Barberry `#EE1133`

Barberry (#EE1133) is a mid-tone, vivid red with an OKLCH hue of 23°, lightness 0.6 and chroma 0.238. 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	`#EE1133`
RGB	`rgb(238, 17, 51)`
HSL	`hsl(351, 87%, 50%)`
HSV	`hsv(351, 93%, 93%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 93%, 79%, 7%)`
CIE Lab	`lab(50.5 75.4 43.6)`
OKLCH	`oklch(0.603 0.238 23)`

How Barberry behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light Barberry is virtually unchanged; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 0.8), so it is a lighting-stable choice.

Warm interior (2700K incandescent / warm LED): → #ee002d — ΔE 0.6, is virtually unchanged
Neutral LED (4000K task and retail lighting): → #f20831 — ΔE 0.8, is virtually unchanged
Daylight (6500K standard daylight (reference)): → #ee1133 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged
Blue-sky shade (cool daylight (~10000K proxy)): → #ef1234 — ΔE 0.2, is virtually unchanged

Test Barberry 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 4.41:1 and against black 4.76:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text.

Colors that go with Barberry

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.

#ffc9c5 · #ff8984 · #ee1133 · #c10024 · #840015 · #4d0007

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.

#f78100 · #f75400 · #ee1133 · #cd0058 · #a9006b · #850374

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.

#fcac00 · #ca9440 · #ee1133 · #bc0224 · #8c0017 · #412900

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.

#ffe0de · #00deed · #ee1133 · #85514e · #7a191e · #481112

Quiet Support

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

#d9f9fc · #b8918e · #ee1133 · #566b6e · #431e1d · #000203

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.

#e6f5f6 · #bccdce · #8da1a2 · #0c282a · #000607 · #ee1133

Complementary

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

#d9d9b3 · #4cc2f8 · #ee1133 · #8d5777 · #2a3a64 · #020d25

Split-complementary

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

#d1fbff · #00b695 · #ee1133 · #00709a · #003328 · #00060f

Triadic

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

#d6ffd4 · #41b842 · #ee1133 · #1352ec · #001978 · #000200

Tetradic

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

#f1f8c1 · #9da500 · #ee1133 · #00757d · #330070 · #000203

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#F94C51 · #FF7471 · #FF9893 · #FFB8B3 · #FFD5D2

Shades

#C70026 · #A0001C · #7B0013 · #57000A · #370003

Muted

#DA4347 · #C55B59 · #AF6C68

Using Barberry

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.