Tomato

#fc4e42

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

This is Tomato, a vivid red sitting at 4 degrees on the wheel. 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 #fc4e42, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#fc4e42

RGB252, 78, 66

HSL4, 97%, 62%

HSV4, 74%, 99%

CMYK0%, 69%, 74%, 1%

Lab58.54, 65.05, 44.88

XYZ43.85, 26.54, 7.97

Decimal16535106

Web safe#ff6633

Pantone805 C

Shades of tomato

#fc3426 #fb1909 #e41204 #c81003 #ac0e03 #8f0b02 #730902 #570701 #3a0501 #1e0200

Tints of tomato

#fc5e53 #fd6e64 #fd7e75 #fd8e87 #fd9e98 #feaea9 #febeba #fececb #fededc #ffefed

Colors that go with tomato

Complementary#42f0fc Analogous#fc4293 Analogous#fcab42 Triadic#42fc4e Triadic#4e42fc Split complementary#42fcab Split complementary#4293fc

Tomato in print

The saturation is high, which is where rgb and cmyk drift apart, so a printed proof is worth it. The cmyk build is 0, 69, 74, 1.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #fc4e42 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 69 74 1

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 67 72 7

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 #fc4e42 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #fc4e42; }
.text { color: #fc4e42; }
.border { border: 2px solid #fc4e42; }

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 #fc4e42 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #fc4e42 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 #fc4e42 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 #fc4e42 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 #fc4e42 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.