Tomato

#ef7253

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. It pairs naturally with muted greens across the wheel and with off white for breathing room.

Tomato color values

Every conversion for #ef7253, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ef7253

RGB239, 114, 83

HSL12, 83%, 63%

HSV12, 65%, 94%

CMYK0%, 52%, 65%, 6%

Lab62.52, 45.93, 39.77

XYZ43.18, 31.01, 11.89

Decimal15692371

Web safe#ff6666

Pantone811 C

Shades of tomato

#ed5c38 #ea461e #d73b14 #bc3311 #a12c0f #87250d #6c1e0a #511608 #370f05 #1c0803

Tints of tomato

#f07f63 #f28c72 #f39882 #f5a591 #f6b2a1 #f8bfb0 #f9cbc0 #fbd8d0 #fce5df #fdf2ef

Colors that go with tomato

Complementary#53d0ef Analogous#ef5382 Analogous#efc053 Triadic#53ef72 Triadic#7253ef Split complementary#53efc0 Split complementary#5382ef

Tomato in print

A color this vivid sometimes sits just outside cmyk gamut, so expect a small dip in punch on paper. The cmyk build is 0, 52, 65, 6.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ef7253 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 52 65 6

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 52 64 12

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 #ef7253 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ef7253; }
.text { color: #ef7253; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ef7253; }

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 #ef7253 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ef7253 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 #ef7253 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 #ef7253 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 #ef7253 are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.