Tomato

#e16d48

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

Tomato is a mid orange with confident warmth. 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 #e16d48, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e16d48

RGB225, 109, 72

HSL15, 72%, 58%

HSV15, 68%, 88%

CMYK0%, 52%, 68%, 12%

Lab59.35, 42.53, 41.42

XYZ37.69, 27.41, 9.44

Decimal14773576

Web safe#cc6633

Pantone171 C

Shades of tomato

#dd5b31 #d14d22 #bb441f #a43c1b #8d3417 #762b13 #5f2310 #481a0c #311208 #1a0a04

Tints of tomato

#e47a59 #e6886a #e9957a #eca38b #efb09c #f1bdad #f4cbbd #f7d8ce #fae5df #fcf3f0

Colors that go with tomato

Complementary#48bce1 Analogous#e1486f Analogous#e1b948 Triadic#48e16d Triadic#6d48e1 Split complementary#48e1b9 Split complementary#486fe1

Tomato in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 52, 68, 12.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e16d48 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 52 68 12

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 52 67 18

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 #e16d48 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e16d48; }
.text { color: #e16d48; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e16d48; }

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 #e16d48 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e16d48 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 #e16d48 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 #e16d48 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 #e16d48 is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.