Tomato #FF6347

Tomato (#FF6347) is a light, saturated red with an OKLCH hue of 32°, lightness 0.7 and chroma 0.196. 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.

Color values

HEX#FF6347
RGBrgb(255, 99, 71)
HSLhsl(9, 100%, 64%)
HSVhsv(9, 72%, 100%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 61%, 72%, 0%)
CIE Lablab(62.2 57.9 46.4)
OKLCHoklch(0.696 0.196 32)

How Tomato behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light Tomato shifts only faintly, with no single dominant change; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 1), so it is a lighting-stable choice.

Contrast & accessibility

Against white it measures 2.95:1 and against black 7.13:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text. Avoid white text on this color entirely.

Palettes built from Tomato

Tonal

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.

#ffede9 · #ffb4a4 · #ff6347 · #d3442b · #a31f06 · #6c0c00

Analogous

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.

#ffaf5e · #ff8d4c · #ff6347 · #e35164 · #c34475 · #a13c7d

Shifted

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.

#dab871 · #ff6347 · #cf5039 · #7d5c00 · #851200 · #3b2a00

Contrast

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.

#00dcfa · #ff6347 · #9c7066 · #8f4234 · #69271b · #3e140c

Quiet Support

The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.

#def7fd · #ff6347 · #987a73 · #415255 · #331711 · #000204

Bright Accent

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 · #bccdd0 · #8da0a4 · #0d282d · #000508 · #ff6347

Complementary

The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.

#d9f8ff · #ff6347 · #0092a7 · #005966 · #00252c · #080000

Split-complementary

The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.

#d9f8ff · #ff6347 · #009787 · #005381 · #002621 · #000511

Triadic

Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.

#d5fedf · #ff6347 · #089b51 · #3137b6 · #120068 · #000701

Tetradic

Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.

#ebf9cd · #ff6347 · #738f00 · #005966 · #2d0051 · #000204

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#FF8169 · #FF9B86 · #FFB2A2 · #FFC8BC · #FFDDD6

Shades

#D74A32 · #B0321C · #8B1904 · #620900 · #3C0100

Muted

#ED745D · #DA8270 · #C58D82

Using Tomato

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.

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