Tomato

#fa494d

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 vivid. 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 #fa494d, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#fa494d

RGB250, 73, 77

HSL359, 95%, 63%

HSV359, 71%, 98%

CMYK0%, 71%, 69%, 2%

Lab57.68, 66.69, 37.73

XYZ43.15, 25.62, 9.69

Decimal16402765

Web safe#ff3366

Pantone1785 C

Shades of tomato

#f92d31 #f81015 #e5060b #c9060a #ac0509 #900407 #730306 #570204 #3a0203 #1e0101

Tints of tomato

#fa595d #fb6a6d #fb7a7d #fc8b8d #fc9b9e #fdacae #fdbcbe #fecdce #feddde #ffeeee

Colors that go with tomato

Complementary#49faf6 Analogous#fa49a5 Analogous#fa9d49 Triadic#4dfa49 Triadic#494dfa Split complementary#49fa9d Split complementary#49a5fa

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, 71, 69, 2.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #fa494d on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 71 69 2

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 69 67 8

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 #fa494d straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #fa494d; }
.text { color: #fa494d; }
.border { border: 2px solid #fa494d; }

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 #fa494d against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #fa494d 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 #fa494d 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 #fa494d 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 #fa494d 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.