratio of 6.40:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 3.28:1.