Nearest-color comparison

Tomato vs Tulip Red

Tomato and Tulip Red are different red colors with HEX values #FF6347 and #FF4D4D. According to Colors Encyclopedia, their RGB distance is 22.8, their contrast ratio is 1.11:1, and the comparison helps choose between tone, temperature, and accessibility behavior.

Tomato and Tulip Red are very close colors. Tomato is the lighter option. They share similar temperature behavior. Their mutual contrast is 1.11:1, so the pair is too low for text and better treated as a palette relationship.

Differences Use cases Accessibility JSON

Tomato#FF6347

Tulip Red#FF4D4D

Quick Difference Summary

The main measurable differences between Tomato and Tulip Red across RGB distance, luminance, hue, saturation, and contrast.

RGB distance22.8

Pair contrast1.11:1

Luminance delta0.0354

Hue delta9 deg

Lighter colorTomato

More saturatedTomato

Side-by-Side Color Profiles

red color

Tomato

Tomato is #FF6347, a warm red color with vibrant character. Compared with Tulip Red, it is lighter and similar in saturation. Use it for web design, css color systems, and ui prototyping, with black text as the safer foreground option.

HEX#FF6347 RGB255, 99, 71 HSL9, 100, 64 CMYK0, 61, 72, 0 Luminance0.3064 Best textblack text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

red color

Tulip Red

Tulip Red is #FF4D4D, a warm red color with vibrant character. Compared with Tomato, it is darker and similar in saturation. Use it for botanical palettes, natural product design, and seasonal editorial palettes, with black text as the safer foreground option.

HEX#FF4D4D RGB255, 77, 77 HSL0, 100, 65 CMYK0, 70, 70, 0 Luminance0.271 Best textblack text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

When to Use Tomato or Tulip Red

Choose TomatoTomato is better when the design needs vibrant red character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #FF6347.

Choose Tulip RedTulip Red is better when the design needs vibrant red character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #FF4D4D.

Use togetherUse these colors together as related palette neighbors, subtle material differences, or tonal alternatives rather than readable foreground/background pairs.

Technical Comparison Table

PropertyTomatoTulip Red

HEX#FF6347#FF4D4D

RGB255, 99, 71255, 77, 77

HSL9, 100, 640, 100, 65

CMYK0, 61, 72, 00, 70, 70, 0

FamilyRedRed

TemperatureWarmWarm

ToneVibrantVibrant

Luminance0.30640.271

Black contrast7.13:16.42:1

White contrast2.95:13.27:1

Shared tonesVibrant

Accessibility and Contrast

Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.

Tomatoblack text - 7.13:1

Tulip Redblack text - 6.42:1

Related Palette Strip

A compact visual strip showing the two compared colors with nearby harmony and variant context.

Tomato#FF6347

Tulip Red#FF4D4D

#FFB1A3#FFB1A3

#FFA8A8#FFA8A8

#47E3FF#47E3FF

#4DFFFF#4DFFFF

colorsBoth named color records with HEX, RGB, HSL, CMYK, luminance, WCAG, and links

differencesRGB distance, HSL deltas, luminance delta, contrast, and shared attributes

accessibilityPair contrast and safer text choices for each color

useCasesWhen to choose each color and when to use them together

relatedApiMachine-readable comparison and color endpoints

Structured sections

Colors

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      "text": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 7.13
    },
    "description": "Tomato is #FF6347, a warm red color with vibrant character. Compared with Tulip Red, it is lighter and similar in saturation. Use it for web design, css color systems, and ui prototyping, with black text as the safer foreground option.",
    "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/tomato/",
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  },
  {
    "slug": "tulip-red",
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      0
    ],
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    ],
    "luminance": 0.271,
    "contrast": {
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      "white": 3.27
    },
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    },
    "bestText": {
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      "label": "black text",
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    },
    "description": "Tulip Red is #FF4D4D, a warm red color with vibrant character. Compared with Tomato, it is darker and similar in saturation. Use it for botanical palettes, natural product design, and seasonal editorial palettes, with black text as the safer foreground option.",
    "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/tulip-red/",
    "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/tulip-red.json"
  }
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Differences

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  "contrastRatio": 1.11,
  "hslDelta": {
    "hue": 9,
    "saturation": 0,
    "lightness": 1
  },
  "luminanceDelta": 0.0354,
  "sameFamily": true,
  "sameTemperature": true,
  "sharedTones": [
    "vibrant"
  ],
  "lighterColor": "Tomato",
  "moreSaturatedColor": "Tomato"
}

Accessibility

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  "pairContrastRatio": 1.11,
  "textRecommendation": "Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.",
  "safeText": [
    {
      "color": "Tomato",
      "background": "#FF6347",
      "foreground": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 7.13
    },
    {
      "color": "Tulip Red",
      "background": "#FF4D4D",
      "foreground": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 6.42
    }
  ]
}

Use cases

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  "chooseSecondWhen": "Tulip Red is better when the design needs vibrant red character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #FF4D4D.",
  "useTogetherWhen": "Use these colors together as related palette neighbors, subtle material differences, or tonal alternatives rather than readable foreground/background pairs."
}

Related API

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Full JSON dataset

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