#C30B0ABlood Kiss (#C30B0A) is a mid-tone, vivid red with an OKLCH hue of 29°, lightness 0.52 and chroma 0.207. 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 | #C30B0A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(195, 11, 10) |
| HSL | hsl(0, 90%, 40%) |
| HSV | hsv(0, 95%, 76%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 94%, 95%, 24%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(41 64.4 51.6) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.516 0.207 29) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Blood Kiss is virtually unchanged; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 0.6), so it is a lighting-stable choice.
#c30004 — ΔE 0.4, is virtually unchanged#c60407 — ΔE 0.6, is virtually unchanged#c30b0a — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#c40c0b — ΔE 0.2, is virtually unchangedTest Blood Kiss 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 6.23:1 and against black 3.37:1, so white 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.
#ff9f91 · #f06152 · #c30b0a · #970001 · #5e0000 · #2a0000
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.
#ca7200 · #c55000 · #c30b0a · #a40039 · #830048 · #63004d
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.
#e9bb68 · #d29800 · #a57e33 · #c30b0a · #930001 · #650000
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.
#00dcf5 · #ab7a73 · #c30b0a · #7b2b23 · #550e0a · #2c0101
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#ddf8fc · #9a7974 · #c30b0a · #415255 · #341612 · #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 · #c30b0a
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#d7f9ff · #0093a4 · #c30b0a · #005a64 · #00252b · #080000
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#d6d8b2 · #84bfe0 · #67a796 · #c30b0a · #4b5947 · #1c0d04
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#d6fedb · #149c45 · #c30b0a · #2637bd · #0b006c · #000200
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#edf8ca · #7a8d00 · #c30b0a · #005a64 · #2b0055 · #000304
#D54538 · #E5695A · #F4897B · #FFAA9E · #FFCFC7
#A50002 · #850001 · #680000 · #4C0000 · #310000
#B3352B · #A1493E · #8E574F
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.