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#FF554F — Vivid Red

#FF554F 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 #FF554F 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.

#FF554F 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 #4DF9FF; it also sits naturally between #FF4DA0 and #FFAC4D. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FF554F · RGB 255, 85, 79

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Color values

HEX#FF554F
RGB255, 85, 79
HSL2°, 100%, 65%
HSV2°, 69%, 100%
CMYK0%, 67%, 69%, 0%
XYZ45.90, 28.32, 10.44
Yxy28.32, 0.5421, 0.3345
CIE-Lab60.18, 63.92, 39.79
Hunter Lab53.22, 64.68, 23.59

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 100% · Green 33% · Blue 31%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 67% · Yellow 69% · Key 0%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FF554F on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FF554F on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FF554F

.text { color: #FF554F; }
.background { background-color: #FF554F; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FF554F; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(255, 85, 79); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(2, 100%, 65%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FF554F; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(255, 85, 79, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FF554F; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(255, 85, 79, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FF554F">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FF554F">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FF554F

#FF352E#FF170F#F00800#D10700#B30600#8F0500#700400#520300#330200#140100

Tints of #FF554F

#FF615C#FF706B#FF7F7A#FF8E8A#FFA19E#FFB0AD#FFBFBD#FFCECC#FFDCDB#FFEBEB

Tones of #FF554F

#F35E59#E56B66#D97673#CC827F#C08E8C#B29A99

Color harmonies

Complementary — #4DF9FF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text3.15:1 AA large only
Against black text6.66:1 AA

Best text color on #FF554F: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FF554F

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 #FF554F: ·

How #FF554F looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #B5B450Deuteranopia · #BFCC51Tritanopia · #F75252

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 · #EF4444Tailwind rose 500 · #F43F5EMaterial Red 500 · #F44336

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #FF554F rather than the exact color:

Palette 88e0ef
#88E0EF · #161E54 · #FF5151 · #FF9B6A
Mellow Ruby Meadow
#08071C · #9FFE2C · #FA5451 · #3CFC18
Palette Ff5555
#FF5555 · #FF937E · #C1E59F · #A3D78A
Palette 8ce4ff
#8CE4FF · #FEEE91 · #FFA239 · #FF5656
Vintage Ruby Bloom
#13122E · #FC4A9A · #F9594D · #A2F713
Palette 0d92f4
#0D92F4 · #77CDFF · #F95454 · #C62E2E

Similar colors

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

#FF5151#FA5451#FF5555#FF5656#F9594D#F95454#FF5757#FF4C4C#FA5947#F94E56#FF5A5A#FF5B5B

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FF554E  ·  #FF5550 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FF554F?

#FF554F is Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 255, 85, 79). Its closest standard named color is Tomato.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FF554F?

#FF554F is RGB 255, 85, 79 — HSL 2°, 100%, 65% — CMYK 0%, 67%, 69%, 0%.

What colors go with #FF554F?

Its complement is #4DF9FF; analogous partners are #FF4DA0 and #FFAC4D. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FF554F for text?

Black text on #FF554F has a contrast ratio of 6.66:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 3.15:1.