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#FE4E42

#fe4e42 ≈ Tomato

  • red
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#fe4e42 is a color from the red family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 99.61% red, 30.59% green and 25.88% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 69.29% magenta, 74.02% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 3.83°, with 98.95% saturation and 62.75% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with energy, passion and urgency. Designers typically use it for food and restaurant brands, sales and promotions and call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 6.38:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Tomato (#ff6347), ΔE 4.33.

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Web safe#ff6633
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Relative luminance0.2691

Complementary

  1. #fe4e42
  2. #42f2fe

Split complementary

  1. #fe4e42
  2. #42feac
  3. #4294fe

Analogous

  1. #fe4294
  2. #fe4e42
  3. #feac42

Triadic

  1. #fe4e42
  2. #42fe4e
  3. #4e42fe

Tetradic

  1. #fe4e42
  2. #f2fe42
  3. #42f2fe
  4. #4e42fe

Square

  1. #fe4e42
  2. #94fe42
  3. #42f2fe
  4. #ac42fe

Monochromatic

  1. #a60b01
  2. #f21101
  3. #fe4e42
  4. #fe958e
  5. #ffddda

Shades

#fe4e42 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #fe4e42
  2. #e5463b
  3. #cb3e35
  4. #b2372e
  5. #982f28
  6. #7f2721
  7. #661f1a
  8. #4c1714
  9. #33100d
  10. #190807
  11. #000000

Tints

#fe4e42 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #fe4e42
  2. #fe6055
  3. #fe7168
  4. #fe837b
  5. #fe958e
  6. #ffa7a1
  7. #ffb8b3
  8. #ffcac6
  9. #ffdcd9
  10. #ffedec
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#fe4e42 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #fe4e42
  2. #f15348
  3. #e5584e
  4. #d85d55
  5. #cc625b
  6. #bf6761
  7. #b26c67
  8. #a6716d
  9. #997674
  10. #8d7b7a
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.29:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.38:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8e8e8e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c57977 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #81753f ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ad9c3b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff044d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c06840 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d2843e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ff3149 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-fe4e42 {
  color: #fe4e42;
}
Background
.bg-fe4e42 {
  background-color: #fe4e42;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-fe4e42 {
  border: 2px solid #fe4e42;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #fe4e42;
  --color-primary-rgb: 254 78 66;
  --color-primary-hsl: 4 99% 63%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-fe4e42 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fe4e42, #feac42);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-fe4e42 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(254 78 66 / 0.35);
}

#ff6347 Tomato ΔE 4.33 #ff6961 Pastel Red ΔE 5.75 #fe6f5e Bittersweet ΔE 5.90 #e34234 Cinnabar ΔE 6.27 #e34234 Vermilion ΔE 6.27 #fd0e35 Tractor Red ΔE 6.49 #e2725b Terra Cotta ΔE 7.32 #01b1bd Inverted #8e8e8e Grayscale 

Tomato
#fe4e42  rgb(254, 78, 66)  hsl(4, 99%, 63%)  Tomato
#42f2fe  rgb(66, 242, 254)  hsl(184, 99%, 63%)  Electric Blue
#42fe4e  rgb(66, 254, 78)  hsl(124, 99%, 63%)  Neon Green
#4e42fe  rgb(78, 66, 254)  hsl(244, 99%, 63%)  Majorelle Blue