#F8422C
A medium, vivid red closely aligning with Tomato.
About #F8422C
When working with digital screens, the color #F8422C is rendered by mixing light. It is closely associated with the named CSS color Tomato. To achieve this exact tint on a monitor, you would use an RGB mix of 248, 66, and 44.
While screens use RGB, printing presses rely on Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key (black). To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 0% cyan and 73% magenta inks. This makes it a relatively light color when applied to physical surfaces.
When using this color as a background, text legibility must be considered. Mathematical luminance calculations suggest that #000000 text provides the most optimal reading experience. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.