#ee2f00

Color #ee2f00

A vivid, highly saturated medium red.

Closest named color Orange Red #ff4500 · ΔE 7.12 Nearest Tailwind class orange-600 #f54900 · ΔE 5.1

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Conversions

HEX

#ee2f00

RGB

rgb(238, 47, 0)

HSL

hsl(11.8, 100%, 46.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(11.8, 100%, 93.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 80.3%, 100%, 6.7%)

LAB

lab(52.08, 69.25, 64.68)

LCH

lch(52.08, 94.76, 43.05)

OKLCH

oklch(61.4%, 0.2286, 32.64)

HWB

hwb(11.8, 0%, 6.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#00bfee

Analogous

#ee0048

#ee2f00

#eea600

Triadic

#ee2f00

#00ee2f

#2f00ee

Split-complementary

#ee2f00

#00eea6

#0048ee

Tetradic

#ee2f00

#bfee00

#00bfee

#2f00ee

Square

#ee2f00

#48ee00

#00bfee

#a600ee

Shades

Color #ee2f00 mixed toward black.

#c62700

#9f1f00

#771700

#4f1000

#280800

Tints

Color #ee2f00 mixed toward white.

#ff491c

#ff6d4a

#ff9277

#ffb6a4

#ffdbd2

Tones

Color #ee2f00 mixed toward gray.

#da3b14

#c64728

#b3533c

#9f5f4f

#8b6b63

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.16:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.04:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.04:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bbba14 · ΔE 51.5

Deuteranopia

#c3cc17 · ΔE 56.1

Tritanopia

#e91d1f · ΔE 5.9

Achromatopsia

#7c7c7c · ΔE 30.3

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #ee2f00;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ee2f00]

Related colors

Tomato #ff6347

Dark Salmon #e9967a

Coral #ff7f50

Orange Red #ff4500

Light Salmon #ffa07a

Salmon #fa8072

Frequently asked questions

#ee2f00 (#ee2f00) is rgb(238, 47, 0) in RGB.

No, #ee2f00 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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