Colors Encyclopedia

Named color

Tulip Red

Tulip Red is a vibrant red color with HEX #FF4D4D. According to Colors Encyclopedia, it has RGB 255, 77, 77, HSL 0, 100%, 65%, warm temperature, and is useful for botanical palettes, natural product design, and seasonal editorial palettes.

#FF4D4D red warm vibrant
HEX #FF4D4D
RGB rgb(255, 77, 77)
HSL hsl(0 100% 65%)
CMYK cmyk(0, 70, 70, 0)
Luminance 0.271
Contrast Black 6.42:1White 3.27:1

CSS Utilities

--color-tulip-red: #FF4D4D;
.bg-tulip-red { background-color: #FF4D4D; }
.text-tulip-red { color: #FF4D4D; }
Open CSS utility pageReusable variables, classes, examples, and implementation notes

Machine-readable data

Machine-Readable Color Data (JSON)

Perfect for CSS, design systems, automation, and AI ingestion.

AI-Ready Dataset v1.0.0
Luminance0.271
Black text6.42:1AA Pass
White text3.27:1AA Fail
hexCanonical HEX value
rgbRed, green, blue channels
hslHue, saturation, lightness
cmykApproximate print conversion
wcagAA and AAA contrast options
harmoniesMathematical harmony sets
variantsGenerated tone variants
nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors
Download JSON Open API
Structured sections
Color systems
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    77,
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  ],
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    100,
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  "cmyk": [
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    70,
    0
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  "contrast": {
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  }
}
WCAG
{
  "AA": [
    "#000000",
    "#1A1A1A"
  ],
  "AAA": []
}
Harmonies
{
  "complementary": "#4DFFFF",
  "analogous": [
    "#FF4DA6",
    "#FFA64D"
  ],
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    "#4DFF4D",
    "#4D4DFF"
  ],
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    "#A6FF4D",
    "#4DFFFF",
    "#A64DFF"
  ],
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    "#4DA6FF"
  ],
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    "#FF4D4D",
    "#F00000"
  ]
}
Variants
{
  "light": "#FFA8A8",
  "dark": "#F00000",
  "saturated": "#FF4D4D",
  "desaturated": "#EB6060",
  "pastel": "#FBD0D0",
  "neon": "#FF7575"
}
Pairings
{
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    "#4DFFFF",
    "#FF4DA6",
    "#FFA64D"
  ],
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    "#FFA8A8"
  ],
  "neutral": [
    "#1A1A1A",
    "#F5F5F5",
    "#E8E8E4"
  ],
  "highContrast": [
    "#000000"
  ],
  "lowContrast": [
    "#FFA8A8",
    "#EB6060"
  ]
}
Knowledge graph
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}
Full JSON dataset 
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  "name": "Tulip Red",
  "hex": "#FF4D4D",
  "uses": [
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    "natural product design",
    "seasonal editorial palettes"
  ],
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      "life",
      "seasonality",
      "organic texture"
    ],
    "contexts": [
      "floral design",
      "garden brands",
      "lifestyle",
      "packaging"
    ],
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    ]
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  "sourceType": "curated",
  "confidence": "medium",
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  },
  "family": "red",
  "temperature": "warm",
  "tone": [
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  ],
  "editorialNotes": "Curated internal color record with computed technical properties.",
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    "natural-product-design",
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      "#F5F5F5",
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}
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Color meaning and use

About Tulip Red Color

Tulip Red sits in the red family with warm temperature and vibrant visual character. Tulip Red is a commonly used color name in design references, palettes, and editorial color systems.

Its common associations include life, seasonality, and organic texture, which makes it relevant for floral design and garden brands. In design work, Tulip Red is most useful for botanical palettes, natural product design, and seasonal editorial palettes, especially when paired with black text for stronger contrast.

Related Color Guides

Red color familyBrowse named red colors and compare nearby swatches.Warm colorsExplore colors with warm temperature behavior.Vibrant colorsFind colors with vibrant visual character.Tulip Red accessibilityCheck contrast and WCAG text options for #FF4D4D.Tulip Red CSS utilitiesUse Tulip Red in CSS variables and utility classes.#FF4D4D HEX atlasOpen the permanent HEX atlas record for conversions and variants.Tulip Red paletteOpen the generated palette based on Tulip Red.Tulip Red harmoniesExplore complementary, analogous, triadic, and tetradic harmonies.

WCAG Accessibility

Contrast checks for Tulip Red against black and white text.

Black text6.42:1AA Pass
White text3.27:1AA Fail
AA text options#000000, #1A1A1A
AAA text optionsNone in seed set
Open WCAG pageDetailed contrast notes, warnings, alternatives, and UI examples

Similar Colors

Tomato#FF6347
Vermilion#E34234
Cinnabar#E44D2E
Spinel#D83A56
Burnt Sienna#E97451

Color Harmonies

#4DFFFF#4DFFFF
#FF4DA6#FF4DA6
#FFA64D#FFA64D
#4DFF4D#4DFF4D
#4D4DFF#4D4DFF
Open full Tulip Red harmony pageComplementary, analogous, triadic, tetradic, split, and monochromatic sets

Variants

#FFA8A8#FFA8A8
#F00000#F00000
Tulip Red#FF4D4D
#EB6060#EB6060
#FBD0D0#FBD0D0
#FF7575#FF7575

Pairings

Black#000000
#4DFFFF#4DFFFF
#FF4DA6#FF4DA6
#FFA64D#FFA64D
Matte Black#1A1A1A
White Smoke#F5F5F5