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#eb7151

a balanced, electric red · warm · closest name: Tomato

Token name suggestion: Studio Cardinal

RGB
235, 113, 81
HSL
13°, 79%, 62%
CMYK
0, 52, 66, 8
Luminance
0.3007

#eb7151 is a balanced electric red, 13° on the wheel and 10/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (7.01:1). As text it scores 2.99:1 on white — use #D74019 instead. Nearest name is Tomato, nearest Tailwind family is red.

hsl(13 79% 62%)rgb(235 113 81)Base step 400AAA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #eb7151 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#eb7151
Hue
13°
red
Saturation
79%
electric
Lightness
62%
balanced
Brightness
92%
HSV value
Perceived
62%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.3007
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
10/100 cool
Color family
Red
Tone
Electric
Best ink
Black
7.01:1
Closest name
Tomato
ΔE2000 4.1
Chroma
59.9
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.687
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
red
500 · ΔE 10
Web-safe
#FF6666
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue13° of 360°
Saturation79%
Lightness62%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #eb7151.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool10% cool

Reads warm. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red59%
Green39%
Blue2%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#eb7151
HEX (8-digit)#eb7151ff
RGBrgb(235, 113, 81)
RGBArgba(235, 113, 81, 1)
HSLhsl(13, 79%, 62%)
HSV / HSBhsv(12, 66%, 92%)
HWBhwb(13 32% 8%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 52%, 66%, 8%)
LABlab(61.7 44.8 39.8)
LCHlch(61.7 59.9 41.6)
OKLCHoklch(0.687 0.159 35.7)
XYZ (D65)xyz(41.66, 30.07, 11.39)
Decimal15429969
Display P3color(display-p3 0.922 0.443 0.318)
Web-safe#FF6666

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #eb7151;
background-color: #eb7151;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #eb7151;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#eb7151] bg-[#eb7151]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #eb7151;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.922, green: 0.443, blue: 0.318)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.922, green: 0.443, blue: 0.318, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#EB7151</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFEB7151)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFEB7151)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(81, 113, 235)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(235, 113, 81)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(235, 113, 81)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 235, 113, 81)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.9216f, 0.4431f, 0.3176f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{235,113,81}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #eb7151 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #eb7151 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#72220D, #EED8D3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #eb7151 h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #FCF5F3;
  --brand-100: #F9EAE6;
  --brand-200: #F5D0C7;
  --brand-300: #F3AD9A;
  --brand-400: #eb7151;
  --brand-500: #E85B36;
  --brand-600: #DC4219;
  --brand-700: #B73715;
  --brand-800: #922C11;
  --brand-900: #6A2310;
  --brand-950: #42160A;
  --brand: #eb7151;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAF6F4;
  --brand-border: #EDC9C0;
  --brand-hover: #E75731;
  --brand-pressed: #DC4219;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #241714;
    --brand-ink: #EED8D3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FCF5F3',
        100: '#F9EAE6',
        200: '#F5D0C7',
        300: '#F3AD9A',
        400: '#eb7151',
        500: '#E85B36',
        600: '#DC4219',
        700: '#B73715',
        800: '#922C11',
        900: '#6A2310',
        950: '#42160A',
        DEFAULT: '#eb7151',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FCF5F3,
  '100': #F9EAE6,
  '200': #F5D0C7,
  '300': #F3AD9A,
  '400': #eb7151,
  '500': #E85B36,
  '600': #DC4219,
  '700': #B73715,
  '800': #922C11,
  '900': #6A2310,
  '950': #42160A,
);
$brand-base: #eb7151;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FCF5F3", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F9EAE6", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#F5D0C7", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#F3AD9A", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#eb7151", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#E85B36", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#DC4219", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#B73715", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#922C11", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#6A2310", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#42160A", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#000000 on #eb7151 · 7.01:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 2.99:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 7.01:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #eb7151 as text scores 2.99:1 on white and 7.01:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #72220D at 3.60:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#D74019 · 4.53:1
AA on white−15% L
#D74019
The quick fox
#A03012 · 7.18:1
AAA on white−27% L
#A03012
The quick fox
#eb7151 · 7.01:1
AA on blackalready passes
#eb7151
The quick fox
#eb7151 · 7.01:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#eb7151

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #EB6D4D is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#eb7151 on white: 2.99:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#eb7151 on black: 7.01:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #eb7151 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #eb7151.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White2.99:1AaAa
Slate 502.86:1AaAa
Slate 1002.73:1AaAa
Slate 2002.43:1AaAa
Slate 3002.02:1AaAa
Slate 4001.17:1AaAa
Slate 5001.59:1AaAa
Slate 6002.53:1AaAa
Slate 7003.46:1AaAa
Slate 8004.89:1AaAa
Slate 9005.96:1AaAa
Black7.01:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #91854E
deuteranopia · #AF9F4E
tritanopia · #FF596A

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #eb7151 is pinned to step 400; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#FCF5F3
#F9EAE6
#F5D0C7
#F3AD9A
#eb7151
#E85B36
#DC4219
#B73715
#922C11
#6A2310
#42160A
Base = 400Lightest = 50 · #FCF5F3Darkest = 950 · #42160AText step on white = 700
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.040 35.7);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.063 35.7);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.095 35.7);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.124 35.7);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.146 35.7);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.159 35.7);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.159 35.7);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.149 35.7);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.133 35.7);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.111 35.7);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.087 35.7);
}

Colors that work with #eb7151

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#FAF6F4
Tinted page background
Border#EDC9C0
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#9B5B4B
Captions on the surface
Accent#11BBB4
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#72220D
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#FCECE8
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#241714
Dark-mode background
Hover#E75731
One step down in lightness
Pressed#DC4219
Two steps down
Disabled#DFD1CD
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#F67B5B
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
Your export is ready

The file stays available for seven days. Download it before it expires.

NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #eb7151

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
  • Chart series and data categories
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • Status meaning — pair it with an icon or label, never colour alone
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Not as text
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #72220D
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #EB6D4D

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

urgentappetisingboldphysical

Red arrives before the rest of the page does. It raises attention and appetite, which is why it runs food, sport and clearance pricing.

At this chroma the association is amplified — it will dominate anything placed beside it, so give it space and use it sparingly. The mid lightness keeps it versatile in both themes.

Worth knowing

It is also the universal error colour. Use it as a brand accent and users may read a warning that is not there.

Reads as
  • FormalityLow
  • EnergyHigh
  • Weight38/100
  • TemperatureWarm
  • ApproachabilityHigh

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#51CBEB
Analogous left#EB517E
Analogous right#EBBE51
Split-complement 1#51EBBE
Split-complement 2#517EEB
Triadic 1#51EB71
Triadic 2#7151EB
Tetradic#7EEB51
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°13°

#eb7151 sits at 13°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red92.2%
Green44.3%
Blue31.8%
R · 0–255
235
0xeb
G · 0–255
113
0x71
B · 0–255
81
0x51

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta51.9%
Yellow65.5%
Key (black)7.8%

Total ink coverage is 125%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#eb7151 text on a black background

contrast 7.01:1

Card sample

#eb7151 text on a white background

contrast 2.99:1

Card sample

#eb7151 on grey

2.73:1

#eb7151 on its own surface

2.79:1

#eb7151 on its dark surface

5.81:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #eb7151;
Background color
Panel with #eb7151 background
background-color: #eb7151;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #eb7151;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(235, 113, 81, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(235, 113, 81, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #eb7151;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #eb7151, #EBD851);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #eb7151, #D8EB51);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #eb7151;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #eb7151;
caret-color: #eb7151;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #eb7151;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #FCECE8;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #eb7151;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#eb7151 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #eb7151 over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(235, 113, 81, 0.5)
rgb(235 113 81 / 50%)
#eb715180
hsl(13 79% 62% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #eb7151 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#eb71511a#FDF1EE
20%#eb715133#FBE3DC
40%#eb715166#F7C6B9
60%#eb715199#F3AA97
80%#eb7151cc#EF8D74

Gradients from #eb7151

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #F19E88, #eb7151 45%, #72220D);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #eb7151, #E8E036);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #eb7151, #51CBEB);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #F4B4A4 0%, #eb7151 45%, #72220D 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #FAF6F4, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #F07FA9 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #EED36D 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #72220D 0%, transparent 65%), #eb7151;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #eb7151

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#eb7151 in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
Food and drinkEntertainmentRetailSport
Common UI roles
ButtonsLinksFocus statesCharts
Print note

Sits outside most CMYK gamuts — expect a duller press result, or specify a spot ink.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 7.01:1.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#eb7151, answered

What color is #eb7151?

#eb7151 is a balanced electric red, closest to Tomato (ΔE2000 4.1). It sits at 13° on the hue wheel with 79% saturation and 62% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #eb7151?

rgb(235, 113, 81) — 235 red, 113 green and 81 blue out of 255, or 92.2% / 44.3% / 31.8% by channel.

What is #eb7151 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(13, 79%, 62%) and hsv(12, 66%, 92%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #eb7151 a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.3007 and perceived brightness is 62%, so black text on it reaches 7.01:1.

Should I use black or white text on #eb7151?

Black. It scores 7.01:1 against #eb7151, versus 2.99:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #eb7151 accessible on a white background?

#eb7151 on white scores 2.99:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #D74019 to reach 4.5:1, or #A03012 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #eb7151?

#51CBEB sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #51EBBE and #517EEB, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #eb7151?

For interface work: #FAF6F4 as the surface, #EDC9C0 for borders, #9B5B4B for secondary text, #11BBB4 as an accent and #72220D for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #EB517E and #EBBE51 stays calm, while #51CBEB is the loudest partner.

What is #eb7151 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 52%, 66%, 8%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — a color this saturated sits outside most CMYK gamuts and will print duller than it looks here.

Is #eb7151 warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 10 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #EB8551; nudged cooler, #ED4F68.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #eb7151?

The red family — its 500 step is #ef4444, ΔE2000 10 away. That is a visible difference, so define #eb7151 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #eb7151 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#eb7151] or text-[#eb7151], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #eb7151 with 50% opacity?

rgba(235, 113, 81, 0.5), or #eb715180 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #F5B8A8; over black, #763929.

Is #eb7151 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #FF6666, ΔE2000 9.1 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #eb7151 mean?

As a red, it reads urgent, appetising, bold. Red arrives before the rest of the page does. It raises attention and appetite, which is why it runs food, sport and clearance pricing. At this chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #eb7151?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #F19E88, #eb7151 45%, #72220D). For more colour, a short hue run to #E8E036 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #eb7151 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #eb7151 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.