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#EE403B — Vivid Red

#EE403B is a red color we call Vivid Red, closest to the named color Tomato (#FF6347). It belongs to the red family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: tomato (#FF6347) — not an exact match. CSS tomato gives you #FF6347, a different color; use #EE403B when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#EE403B is a warm red color associated with energy, passion and urgency. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #3AE8EE; it also sits naturally between #EE3A8E and #EE9A3A. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EE403B · RGB 238, 64, 59

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Color values

HEX#EE403B
RGB238, 64, 59
HSL2°, 84%, 58%
HSV2°, 75%, 93%
CMYK0%, 73%, 75%, 7%
XYZ37.88, 22.16, 6.42
Yxy22.16, 0.5700, 0.3334
CIE-Lab54.20, 65.39, 43.19
Hunter Lab47.07, 64.80, 23.16

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 93% · Green 25% · Blue 23%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 73% · Yellow 75% · Key 7%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #EE403B on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EE403B on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EE403B

.text { color: #EE403B; }
.background { background-color: #EE403B; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EE403B; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(238, 64, 59); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(2, 84%, 58%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EE403B; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(238, 64, 59, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EE403B; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(238, 64, 59, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EE403B">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EE403B">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EE403B

#EC2922#DD1A13#C51711#A9140F#91110D#7A0E0B#5E0B08#460806#2A0504#130202

Tints of #EE403B

#EF524D#F1645F#F2726E#F48480#F69693#F7A9A6#F9BBB9#FAC8C7#FCDBD9#FDEDEC

Tones of #EE403B

#E14C47#D45854#C76460#BA706D#AE7C7A#A18887

Color harmonies

Complementary — #3AE8EE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text3.87:1 AA large only
Against black text5.43:1 AA

Best text color on #EE403B: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EE403B

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #EE403B: ·

How #EE403B looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #A3A13CDeuteranopia · #ADBA3DTritanopia · #E53D3D

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Material Red 500 · #F44336Tailwind red 500 · #EF4444Bootstrap danger · #DC3545

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #EE403B rather than the exact color:

Palette Ffdbc5
#FFDBC5 · #EF4339 · #B01C33 · #2E112D
Palette 711db0
#711DB0 · #C21292 · #EF4040 · #FFA732
Palette 2d132c
#2D132C · #801336 · #C72C41 · #EE4540
Palette C9182b
#C9182B · #F23A3A · #E3F3AC · #44C662
Vintage Ruby Voyage
#CA2E1B · #E43F35 · #2DCFE3 · #AFDCEF
Electric Ruby Garden
#182408 · #F8393F · #FB5F15 · #564EFC

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#EF4339#EF4040#EE4540#F23A3A#E43F35#F8393F#FB403E#E4373A#F64130#E74646#FB4141#E43636

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EE403A  ·  #EE403C →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EE403B?

#EE403B is Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 238, 64, 59). Its closest standard named color is Tomato.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EE403B?

#EE403B is RGB 238, 64, 59 — HSL 2°, 84%, 58% — CMYK 0%, 73%, 75%, 7%.

What colors go with #EE403B?

Its complement is #3AE8EE; analogous partners are #EE3A8E and #EE9A3A. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EE403B for text?

Black text on #EE403B has a contrast ratio of 5.43:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 3.87:1.