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#FF4733 — Vivid Red

#FF4733 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 #FF4733 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.

#FF4733 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 #33EBFF; it also sits naturally between #FF3385 and #FFAD33. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FF4733 · RGB 255, 71, 51

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Color values

HEX#FF4733
RGB255, 71, 51
HSL6°, 100%, 60%
HSV6°, 80%, 100%
CMYK0%, 72%, 80%, 0%
XYZ44.09, 26.01, 5.83
Yxy26.01, 0.5807, 0.3425
CIE-Lab58.04, 67.91, 52.29
Hunter Lab51.00, 68.89, 27.15

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 100% · Green 28% · Blue 20%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 72% · Yellow 80% · Key 0%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FF4733 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FF4733 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FF4733

.text { color: #FF4733; }
.background { background-color: #FF4733; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FF4733; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(255, 71, 51); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(6, 100%, 60%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FF4733; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(255, 71, 51, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FF4733; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(255, 71, 51, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FF4733">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FF4733">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FF4733

#FF2C14#FA1900#DB1600#C21300#A31000#850D00#6B0B00#4D0800#330500#140200

Tints of #FF4733

#FF5A47#FF6857#FF7A6B#FF887A#FF9A8F#FFACA3#FFBAB3#FFCDC7#FFDAD6#FFEDEB

Tones of #FF4733

#F15341#E15F51#D36A5F#C5766D#B7817B#A78E8B

Color harmonies

Complementary — #33EBFF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text3.39:1 AA large only
Against black text6.20:1 AA

Best text color on #FF4733: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FF4733

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 #FF4733: ·

How #FF4733 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #AFAE38Deuteranopia · #BAC839Tritanopia · #F63C3D

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:

Material Red 500 · #F44336Material Deep Orange 500 · #FF5722Tailwind red 500 · #EF4444

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #FF4733 rather than the exact color:

Palette Ff3f33
#FF3F33 · #FFE6E1 · #075B5E · #9FC87E
Palette Fef3e2
#FEF3E2 · #FAB12F · #FA812F · #FA4032
Palette 5bd1d7
#5BD1D7 · #348498 · #004D61 · #FF502F
Palette Ebefd0
#EBEFD0 · #32DBC6 · #49BEB7 · #FF502F
Dusty Garden
#180918 · #53FC52 · #FF3E2D · #2FF8A2
Silent Opal
#240923 · #49FA1B · #F64130 · #4A73FE

Similar colors

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

#FF3F33#FA4032#FF502F#FF3E2D#F64130#FD413D#FE4F2A#FB403E#F73F2B#FB4141#FF3838#FF5733

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FF4732  ·  #FF4734 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FF4733?

#FF4733 is Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 255, 71, 51). Its closest standard named color is Tomato.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FF4733?

#FF4733 is RGB 255, 71, 51 — HSL 6°, 100%, 60% — CMYK 0%, 72%, 80%, 0%.

What colors go with #FF4733?

Its complement is #33EBFF; analogous partners are #FF3385 and #FFAD33. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FF4733 for text?

Black text on #FF4733 has a contrast ratio of 6.20:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 3.39:1.