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#EE433B — Vivid Red

#EE433B 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 #EE433B 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.

#EE433B 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 #3AE5EE; it also sits naturally between #EE3A8B and #EE9D3A. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EE433B · RGB 238, 67, 59

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Color values

HEX#EE433B
RGB238, 67, 59
HSL3°, 84%, 58%
HSV3°, 75%, 93%
CMYK0%, 72%, 75%, 7%
XYZ38.06, 22.51, 6.48
Yxy22.51, 0.5677, 0.3357
CIE-Lab54.56, 64.38, 43.59
Hunter Lab47.44, 63.69, 23.40

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 93% · Green 26% · Blue 23%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 72% · Yellow 75% · Key 7%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EE433B on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EE433B on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EE433B

.text { color: #EE433B; }
.background { background-color: #EE433B; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EE433B; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(238, 67, 59); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(3, 84%, 58%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EE433B; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(238, 67, 59, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EE433B; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(238, 67, 59, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EE433B">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EE433B">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EE433B

#EC2D22#DD1D13#C51A11#A9160F#91130D#7A100B#5E0C08#460906#2A0604#130202

Tints of #EE433B

#EF554D#F1675F#F2746E#F48680#F69893#F7AAA6#F9BCB9#FAC9C7#FCDBD9#FDEDEC

Tones of #EE433B

#E14E47#D45A54#C76660#BA716D#AE7D7A#A18887

Color harmonies

Complementary — #3AE5EE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text3.82:1 AA large only
Against black text5.50:1 AA

Best text color on #EE433B: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EE433B

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 #EE433B: ·

How #EE433B looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #A4A23DDeuteranopia · #AEBB3DTritanopia · #E53E3F

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 #EE433B rather than the exact color:

Palette Ffdbc5
#FFDBC5 · #EF4339 · #B01C33 · #2E112D
Palette 2d132c
#2D132C · #801336 · #C72C41 · #EE4540
Palette 711db0
#711DB0 · #C21292 · #EF4040 · #FFA732
Palette C9182b
#C9182B · #F23A3A · #E3F3AC · #44C662
Vintage Ruby Voyage
#CA2E1B · #E43F35 · #2DCFE3 · #AFDCEF
Palette Fff3e2
#FFF3E2 · #FFE5CA · #FA9884 · #E74646

Similar colors

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

#EF4339#EE4540#EF4040#F23A3A#E43F35#E74646#FB403E#F64130#FB4141#F8393F#E14434#FD413D

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EE433A  ·  #EE433C →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EE433B?

#EE433B is Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 238, 67, 59). Its closest standard named color is Tomato.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EE433B?

#EE433B is RGB 238, 67, 59 — HSL 3°, 84%, 58% — CMYK 0%, 72%, 75%, 7%.

What colors go with #EE433B?

Its complement is #3AE5EE; analogous partners are #EE3A8B and #EE9D3A. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EE433B for text?

Black text on #EE433B has a contrast ratio of 5.50:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 3.82:1.