Palettes / Colors / #EE4444

#EE4444 — Vivid Red

#EE4444 is a red color we call Vivid Red, closest to the named color Tomato (#FF6347). It belongs to the red family.

#EE4444 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 #44EEEE; it also sits naturally between #EE4499 and #EE9944. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 93% · Green 27% · Blue 27%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 71% · Yellow 71% · Key 7%

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

Previews

CSS code for #EE4444

.text { color: #EE4444; }
.background { background-color: #EE4444; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EE4444; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(238, 68, 68); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(0, 83%, 60%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EE4444; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(238, 68, 68, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EE4444; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(238, 68, 68, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EE4444">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EE4444">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EE4444

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Tones of #EE4444

Color harmonies

Complementary — #44EEEE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #EE4444: #000000.

How #EE4444 looks with color blindness

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

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:

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #EE4444 rather than the exact color:

Similar colors

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

Browse neighbouring colors

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Frequently asked questions

What color is #EE4444?

#EE4444 is Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 238, 68, 68). Its closest standard named color is Tomato.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EE4444?

#EE4444 is RGB 238, 68, 68 — HSL 0°, 83%, 60% — CMYK 0%, 71%, 71%, 7%.

What colors go with #EE4444?

Its complement is #44EEEE; analogous partners are #EE4499 and #EE9944. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EE4444 for text?

Black text on #EE4444 has a contrast ratio of 5.55:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 3.79:1.