Tomato #FF6347

About this color

#FF6347 is a medium-light, vivid red. In OKLCH its lightness is 70%, its chroma 0.196 and its hue 32°. Its hue sits on the warm side of the wheel. It is the named color Tomato. Black text reads best on it, at 7.12:1.

Colors that go with Tomato

Matches found by rotating Tomato around the OKLCH hue wheel, each labelled with the closest name in our list.

Color palettes with Tomato

Curated color palettes that contain a color within ΔE 0.06 (OKLab) of Tomato, closest first.

• Hibiscus Break
• Gumdrop Playground
• Balloon Playground
• Pomelo Slice
• Cardamom Bazaar

Similar named colors

The eight named colors closest to Tomato, with their ΔE distance.

• Orange Pink #FF6F52 ΔE 0.022
• Pinkish Orange #FF724C ΔE 0.028
• Grapefruit #FD5956 ΔE 0.029
• Coral Pink #FF6163 ΔE 0.032
• Bright Orange #FF5B00 ΔE 0.036
• Melon #FF7855 ΔE 0.039
• Orange Pant #FB5607 ΔE 0.039
• Burnt Sienna #E76F51 ΔE 0.044

More about Tomato

• Shades of red
• What red means

How to make Tomato

A starting recipe from common paint colors, found with a spectral paint model (the color mixer’s paint mode). Real pigments vary, so mix a small test batch and adjust.

• 1 part red
• 1 part yellow

Recipe result: #F46130, a difference of ΔE 0.030 from Tomato. That is very close: most people will not see the difference.

What colors make red? | Color mixing chart

Codes for Tomato in every format

Contrast

WCAG 2 contrast ratios are the conformance target: AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1. APCA Lc values are supplementary guidance from the WCAG 3 drafts.

Shades and tints of Tomato

A 50–950 scale built in OKLCH: the hue is held, lightness follows a Tailwind v4-like curve, and every step is kept inside the sRGB gamut. This color sits at step 400.

1. Step 50

   50

   #FFF2EF

   oklch(97.1% 0.015 33.1)

2. Step 100

   100

   #FFE3DC

   oklch(93.7% 0.032 34.3)

3. Step 200

   200

   #FFCBC0

   oklch(88.5% 0.061 32.1)

4. Step 300

   300

   #FFA694

   oklch(80.9% 0.109 32)

5. Step 400

   400 (this color)

   #FF6347

   oklch(69.6% 0.196 32.3)

6. Step 500

   500

   #F82F00

   oklch(63.1% 0.237 32.3)

7. Step 600

   600

   #D22600

   oklch(55.7% 0.209 32.3)

8. Step 700

   700

   #B11F00

   oklch(49.1% 0.184 32.4)

9. Step 800

   800

   #931700

   oklch(42.7% 0.161 32.2)

10. Step 900

    900

    #7C1200

    oklch(37.8% 0.142 32.3)

11. Step 950

    950

    #4D0700

    oklch(27.1% 0.102 32.2)

Export this scale for Tailwind in the Tailwind colors tool

Tomato with color blindness

Simulated with the Machado et al. (2009) model. ΔE is how far the color moves: below about 0.02 you would not notice a change.