#EE6730Basketball (#EE6730) is a mid-tone, saturated red with an OKLCH hue of 41°, lightness 0.67 and chroma 0.18. 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.
| HEX | #EE6730 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(238, 103, 48) |
| HSL | hsl(17, 85%, 56%) |
| HSV | hsv(17, 80%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 57%, 80%, 7%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(60 49.2 54.6) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.673 0.180 41) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Basketball is virtually unchanged; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 0.9), so it is a lighting-stable choice.
#ef6229 — ΔE 0.9, is virtually unchanged#f2662d — ΔE 0.7, is virtually unchanged#ee6730 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#ef6831 — ΔE 0.3, is virtually unchangedTest Basketball in the color lighting simulator — sweep it through daylight, warm 2700K light, 4000K LED, and shade alongside the rest of your palette.
Against white it measures 3.17:1 and against black 6.62:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text.
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.
#ffebe3 · #ffb296 · #ee6730 · #ca4d14 · #953200 · #601d00
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.
#f2ac47 · #f28b2f · #ee6730 · #d6524f · #b94360 · #9a3869
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.
#c9b471 · #ee6730 · #c05225 · #6f5900 · #712300 · #312600
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.
#00d1fe · #ee6730 · #926b5d · #834128 · #5e250e · #351104
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#e0f6fe · #ee6730 · #8f756b · #3f4d52 · #2f160d · #00050a
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.
#e7f5f9 · #beced3 · #91a3a9 · #162e35 · #000c12 · #ee6730
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#dff7ff · #ee6730 · #0089a8 · #005367 · #00222d · #250400
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#b6e0ce · #74bab1 · #ee6730 · #466b88 · #334265 · #1e050c
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#d3fee6 · #ee6730 · #009261 · #4030a7 · #1b005e · #000401
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#e5fad4 · #ee6730 · #5c8c20 · #005367 · #300046 · #00050a
#F67F52 · #FE956F · #FFAE90 · #FFC6B1 · #FFDCD0
#C94F1A · #A43800 · #7D2800 · #571900 · #350A00
#DE754D · #CC8064 · #BA8978
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.