Tomato

#e46a5c

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

Tomato is a mid red that reads balanced. 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 #e46a5c, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e46a5c

RGB228, 106, 92

HSL6, 72%, 63%

HSV6, 60%, 89%

CMYK0%, 54%, 60%, 11%

Lab59.5, 46.36, 30.72

XYZ39.08, 27.57, 13.39

Decimal14969436

Web safe#cc6666

Pantone178 C

Shades of tomato

#e05343 #dc3d2a #c83221 #af2c1d #962619 #7e2015 #651911 #4c130d #330d08 #1a0704

Tints of tomato

#e6786b #e9857a #eb9388 #eea097 #f0aea6 #f3bbb5 #f5c9c3 #f8d6d2 #fae4e1 #fcf1f0

Colors that go with tomato

Complementary#5cd6e4 Analogous#e45c92 Analogous#e4ae5c Triadic#5ce46a Triadic#6a5ce4 Split complementary#5ce4ae Split complementary#5c92e4

Tomato in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 54, 60, 11.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e46a5c on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 54 60 11

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 54 59 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 #e46a5c straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e46a5c; }
.text { color: #e46a5c; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e46a5c; }

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 #e46a5c against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e46a5c 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 #e46a5c 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 #e46a5c 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 #e46a5c is computed, not guessed. 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.