Tomato (#FF6347)

HEX, RGB, HSL, CMYK values + mood/style/use-case color tags. Use this page to keep your colors consistent across web and print.

Preview

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This is how text may look on this color.
Best text color: #000000
Contrast vs white: 2.95:1 — vs black: 7.13:1

Color values

  • HEX #FF6347
  • RGB rgb(255, 99, 71)
  • HSL hsl(9, 100%, 63%)
  • CMYK cmyk( 0, 61, 72, 0 )
  • Websafe #FF6633
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Tags

Mood

Energetic (215) Bold (205)

Style

Vivid (210) Neon (200)

Use case

Text (210) Button (200) Accent (185)

Tip: tags are heuristic suggestions (helpful for browsing and inspiration).

Color Harmonies

Colors that pair well with #FF6347 based on color theory relationships.

Complementary

The color directly opposite on the color wheel — creates maximum contrast and vibrance.

Tomato
#FF6347 Base
#47E3FF
Analogous

Colors adjacent on the wheel — naturally harmonious and pleasing to the eye.

Tomato
#FF6347 Base
#FF4787
#FFBF47
Triadic

Three colors equally spaced 120° apart — bold, balanced, and visually rich.

Tomato
#FF6347 Base
#47FF63
#6347FF
Split-Complementary

Two colors flanking the complement — high contrast with less tension than full complementary.

Tomato
#FF6347 Base
#47FFBF
#4787FF
Tetradic (Square)

Four colors at 90° intervals — rich variety, best when one color dominates.

Tomato
#FF6347 Base
#87FF47
#47E3FF
#BF47FF
Monochromatic

Shades and tints of the same hue — cohesive, elegant, and easy to work with.

Tomato
#FF6347 Base
#AD1A00
#FA2600
#FF401E
#FF8670
#FFA494
#FFE5E0
Shades & Tints

Darker shades and lighter tints of Tomato, generated by adjusting lightness while keeping the same hue and saturation.

Shades (darker)

— #1A0400
— #560D00
— #921600
— #CE1F00
— #FF300B
Tomato #FF6347 Base
— #FF7E67
— #FF9986
— #FFB4A6
— #FFCEC6
— #FFE9E6
CSS & SCSS Snippets

Ready-to-use code snippets for #FF6347. Click the copy button to copy any snippet to your clipboard.

CSS Properties 
/* Background */
.element {
    background-color: #FF6347;
}

/* Text */
.element {
    color: #FF6347;
}

/* Border */
.element {
    border: 1px solid #FF6347;
}
CSS Gradient 
/* Linear gradient to complementary */
.element {
    background: linear-gradient(
        to right,
        #FF6347,
        #47E3FF
    );
}

/* Radial gradient */
.element {
    background: radial-gradient(
        circle,
        #FF6347,
        #47E3FF
    );
}
SCSS Variable 
// SCSS variable
$tomato: #FF6347;

// With RGB channels (useful for rgba() usage)
$tomato-r: 255;
$tomato-g: 99;
$tomato-b: 71;

// Usage
.element {
    background-color: $tomato;
    color: rgba($tomato-r, $tomato-g, $tomato-b, 0.8);
}
Color Blindness Simulation

How Tomato appears to people with different types of color vision deficiency.

Normal Vision #FF6347 How the color appears with full color vision.
Deuteranopia #A6A63B Deuteranopia affects ~8% of males. Green cones are absent, making it difficult to distinguish red from green. The most common form of color blindness.
Protanopia #818149 Protanopia affects ~1% of males. Red cones are absent, causing reds to appear dark and indistinguishable from greens and browns.
Tritanopia #FF6060 Tritanopia is rare (~0.003%). Blue cones are absent, making blue and yellow difficult to distinguish. Blues may appear green, yellows appear pink.
Achromatopsia #969696 Achromatopsia is complete color blindness. The world is seen entirely in shades of grey. Affects ~1 in 30,000 people.
Similar Named Colors

The closest named colors to Tomato ranked by perceptual difference (Delta-E 2000 — lower = more similar).

Tomato #FF6347 Base
Outrageous Orange #FF6E4A ΔE 2.63
Portland Orange #FF5A36 ΔE 2.72
Bittersweet #FE6F5E ΔE 4.17
Sunset Orange #FD5E53 ΔE 4.21

How to use this color

  1. Copy HEX for CSS and design tools, or RGB/HSL for UI adjustments.
  2. Use CMYK when preparing print assets (posters, packaging, brochures).
  3. Check contrast before using it for text or important UI elements.