#ee504e

Color #ee504e

A vivid, highly saturated light red.

Closest named color Tomato #ff6347 · ΔE 12.72 Nearest Tailwind class red-500 #fb2c36 · ΔE 4.6

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Conversions

HEX

#ee504e

RGB

rgb(238, 80, 78)

HSL

hsl(0.7, 82.5%, 62%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(0.7, 67.2%, 93.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 66.4%, 67.2%, 6.7%)

LAB

lab(56.56, 60.41, 35.32)

LCH

lch(56.56, 69.98, 30.31)

OKLCH

oklch(64.9%, 0.1947, 25)

HWB

hwb(0.7, 30.6%, 6.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#4eecee

Analogous

#ee4e9c

#ee504e

#eea04e

Triadic

#ee504e

#4eee50

#504eee

Split-complementary

#ee504e

#4eeea0

#4e9cee

Tetradic

#ee504e

#ecee4e

#4eecee

#504eee

Square

#ee504e

#9cee4e

#4eecee

#a04eee

Shades

Color #ee504e mixed toward black.

#e9201e

#c01412

#900f0e

#600a09

#300505

Tints

Color #ee504e mixed toward white.

#f16d6c

#f48a89

#f7a8a7

#f9c5c4

#fce2e2

Tones

Color #ee504e mixed toward gray.

#e15d5b

#d36a69

#c67776

#b98483

#ab9191

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.56:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.89:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.89:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bfbe4e · ΔE 51

Deuteranopia

#c6cf4f · ΔE 55.9

Tritanopia

#e94f4f · ΔE 1.2

Achromatopsia

#888888 · ΔE 27.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #ee504e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ee504e]

Related colors

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Black #000000

Brown #a52a2a

Dark Gray #a9a9a9

Dark Red #8b0000

Frequently asked questions

#ee504e (#ee504e) is rgb(238, 80, 78) in RGB.

No, #ee504e is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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