Tomato

#e16a42

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

Tomato sits in the orange range, mid and strong. A mid orange this warm suits food, sport and friendly brands. Teals and blues on the opposite side of the wheel give it contrast and warm browns keep it earthy.

Tomato color values

Every conversion for #e16a42, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e16a42

RGB225, 106, 66

HSL15, 73%, 57%

HSV15, 71%, 88%

CMYK0%, 53%, 71%, 12%

Lab58.7, 43.7, 43.83

XYZ37.19, 26.71, 8.35

Decimal14772802

Web safe#cc6633

Pantone171 C

Shades of tomato

#dd582c #ce4c21 #b8441d #a13c1a #8b3316 #742b12 #5e230f #471a0b #311208 #1a0a04

Tints of tomato

#e47853 #e78565 #e99376 #eca187 #efae99 #f2bcaa #f4cabc #f7d7cd #fae5de #fdf3f0

Colors that go with tomato

Complementary#42b9e1 Analogous#e14269 Analogous#e1ba42 Triadic#42e16a Triadic#6a42e1 Split complementary#42e1ba Split complementary#4269e1

Tomato in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 53, 71, 12.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e16a42 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 53 71 12

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 53 69 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 #e16a42 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e16a42; }
.text { color: #e16a42; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e16a42; }

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 #e16a42 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e16a42 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 #e16a42 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 #e16a42 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

The figures for #e16a42 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.