Cascara `#EE4433`

Cascara (#EE4433) is a mid-tone, vivid red with an OKLCH hue of 30°, lightness 0.63 and chroma 0.209. 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	`#EE4433`
RGB	`rgb(238, 68, 51)`
HSL	`hsl(5, 85%, 57%)`
HSV	`hsv(5, 79%, 93%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 71%, 79%, 7%)`
CIE Lab	`lab(54.6 63.7 47.9)`
OKLCH	`oklch(0.633 0.209 30)`

How Cascara behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light Cascara 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): → #ef3e2d — ΔE 0.8, is virtually unchanged
Neutral LED (4000K task and retail lighting): → #f24230 — ΔE 0.7, is virtually unchanged
Daylight (6500K standard daylight (reference)): → #ee4433 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged
Blue-sky shade (cool daylight (~10000K proxy)): → #ef4534 — ΔE 0.3, is virtually unchanged

Test Cascara 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 3.81:1 and against black 5.51:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text.

Colors that go with Cascara

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.

#ffd8d1 · #ff9b8b · #ee4433 · #c9271a · #930200 · #5a0000

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.

#f79325 · #f66e1b · #ee4433 · #d13255 · #b02867 · #8e236f

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.

#caa257 · #ee4433 · #be3325 · #694b00 · #6c0000 · #291b00

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.

#00dcf6 · #ee4433 · #8a5c54 · #7e2d23 · #581009 · #2e0201

Quiet Support

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

#dcf8fd · #bf9c96 · #ee4433 · #617477 · #44241f · #000305

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.

#e6f5f8 · #bdcdd0 · #8ea2a5 · #102b2f · #00080b · #ee4433

Complementary

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

#d7f9ff · #00bad0 · #ee4433 · #007e8e · #00353d · #080000

Split-complementary

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

#d7f9ff · #00c0a8 · #ee4433 · #0077b0 · #00372f · #000611

Triadic

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

#d5fedc · #45c26a · #ee4433 · #435de7 · #151185 · #000200

Tetradic

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

#ecf9ca · #99b412 · #ee4433 · #007e8e · #3e0071 · #000305

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#F86552 · #FF8371 · #FFA293 · #FFBEB3 · #FFD8D1

Shades

#CA2E21 · #A6170C · #820100 · #5C0000 · #390000

Muted

#DC5B4B · #C86C5E · #B4796F

Using Cascara

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.