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#EE412B — Vivid Red

#EE412B is a red color we call Vivid Red, closest to the named color OrangeRed (#FF4500). It belongs to the red family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: orangered (#FF4500) — not an exact match. CSS orangered gives you #FF4500, a different color; use #EE412B 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.

#EE412B 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 #2BD7EE; it also sits naturally between #EE2B75 and #EEA32B. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EE412B · RGB 238, 65, 43

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Color values

HEX#EE412B
RGB238, 65, 43
HSL7°, 85%, 55%
HSV7°, 82%, 93%
CMYK0%, 73%, 82%, 7%
XYZ37.59, 22.13, 4.58
Yxy22.13, 0.5846, 0.3442
CIE-Lab54.17, 64.56, 51.44
Hunter Lab47.04, 63.79, 25.55

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 93% · Green 25% · Blue 17%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 73% · Yellow 82% · Key 7%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EE412B on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EE412B on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EE412B

.text { color: #EE412B; }
.background { background-color: #EE412B; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EE412B; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(238, 65, 43); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(7, 85%, 55%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EE412B; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(238, 65, 43, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EE412B; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(238, 65, 43, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EE412B">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EE412B">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EE412B

#EC2C13#D42811#BD240F#A51F0D#8E1B0B#711509#5A1107#420C05#2A0803#130402

Tints of #EE412B

#EF523E#F16350#F27463#F48576#F69A8E#F7ABA1#F9BCB4#FACCC6#FCDDD9#FDEEEC

Tones of #EE412B

#E04C38#D25746#C46154#B66D63#A87771#9A827E

Color harmonies

Complementary — #2BD7EE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

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

Best text color on #EE412B: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EE412B

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 #EE412B: ·

How #EE412B looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #A3A230Deuteranopia · #ADBA32Tritanopia · #E53535

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 · #EF4444Material Deep Orange 500 · #FF5722

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #EE412B rather than the exact color:

Palette 134686
#134686 · #ED3F27 · #FEB21A · #FDF4E3
Electric Ruby Monsoon
#263215 · #52FCA3 · #F73F2B · #FE4669
Silent Opal
#240923 · #49FA1B · #F64130 · #4A73FE
Palette Fef3e2
#FEF3E2 · #FAB12F · #FA812F · #FA4032
Palette Ffdbc5
#FFDBC5 · #EF4339 · #B01C33 · #2E112D
Vintage Ruby Voyage
#CA2E1B · #E43F35 · #2DCFE3 · #AFDCEF

Similar colors

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

#ED3F27#F73F2B#F64130#FA4032#EF4339#E43F35#F93827#E0462B#FB3D25#E73F1E#E63428#DF462A

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EE412A  ·  #EE412C →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EE412B?

#EE412B is Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 238, 65, 43). Its closest standard named color is OrangeRed.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EE412B?

#EE412B is RGB 238, 65, 43 — HSL 7°, 85%, 55% — CMYK 0%, 73%, 82%, 7%.

What colors go with #EE412B?

Its complement is #2BD7EE; analogous partners are #EE2B75 and #EEA32B. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EE412B for text?

Black text on #EE412B has a contrast ratio of 5.43:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 3.87:1.