#EF4026Tomato (#EF4026) is a mid-tone, vivid red with an OKLCH hue of 32°, lightness 0.63 and chroma 0.215. It sits on the warm side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as an accent color: strong in focal moments, dominant over large fields.
| HEX | #EF4026 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(239, 64, 38) |
| HSL | hsl(8, 86%, 54%) |
| HSV | hsv(8, 84%, 94%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 73%, 84%, 6%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(54.2 65.1 53.9) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.630 0.215 32) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Tomato is virtually unchanged; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 0.7), so it is a lighting-stable choice.
#f03a1f — ΔE 0.7, is virtually unchanged#f33e23 — ΔE 0.7, is virtually unchanged#ef4026 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#f04127 — ΔE 0.3, is virtually unchangedTest Tomato in the color lighting simulator — sweep it through daylight, warm 2700K light, 4000K LED, and shade alongside the rest of your palette.
Against white it measures 3.87:1 and against black 5.43:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text.
One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.
#ffd7ce · #ff9a87 · #ef4026 · #c92105 · #8f1000 · #570400
The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.
#f6930e · #f56d00 · #ef4026 · #d22d4f · #b22263 · #8f1d6c
The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.
#c8a253 · #ef4026 · #bf301a · #674a00 · #680700 · #281a00
One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.
#00dcf9 · #ef4026 · #8a5b52 · #7e2b1e · #580e04 · #2e0100
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#dcf8fe · #be9b94 · #ef4026 · #5f7377 · #44231d · #000305
This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.
#e7f5f8 · #bdcdd1 · #8fa2a6 · #102a2f · #00080b · #ef4026
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#d9d9b3 · #3dd0ea · #ef4026 · #94607c · #2f3d53 · #030f1d
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#d9f9ff · #00beaa · #ef4026 · #0076b1 · #003730 · #000714
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#d3ffdc · #35c26b · #ef4026 · #4759e9 · #190b87 · #000200
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#ebf9c9 · #94b409 · #ef4026 · #007d8e · #3f006f · #000305
#F9624A · #FF826C · #FFA18F · #FFBEB0 · #FFD8D0
#CB2A12 · #A61500 · #7F0C00 · #5A0500 · #380000
#DC5943 · #C96A59 · #B3786C
Its chroma is high enough to carry accents, calls to action, and focal moments; large fields of it will dominate a composition. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.