Bento Box `#CC363C`

Bento Box (#CC363C) is a mid-tone, saturated red with an OKLCH hue of 24°, lightness 0.56 and chroma 0.186. 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	`#CC363C`
RGB	`rgb(204, 54, 60)`
HSL	`hsl(358, 60%, 51%)`
HSV	`hsv(358, 74%, 80%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 74%, 71%, 20%)`
CIE Lab	`lab(46.7 58.5 32.4)`
OKLCH	`oklch(0.563 0.186 24)`

How Bento Box behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light Bento Box is virtually unchanged; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 0.7), so it is a lighting-stable choice.

Warm interior (2700K incandescent / warm LED): → #cd3136 — ΔE 0.7, is virtually unchanged
Neutral LED (4000K task and retail lighting): → #cf353a — ΔE 0.6, is virtually unchanged
Daylight (6500K standard daylight (reference)): → #cc363c — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged
Blue-sky shade (cool daylight (~10000K proxy)): → #cd373d — ΔE 0.3, is virtually unchanged

Test Bento Box 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 5.05:1 and against black 4.16:1, so white text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text.

Colors that go with Bento Box

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.

#ffb6b1 · #f97673 · #cc363c · #a81725 · #720010 · #3c0004

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.

#dc7e31 · #d75c2e · #cc363c · #af2752 · #8f1d5d · #6e1760

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.

#eca100 · #b48b4e · #cc363c · #9f242a · #790012 · #352000

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.

#00deed · #b68986 · #cc363c · #863c3a · #602020 · #370e0e

Quiet Support

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

#dff7fa · #a68885 · #cc363c · #4f5f61 · #391c1b · #000202

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.

#e6f5f7 · #bccdce · #8da1a2 · #0c282b · #000607 · #cc363c

Complementary

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

#d1d7b1 · #34bb9f · #cc363c · #7d5376 · #2d3d2d · #1a0b03

Split-complementary

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

#d1fbff · #00a88a · #cc363c · #00648a · #002e23 · #00060f

Triadic

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

#dcfcda · #50a750 · #cc363c · #2050c2 · #001271 · #000200

Tetradic

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

#f1f7cc · #919900 · #cc363c · #006970 · #2e0065 · #000203

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#DB5958 · #E97773 · #F6948E · #FFB2AC · #FFD2CF

Shades

#AD242D · #90111E · #720010 · #520008 · #340003

Muted

#BC4B4A · #AC5A57 · #996662

Using Bento Box

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.