#71000EBarolo (#71000E) is a very dark, saturated red with an OKLCH hue of 25°, lightness 0.35 and chroma 0.14. It sits on the warm side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as a grounding tone — suited to text, outlines, and shadowed surfaces.
| HEX | #71000E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(113, 0, 14) |
| HSL | hsl(353, 100%, 22%) |
| HSV | hsv(353, 100%, 44%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 100%, 88%, 56%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(22.1 44.3 27.6) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.346 0.140 25) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Barolo is virtually unchanged; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 0.5), so it is a lighting-stable choice.
#71000b — ΔE 0.3, is virtually unchanged#73000d — ΔE 0.5, is virtually unchanged#71000e — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#71000f — ΔE 0.1, is virtually unchangedTest Barolo 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 12.29:1 and against black 1.71:1, so white text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text. Avoid black text on this color entirely.
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.
#d0817b · #ad5753 · #8b2c2c · #71000e · #2f0002 · #080000
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.
#864708 · #7e2a01 · #71000e · #55001e · #3a0020 · #21001b
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.
#c9a775 · #c9716b · #956600 · #6a4f23 · #71000e · #460004
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.
#00ddee · #9b6661 · #6d4e4b · #71000e · #3b0a0a · #150001
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#e4f6f8 · #cbb3b0 · #798688 · #634a48 · #71000e · #162628
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.
#e6f5f7 · #bccdcf · #8ea2a4 · #0f2a2d · #000709 · #71000e
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#d2fbff · #4dcedb · #0095a1 · #005d65 · #71000e · #3e1211
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#d5dab5 · #7cbcde · #547e75 · #445040 · #71000e · #1d0d04
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#e1fae1 · #8bcc8c · #597fd7 · #304d92 · #71000e · #072b0a
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#f1f6d6 · #b7c26b · #0095a1 · #57418b · #71000e · #00292d
#8D3331 · #A85853 · #C37C76 · #DCA09B · #F6C5C1
#61000A · #520006 · #420004 · #340002 · #260001
#67191A · #5C2624 · #512F2C
As a deep tone it works for grounding elements — text, outlines, and shadowed surfaces — rather than open fields. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.