#ee232f

Color #ee232f

A vivid, highly saturated medium red.

Closest named color Crimson #dc143c · ΔE 13.93 Nearest Tailwind class red-500 #fb2c36 · ΔE 3.2

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Conversions

HEX

#ee232f

RGB

rgb(238, 35, 47)

HSL

hsl(356.5, 85.7%, 53.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(356.5, 85.3%, 93.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 85.3%, 80.3%, 6.7%)

LAB

lab(51.37, 72.63, 46.73)

LCH

lch(51.37, 86.36, 32.76)

OKLCH

oklch(60.9%, 0.2315, 25.57)

HWB

hwb(356.5, 13.7%, 6.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#23eee2

Analogous

#ee2394

#ee232f

#ee7d23

Triadic

#ee232f

#2fee23

#232fee

Split-complementary

#ee232f

#23ee7d

#2394ee

Tetradic

#ee232f

#eee223

#23eee2

#232fee

Square

#ee232f

#94ee23

#23eee2

#7d23ee

Shades

Color #ee232f mixed toward black.

#d3101c

#a90d16

#7f0a11

#54070b

#2a0306

Tints

Color #ee232f mixed toward white.

#f14851

#f46c74

#f79197

#f9b6ba

#fcdadc

Tones

Color #ee232f mixed toward gray.

#dd343e

#cc454d

#bb565c

#aa676b

#997779

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.27:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.92:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.92:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bab92c · ΔE 55.8

Deuteranopia

#c2cc2c · ΔE 61

Tritanopia

#e92a2a · ΔE 1.7

Achromatopsia

#7a7a7a · ΔE 29.4

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #ee232f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ee232f]

Related colors

Light Pink #ffb6c1

Pink #ffc0cb

Crimson #dc143c

Pale Violet Red #db7093

Lavender Blush #fff0f5

Hot Pink #ff69b4

Frequently asked questions

#ee232f (#ee232f) is rgb(238, 35, 47) in RGB.

No, #ee232f is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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