Arcade Fire `#EE3311`

Arcade Fire (#EE3311) is a mid-tone, vivid red with an OKLCH hue of 32°, lightness 0.62 and chroma 0.225. It sits on the warm side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as an accent color: strong in focal moments, dominant over large fields.

Color values

HEX	`#EE3311`
RGB	`rgb(238, 51, 17)`
HSL	`hsl(9, 87%, 50%)`
HSV	`hsv(9, 93%, 93%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 79%, 93%, 7%)`
CIE Lab	`lab(52.5 68.3 60.7)`
OKLCH	`oklch(0.617 0.225 32)`

How Arcade Fire behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light Arcade Fire is virtually unchanged; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 0.7), so it is a lighting-stable choice.

Warm interior (2700K incandescent / warm LED): → #ee2c07 — ΔE 0.7, is virtually unchanged
Neutral LED (4000K task and retail lighting): → #f2310c — ΔE 0.7, is virtually unchanged
Daylight (6500K standard daylight (reference)): → #ee3311 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged
Blue-sky shade (cool daylight (~10000K proxy)): → #ef3413 — ΔE 0.3, is virtually unchanged

Test Arcade Fire in the color lighting simulator — sweep it through daylight, warm 2700K light, 4000K LED, and shade alongside the rest of your palette.

Contrast & accessibility

Against white it measures 4.1:1 and against black 5.12:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text.

Colors that go with Arcade Fire

Tonal

One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.

#ffd1c7 · #ff937e · #ee3311 · #c32000 · #871200 · #510400

Analogous

The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.

#f18f00 · #ee6b00 · #ee3311 · #d11d48 · #b0125e · #8d1069

Shifted

The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.

#f6b800 · #c59d49 · #ee3311 · #bd2407 · #8f1300 · #422e00

Contrast

One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.

#ffe7e2 · #00dcfa · #ee3311 · #88574d · #7c2416 · #4a180f

Quiet Support

The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.

#dbf8fe · #bb978f · #ee3311 · #5b6f73 · #43211b · #000204

Bright Accent

This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.

#e7f5f8 · #bccdd0 · #8da0a4 · #0d282d · #000508 · #ee3311

Complementary

The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.

#d9f8ff · #00b4cd · #ee3311 · #00788a · #00333b · #080000

Split-complementary

The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.

#d9f8ff · #00baa6 · #ee3311 · #0071ac · #00352e · #000511

Triadic

Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.

#d3ffdd · #1abf65 · #ee3311 · #4552ea · #190088 · #000200

Tetradic

Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.

#eafac8 · #8fb000 · #ee3311 · #00788a · #3d006b · #000204

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#F95B40 · #FF7D64 · #FF9E8A · #FFBCAD · #FFD7CF

Shades

#C82100 · #A11800 · #7B0E00 · #570600 · #370000

Muted

#DB5139 · #C76452 · #B17366

Using Arcade Fire

Its chroma is high enough to carry accents, calls to action, and focal moments; large fields of it will dominate a composition. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.