Tomato

#ec5e54

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 grounded. 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 #ec5e54, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ec5e54

RGB236, 94, 84

HSL4, 80%, 63%

HSV4, 64%, 93%

CMYK0%, 60%, 64%, 7%

Lab58.49, 54.23, 34.22

XYZ40.2, 26.48, 11.38

Decimal15490644

Web safe#ff6666

Pantone805 C

Shades of tomato

#e9453a #e62d20 #d22417 #b81f14 #9e1b12 #84160f #6a120c #500e09 #360906 #1c0503

Tints of tomato

#ee6d63 #ef7b73 #f18a82 #f39892 #f5a7a1 #f6b6b1 #f8c4c0 #fad3d0 #fbe1df #fdf0ef

Colors that go with tomato

Complementary#54e2ec Analogous#ec5496 Analogous#ecaa54 Triadic#54ec5e Triadic#5e54ec Split complementary#54ecaa Split complementary#5496ec

Tomato in print

It is saturated enough that the cmyk build can shift slightly from screen to press, so proof it. The cmyk build is 0, 60, 64, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ec5e54 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 60 64 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 59 63 13

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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Tomato in css

Copy #ec5e54 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ec5e54; }
.text { color: #ec5e54; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ec5e54; }

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 #ec5e54 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ec5e54 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Tomato on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #ec5e54 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn tomato into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #ec5e54 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 #ec5e54 are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.