#FF5042

A light, vivid red closely aligning with Tomato.

About #FF5042

When working with digital screens, the color #FF5042 is rendered by mixing light. If you're using CSS, you might find it aligns closely with Tomato. In the RGB color space, it consists of 255 red, 80 green, and 66 blue.

When sending designs containing this color to a printer, the CMYK values come into play. The color uses 0% Cyan, 69% Magenta, 74% Yellow, and 0% Black. With a hue angle of 4.4 degrees, it sits comfortably in the red spectrum.

Ensuring your text is legible against this background is a key part of web design. To prevent eye strain, #000000 text pairs best with this hex code. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#FF5042
RGB255, 80, 66
HSL4.4°, 100.0%, 62.9%
CMYK0%, 69%, 74%, 0%
HSV4.4°, 74.1%, 100.0%
LAB59.3, 65.2, 45.9
XYZ45.1, 27.4, 8.1
Decimal16732226

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

3.24:1
Text on #FFFFFF
AA Large
6.48:1
Text on #000000
AA
3.10:1
Text on #F8FAFC
AA Large
5.51:1
Text on #0F172A
AA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #FF5042; }
.text-color { color: #FF5042; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #FF5042; }

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