Tomato

#e37255

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

Tomato lands in the red band, mid and strong. 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 #e37255, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e37255

RGB227, 114, 85

HSL12, 72%, 61%

HSV12, 63%, 89%

CMYK0%, 50%, 63%, 11%

Lab60.8, 41.57, 36.2

XYZ39.34, 29.02, 12.12

Decimal14905941

Web safe#cc6666

Pantone171 C

Shades of tomato

#df5e3d #db4a25 #c34220 #ab391c #933118 #7b2914 #632110 #4b190c #321108 #1a0904

Tints of tomato

#e67f64 #e88c74 #eb9883 #eda593 #f0b2a2 #f2bfb2 #f5ccc1 #f7d9d1 #fae5e0 #fcf2f0

Colors that go with tomato

Complementary#55c6e3 Analogous#e3557f Analogous#e3b955 Triadic#55e372 Triadic#7255e3 Split complementary#55e3b9 Split complementary#557fe3

Tomato in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 50, 63, 11.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e37255 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 50 63 11

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 50 62 17

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 #e37255 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e37255; }
.text { color: #e37255; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e37255; }

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 #e37255 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e37255 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 #e37255 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 #e37255 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 #e37255 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.