Tomato

#e16645

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 13 degrees on the wheel. A mid red this confident is a natural for retail signage and calls to action. Cool greens and deep navies calm it down, while warm creams let it stay the loudest thing on the page.

Tomato color values

Every conversion for #e16645, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e16645

RGB225, 102, 69

HSL13, 72%, 58%

HSV13, 69%, 88%

CMYK0%, 55%, 69%, 12%

Lab57.98, 45.8, 41.43

XYZ36.88, 25.94, 8.69

Decimal14771781

Web safe#cc6633

Pantone171 C

Shades of tomato

#dd532e #d04622 #b93f1e #a2371a #8c2f17 #752813 #5e200f #48180c #311108 #1a0904

Tints of tomato

#e47456 #e78267 #e99078 #ec9e89 #efac9a #f2baab #f4c8bc #f7d6ce #fae4df #fdf2f0

Colors that go with tomato

Complementary#45c0e1 Analogous#e14572 Analogous#e1b445 Triadic#45e166 Triadic#6645e1 Split complementary#45e1b4 Split complementary#4572e1

Tomato in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 0, 55, 69, 12.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e16645 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 55 69 12

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 55 67 18

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

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

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 #e16645 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e16645; }
.text { color: #e16645; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e16645; }

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 #e16645 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e16645 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 #e16645 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 #e16645 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

Every value on this page for #e16645 is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.