#E94E41Blazing (#E94E41) is a mid-tone, saturated red with an OKLCH hue of 29°, lightness 0.64 and chroma 0.193. 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 | #E94E41 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(233, 78, 65) |
| HSL | hsl(5, 79%, 58%) |
| HSV | hsv(5, 72%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 67%, 72%, 9%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(55.2 59 40.8) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.637 0.193 29) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Blazing 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.
#ea493b — ΔE 0.8, is virtually unchanged#ed4d3f — ΔE 0.7, is virtually unchanged#e94e41 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#ea4f42 — ΔE 0.3, is virtually unchangedTest Blazing 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 3.73:1 and against black 5.63:1, 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.
#ffd9d4 · #ff9d8f · #e94e41 · #c4332a · #940406 · #5c0000
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.
#f4973d · #f17434 · #e94e41 · #cc3d5b · #ac326a · #8a2b70
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.
#c9a360 · #e94e41 · #ba3c31 · #6b4b00 · #6e0001 · #2b1b00
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.
#00ddf4 · #e94e41 · #895e58 · #7c3129 · #561510 · #2d0503
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#def7fb · #be9e99 · #e94e41 · #637477 · #432521 · #000304
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 · #bccdd0 · #8ea1a5 · #0f2a2e · #00070a · #e94e41
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#d4dab4 · #c491a7 · #e94e41 · #1a6690 · #2f3e63 · #060c2d
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#d6f9ff · #00c1a7 · #e94e41 · #0079af · #00382f · #00050f
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#d8fddd · #56c16d · #e94e41 · #4362df · #121a7f · #000200
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#edf8cc · #9eb32c · #e94e41 · #007f8e · #3d0073 · #000304
#F36B5C · #FC8677 · #FFA295 · #FFBEB4 · #FFD8D2
#C5392F · #A2231C · #810A09 · #5D0001 · #390000
#D86154 · #C66F64 · #B27B73
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.