Tomato

#ca6445

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for tomato, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

This is Tomato, a strong red sitting at 14 degrees on the wheel. A mid red this confident is a natural for retail signage and calls to action. It pairs naturally with muted greens across the wheel and with off white for breathing room.

Tomato color values

Every conversion for #ca6445, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ca6445

RGB202, 100, 69

HSL14, 56%, 53%

HSV14, 66%, 79%

CMYK0%, 50%, 66%, 21%

Lab54.13, 38.09, 36.07

XYZ29.99, 22.1, 8.32

Decimal13263941

Web safe#cc6633

Pantone179 C

Shades of tomato

#c05737 #ad4e31 #9b462c #883d27 #753521 #632d1c #502417 #3d1c11 #2b130c #180b07

Tints of tomato

#cf7256 #d48167 #d98f79 #de9d8a #e3ac9b #e7baac #ecc8bd #f1d7cf #f6e5e0 #fbf3f1

Colors that go with tomato

Complementary#45abca Analogous#ca4569 Analogous#caa645 Triadic#45ca64 Triadic#6445ca Split complementary#45caa6 Split complementary#4569ca

Tomato in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 50, 66, 21.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ca6445 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 50 66 21

Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 50 65 27

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color converts to cmyk comfortably and should hold on press.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Tomato in css

Copy #ca6445 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ca6445; }
.text { color: #ca6445; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ca6445; }

How tomato looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Tomato and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #ca6445 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ca6445 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Tomato on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #ca6445 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around tomato? Pull matching colors from any photo with the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn tomato into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #ca6445 and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Arches Signature stripes Gem Shingles

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from tomato, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #ca6445 are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.