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#EE656B — Light Vivid Red

#EE656B is a red color we call Light Vivid Red, closest to the named color Salmon (#FA8072). It belongs to the red family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: salmon (#FA8072) — not an exact match. CSS salmon gives you #FA8072, a different color; use #EE656B 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.

#EE656B 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 #63EEE7; it also sits naturally between #EE63AF and #EEA163. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EE656B · RGB 238, 101, 107

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Color values

HEX#EE656B
RGB238, 101, 107
HSL357°, 80%, 66%
HSV357°, 58%, 93%
CMYK0%, 58%, 55%, 7%
XYZ42.57, 28.55, 17.18
Yxy28.55, 0.4821, 0.3233
CIE-Lab60.38, 53.33, 23.62
Hunter Lab53.43, 52.39, 16.02

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 93% · Green 40% · Blue 42%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 58% · Yellow 55% · Key 7%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EE656B on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EE656B on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EE656B

.text { color: #EE656B; }
.background { background-color: #EE656B; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EE656B; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(238, 101, 107); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(357, 80%, 66%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EE656B; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(238, 101, 107, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EE656B; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(238, 101, 107, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EE656B">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EE656B">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EE656B

#EB4750#E82C35#D81822#BC151D#A11219#850F15#6A0C10#49080B#2E0507#120203

Tints of #EE656B

#EF7177#F17E84#F28C91#F49A9F#F5A8AC#F7B6B9#F8C3C6#FAD1D3#FBDFE0#FDEDED

Tones of #EE656B

#E46C72#DA777C#D08084#C68B8E#BC9496#B29FA0

Color harmonies

Complementary — #63EEE7:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text3.13:1 AA large only
Against black text6.71:1 AA

Best text color on #EE656B: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EE656B

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 #EE656B: ·

How #EE656B looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #B3B16ADeuteranopia · #BBC569Tritanopia · #E76868

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:

Tailwind rose 500 · #F43F5ETailwind red 500 · #EF4444Tailwind pink 500 · #EC4899

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #EE656B rather than the exact color:

Scarlet Ruby Terrace
#F6B2B2 · #ED686A · #DA1B1D · #A41E1F
Mellow Harbor
#EA59D1 · #EA428C · #EB666E · #97441B
Palette F2676a
#F2676A · #FBE087 · #AD2959 · #62013C
Frozen Ruby Terrace
#C11D53 · #E86173 · #5BE7B8 · #A6EBD4
Royal Ruby Cinder
#BD1D1A · #E96962 · #56E5E7 · #B0EFEE
Palette 77bef0
#77BEF0 · #FFCB61 · #FF894F · #EA5B6F

Similar colors

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

#ED686A#EB666E#F2676A#E86173#E96962#EA5B6F#EF5A6F#EA5A68#F15A6F#E36A6A#FA6868#F26076

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EE656A  ·  #EE656C →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EE656B?

#EE656B is Light Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 238, 101, 107). Its closest standard named color is Salmon.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EE656B?

#EE656B is RGB 238, 101, 107 — HSL 357°, 80%, 66% — CMYK 0%, 58%, 55%, 7%.

What colors go with #EE656B?

Its complement is #63EEE7; analogous partners are #EE63AF and #EEA163. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EE656B for text?

Black text on #EE656B has a contrast ratio of 6.71:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 3.13:1.