#FF474CBlood Burst (#FF474C) is a mid-tone, vivid red with an OKLCH hue of 24°, lightness 0.67 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.
| HEX | #FF474C |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(255, 71, 76) |
| HSL | hsl(358, 100%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(358, 72%, 100%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 72%, 70%, 0%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(58.3 68.8 39.3) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.667 0.220 24) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Blood Burst is virtually unchanged; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 0.9), so it is a lighting-stable choice.
#ff4145 — ΔE 0.9, is virtually unchanged#ff454a — ΔE 0.3, is virtually unchanged#ff474c — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#ff484d — ΔE 0.1, is virtually unchangedTest Blood Burst 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 3.36:1 and against black 6.26:1, 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.
#ffe7e5 · #ffaca6 · #ff474c · #d92a35 · #a3001b · #69000d
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.
#ff9f55 · #ff7a49 · #ff474c · #df386a · #bc317c · #972c83
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.
#dbaa5e · #ff474c · #ce373b · #795100 · #7b0011 · #362100
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.
#00deee · #ff474c · #976461 · #8b3332 · #641719 · #390709
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#dbf8fb · #ff474c · #92706d · #3a4d4f · #321211 · #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 · #bccdcf · #8ea2a4 · #0f2a2d · #000709 · #ff474c
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#d2fbff · #ff474c · #008a94 · #00545a · #002326 · #080000
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#dacdf1 · #73b9ae · #ff474c · #436d87 · #344366 · #1f0513
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#d8fed6 · #ff474c · #1a9228 · #0530bd · #000068 · #000200
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#f0f8c5 · #ff474c · #798100 · #00545a · #250053 · #000304
#FF706C · #FF8F88 · #FFAAA3 · #FFC3BE · #FFDBD7
#D82F38 · #B21524 · #8A0015 · #61000B · #3B0003
#EC615E · #D7736E · #C1817C
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.