Red Radish `#EE3344`

Red Radish (#EE3344) is a mid-tone, vivid red with an OKLCH hue of 22°, lightness 0.62 and chroma 0.22. 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	`#EE3344`
RGB	`rgb(238, 51, 68)`
HSL	`hsl(355, 85%, 57%)`
HSV	`hsv(355, 79%, 93%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 79%, 71%, 7%)`
CIE Lab	`lab(52.9 69.6 36.7)`
OKLCH	`oklch(0.621 0.220 22)`

How Red Radish behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light Red Radish 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): → #ee2c3e — ΔE 0.8, is virtually unchanged
Neutral LED (4000K task and retail lighting): → #f23142 — ΔE 0.8, is virtually unchanged
Daylight (6500K standard daylight (reference)): → #ee3344 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged
Blue-sky shade (cool daylight (~10000K proxy)): → #ef3445 — ΔE 0.3, is virtually unchanged

Test Red Radish 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 4.04:1 and against black 5.19:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text.

Colors that go with Red Radish

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.

#ffd2cf · #ff9390 · #ee3344 · #c80c2d · #8d001b · #55000b

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.

#fc8827 · #f8612c · #ee3344 · #ce2562 · #ab1f72 · #861c78

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.

#ce9a50 · #ee3344 · #bd2433 · #6a4500 · #660010 · #281700

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.

#ffe9e7 · #00deeb · #ee3344 · #885755 · #7c2528 · #4b1819

Quiet Support

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

#dbf8fb · #bc9895 · #ee3344 · #5c7172 · #442120 · #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 · #ee3344

Complementary

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

#cffcff · #00b8c2 · #ee3344 · #007b83 · #003438 · #1b0001

Split-complementary

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

#cffcff · #00bd98 · #ee3344 · #0076a0 · #003629 · #00060f

Triadic

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

#d9fed5 · #56bc4f · #ee3344 · #1a5ee8 · #002174 · #000200

Tetradic

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

#f2f7c4 · #a5ab00 · #ee3344 · #007b83 · #350076 · #000203

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#F95A5E · #FF7C7B · #FF9D9A · #FFBBB7 · #FFD7D4

Shades

#CA1C32 · #A60021 · #7F0017 · #5A000D · #380004

Muted

#DB5154 · #C76463 · #B27370

Using Red Radish

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.